ACROSS

1 Snoozes

5 Brief rest

10 Figure of speech

12 To the time that

13 Place for a date, often

15 Historic time

16 “Well, that’s obvious!”

17 Chest muscle, for short

18 Keep

20 Decree

21 Wild card, at times

22 Young fellows

23 Dance music

25 Ripped

28 Deck of fortunes

31 Persia, today

32 Speech maker

34 Pen point

35 Low digit

36 Need to pay

37 Old street piece

40 Pitcher Reynolds

41 Not flimsy

42 Must have

43 Golf pegs

DOWN

1 More pleasant

2 Found darling

3 Buccaneer

4 Junior, to senior

5. Impel

6 Termite’s kin

7 Perfect place

8 Singer O’Connor

9 Votes in

11 Famed Florentine family

14 Divination tool

19 “The Age of Anxiety” poet

20 Plant life

24 Loving touch

25 Goat snack, in cartoons

26 Meadowlark’s cousin

27 Unruly crowd

29 “Becket” actor

30 Off-campus local

33 Oboe parts

35 Bullfight cries

38 Auction signal

39 Young one

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