CROSSWORD BY THOMAS JOSEPH

ACROSS

1 Be bold

5 Served perfectly

9 “Separate Tables” actor

10 Styling site

12 Studio sign

13 Sculpting medium

14 “Snookums,” e.g.

16 Spot’s foot

17 Stretch of years

18 Sentiment for an ailing friend

20 Chestnut horse

22 Water whirl

23 Washington’s successor

25 Golf bunker

28 “Impressive!”

32 Diver’s attire

34 Mendes of movies

35 Wall St. debut

36 Overall profit

38 Roofed patio

40 Wash against, as the shore

41 Allowed

42 Gladden

43 Cincinnati team

44 Secluded valley

DOWN

1 Moolah

2 Online icon

3 Rider’s strap

4 Furious

5 Good quality

6 Lynx or lion

7 Wed in secret

8 Daisy’s love

9 Slangy denials

11 Afresh

15 Scarlett’s friend

19 Sunset site

21 Hip-hop songs

24 Blotchy

25 Chinos fabric

26 Fix

27 Without delay

29 “Help me out here”

30 Take wing

31 “Divine Comedy” author

33 Pecks and pounds

37 Apple variety

39 Lend a hand

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