ACROSS

1 Self-satisfied

5 Sobbed

10 Apartment sign

12 Door feature

13 Say

14 Writer Chekhov

15 Negative link

16 Japanese “thanks”

18 Italian “thanks”

20 Model buy

21 Shade providers

23 Jargon suffix

24 Have a repast

26 Play group

28 Stake

29 Track item

31 Good times

32 Swahili “thanks”

36 Spanish “thanks”

39 History stretch

40 Sachet scent

41 Different

43 Summon up

44 Showed over

45 Hamper

46 Squirrel’s cache

DOWN

1 Taken aback

2 Car part

3 Extreme

4 “My word!”

5 Spiced tea

6 Bout site

7 Gas pipes

8 Selfish one

9 Mean

11 Movie preview

17 “Stand” band

19 Buddhism branch

22 Cut

24 Strip

25 “That’s expensive!”

27 Imitating

28 Made bull elk sounds

30 Bond rating

33 First Indian prime minister

34 Pick up the tab

35 Brings in

37 Bakery buy

38 Bakery worker

42 High card

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