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CROSSWORD BY THOMAS JOSEPH
ACROSS
1 Top-rated
5 Blast of wind
9 Island south of Sicily
10 Really impressed
12 Peruvian peaks
13 More tender
14 Moves furtively
16 Paving goo
17 Time in office
18 Physics particles
21 Last year’s jrs.
22 Hospital workers
23 Property claims
24 Brawl
26 Hot dog holder
29 “Jeopardy!” host Alex
30 Nevada city
31 Brain scan: Abbr.
32 Orates
34 Raring to go
37 Loosen, as laces
38 Use the rink
39 New drivers, usually
40 Clothing line
41 Mail
DOWN
1 Flag
2 Church leaders
3 Teakettle output
4 Gofer’s work
5 USO patrons
6 First Numero
7 “No Exit” writer
8 Fine-tunes
9 Ship poles
11 Blunders
15 Mouse sounds
19 Coffee dispensers
20 Burro
22 Pleasant
23 Research setting
24 Aberrations
25 Bob Marley’s music
26 Defeated
27 Nasty
28 Snouts
29 Golf pegs
30 Zellweger of “Judy”
33 Places
35 Seventh Greek letter
36 “Stand” band
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