ACROSS

1 Like sea urchins

6 Parking pro

11 Joust need

12 Chris of “The Avengers”

13 Adequate

15 Spoil

16 Unruly group

17 Quarter-back Manning

18 Campaign phrases

20 In favor of

21 Sturdy tree

22 Nuisance

23 Wake-up sound

26 Canada natives

27 Depend

28 Sock part

29 — de mer

30 Fuel gas

34 Commo-tion

35 Feel poorly

36 Model buy

37 Practical

40 Provinces

41 Mall business

42 Like wetlands

43 Met performer

DOWN

1 Run-down regions

2 Vatican-based

3 Prologue

4 Corp. or Sgt.

5 Polite answer

6 Words of action

7 Director DuVernay

8 Library penalty

9 Surround

10 Casual tops

14 Bop on the noggin

19 Un-pleasant, as details

22 Make ready

23 Galena, for one

25 Permitted

26 Most unflappable

28 Singing group

30 Singer Cline

31 Ohio city

32 Blasting stuff

33 Old anesthetic

38 Pester

39 Had breakfast

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