CROSSWORD BY THOMAS JOSEPH

ACROSS

1 Old radio parts

6 Machu Picchu people

11 Cove

12 Baby grand, for one

13 Cutlery piece

14 Wise saying

15 Castor, for one

17 Dir. opposite SSW

18 Enhance, as a recording

22 October birthstone

23 Forge workers

27 Farm towers

29 Concur

30 Act parts

32 Employ

33 President pickers

35 Sit-up targets

38 Literary plantation

39 November birthstone

41 In the know

45 Make a speech

46 Enjoy the taste of

47 Yard plus a bit

48 African scavenger

DOWN

1 Cartoonist Browne

2 Roadhouse

3 Boxing great

4 Didn’t bother

5 Hearty dishes

6 Beach in a 1964 song

7 Veto

8 Abel’s brother

9 Shortly, in poems

10 One or more

16 “-- Now or Never”

18 Flag creator

19 Sweeping tale

20 Like stallions

21 Immediately

24 Half of a sextet

25 Munich mister

26 Beholds

28 Fizzy drink

31 Poseidon’s place

34 Auto mishap

35 Physics particle

36 Tedious sort

37 Petty argument

40 Had dinner

42 Broad st.

43 Harry’s friend

44 Historic stretch

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