CROSSWORD BY THOMAS JOSEPH

ACROSS

1 Caesar subject

6 Fancy neckwear

11 Stand

12 Pound resident

13 Out of style

14 Lazy sort

15 They hold power

16 Writer Brown

18 Bullring cry

19 Swelled head

20 Galoot

21 Sturgeon eggs

22 Finds another purpose for

24 Light touches

25 Took stock?

27 Milk choice

29 Alter, as a program

32 Lot sight

33 Through

34 Writer Stout

35 Bordeaux bud

36 Musical ability

37 Injury soother

38 Ominous bird

40 When pigs fly

42 Wide awake

43 Calender entry

44 Uncovers

45 Moves quickly

DOWN

1 Dueling sword

2 Grove fruit

3 Omaha is on it

4 Cart puller

5 Sewing items

6 Imitative

7 Lawn makeup

8 Moab is on it

9 Spotted cat

10 Low cards

17 Neighbor of Germany

23 Total

24 Ab’s neighbor

26 Intelligent

27 Egyptian emblem

28 Joe’s veep

30 Respectable

31 Brings to bear

33 Air outlets

39 Before, in odes

41 Longoria of TV

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