ACROSS

1 Deep cut

5 Bustles

9 Magna —

10 Silent performers

12 Singer Lavigne

13 Collectively

14 White-hot

16 “The Matrix” hero

17 Pie dish

18 Scared of

20 Corner

22 Takes advantage of

23 Town west of Philadelphia

25 Epic tale

28 “The Little Mermaid” villain

32 Senate event

34 Writer Anaïs

35 Go wrong

36 Getting close

38 Defame in print

40 Nary a soul

41 Unfaithful

42 Central

43 For fear that

44 Play group

DOWN

1 Surrendered

2 Unmitigated

3 Agitate

4 Nova Scotia port

5 Friendly señorita

6 Racket

7 Muscat natives

8 Moon goddess

9 Social group

11 Moves through mud

15 Sea god

19 Diamond scores

21 Bring up

24 Like some produce

25 Volume setting?

26 Reception aid

27 Missay

29 Labor groups

30 European finch

31 Fury

33 Cove

37 Writer Jaffe

39 Slalom maneuver