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CROSSWORD BY THOMAS JOSEPH
ACROSS
1 Relaxed
7 Gear parts
11 Mariners
12 Lead on
13 Cautioned
14 Open space
15 Ed of “Up”
16 Appellate judge, often
17 Capone’s foe
18 Reduce in rank
19 Revered one
21 Tie the knot
22 Nation’s center
25 Young fellow
26 Bond component
27 Vigor
29 2014 Russell Crowe role
33 Derby prize
34 Cecil’s cartoon pal
35 Pressing need
36 Grapevine talk
37 Uncool fellow
38 Eventually
39 Turns right
40 Yellow-stone sight
DOWN
1 Egyptian city
2 Make fun of
3 Brings in
4 Memory loss
5 Soothsayer
6 Complete
7 Assert
8 Wilder play
9 Welcomed
10 Blackened
16 Viola’s cousin
18 Eccentric
20 Pulls along
22 Tribute VIP
23 Ugly building
24 Legal forgiveness
25 Explorer Vitus
28 Tears apart
30 Caravan stop
31 Cartoon genre
32 Keyed up
34 Radius, for one
36 Band job
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