#Title
ACROSS
1 Temple figure
6 Match in value
11 German sub
12 Reluctant reply
13 Some messages
14 Seminar group
15 Loquacious
17 Clerk on “The Simpsons”
19 Put down
20 D.C. baseballer
23 Admits
25 Undiluted
26 Bad place for a mind
28 Pants part
29 Where many jokes are set
30 Lobed organ
31 Handful of
32 Try out
33 Legal expert
35 Jeans material
38 Lecturer’s aid
41 Full of energy
42 Because of
43 Blends
44 Aerosol output
DOWN
1 Deep groove
2 Penny prez
3 Utility knife
4 Soaking spot
5 “Not true!”
6 Gas gauge reading
7 Wharf
8 Ensign’s org.
9 Feasted
10 Rap’s — Nas X
16 Moroccan port
17 Similar
18 W. Va. neighbor
20 Almond spread, e.g.
21 Scopes
22 — Haute
24 That woman
25 Sch. support group
27 Chills out after a tough day
31 Is furious
33 Deceptive talk
34 Diner order
35 Block
36 Ivy League student
37 Veto
39 Greek vowel
40 Tofu base
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