Across 1 Mongoose foe 6 Dark fur 11 Bars on cars 12 Makes sound 13 Swindles 14 Physics bits 15 Pouchlike part 16 Door-opening phrase 18 Tick off 19 Puppy sound 20 Sine qua __ 21 Goblet part 23 Nation on the Red Sea 25 Agreeable answer 27 Singer Orbison 28 Harvests 30 Test version 33 Curtain holder 34 Saloon order 36 __ Moines 37 Napoleon, for one 39 Motorist’s buy 40 Spa treatments 41 Poker ploy 43 Wipe off 44 Snowy wader 45 Also-ran 46 Block-heads DOWN 1 Currant liqueur 2 Rustic transport 3 “Imma Be” band 4 Sleep state 5 Test for purity 6 Ticket seller, of a sort 7 Lot buy 8 Van Morrison hit of 1967 9 “The Apartment” actor 10 German steel city 17 Put down 22 “Cry __ River” 24 Unruly crowd 26 Less dense 28 Horror director George 29 Start for pitch or mo 31 China collection 32 Useful skills 33 Drive off 35 Blundered 38 Different 42 Previously