ACROSS

1 Gung-ho

5 Knight’s attendant

11 TV’s warrior princess

12 Activate

13 Highlands girl

14 Put on the line

15 Yale student

16 Casserole staple

17 Because of

19 Little rascal

22 Baseball’s Pee Wee

24 Dogpatch boy

26 Lotion additive

27 Land in the sea

28 Compete with a lance

30 Sudden all-out attack

31 Little laborer

32 Brandish

34 Musical number

35 Here, to Henri

38 Dangerous

41 Varnish layer

42 Paltry

43 Runs smoothly

44 Warhol’s forte

45 Secret agent TV show of the ‘60s

DOWN

1 Wheel connector

2 Schnitzel base

3 Wrong way to wear a shirt

4 German article

5 Walk with pride

6 High-protein grain

7 -- Major

8 Quill need

9 Fish eggs

10 Stop

16 Kicker’s aid

18 Calls on

19 Sneakily dangerous

20 Dissolve

21 Veep’s boss

22 Indian prince

23 Musk of Tesla

25 Potential law

29 Money-saving offer

30 Implore

33 Unmoving

34 Long account

36 Scout’s base

37 Tiny

38 Strike caller

39 “The Matrix” hero

40 Maple fluid

41 Greek X

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