ACROSS

1 Artist Duchamp

7 Make finer

11 Crumbly Italian cheese

12 Not busy

13 Pinnacle

14 Writer Uris

15 Fixes copy

16 Sky sights

17 - good example

18 Thwart

19 Words of understanding

21 Throw in

22 “Shoop” trio

25 Cobbler’s tool

26 Rapper Rick

27 Monkey (with)

29 Play group

33 Plant anew

34 Run-down

35 Avenue liners

36 Music genre

37 Theater unit

38 Milestone birthday

39 Some bills

40 Rabble

DOWN

1 Crew members

2 Stage comment

3 Hit the ball out of the park

4 Marsh plant

5 They may clash

6 Cut off

7 Like riverbeds

8 Brainstorming diagram

9 “Club Can’t Handle Me” rapper

10 Showed fear

16 Flight makeup

18 Madrid mister

20 Scatter

22 “No Flex Zone” rapper

23 Beggar

24 Gets away

25 Not active

28 Fence supports

30 Friend of d’Artagnan

31 Gem

32 Sorts

34 Latvia’s capital

36 Deli meat

FRIDAY’S ANSWERS

dsopinion@gmail.com. WRITE FOR US. SEND US YOUR OPINION PIECES TO