THOMAS JOSEPH CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Letter before iota

6 In need of a massage 10 “Bolero” composer

11 Pencil part

13 Disney’s mermaid

14 Valerie Harper sitcom

15 “The Addams Family” cousin

16 King of France 18 Singer Reed 19 Criticizing severely 22 GI-entertaining grp. 23 Aid in crime 24 “Hello” singer 27 Eggs on

28 Kingly address 29 Curvy letter 30 Persuading through persistent effort 35 Curvy letter 36 Genetic stuff 37 Compete 38 Scoundrel

40 Diner bowlfuls 42 Entices

43 Not rented out 44 Phone message 45 Garden starters

DOWN

1 Characteristic

2 Writer Bret

3 Juan Perón’s wife

4 Casual top

5 Courtroom order

6 Parsley unit

7 Sound of delight

8 1970 John Wayne film 9 Supplied with funding 12 Heckles 17 Lennon’s love

20 King or czar 21 Was bold

24 Too 25 Becomes extinct 26 Sign of error 27 Winged horse 29 Blitzer’s network 31 That is: Latin 32 Future seed 33 Used a sponge 34 Bird homes 39 Kinsey topic 41 Count start

ACROSS

1 Language of Iran

6 Thrifty person

11 Space visitor

12 Kevin of “The Big

Chill”

13 Officials with

stopwatches

15 Top card

16 At present

17 Sock part

18 Tutor’s units

20 Sister, of sorts 21 Peaks: Abbr.

22 Damon of “The

Martian”

23 Bank fixtures

26 Toy store section 27 Hidden mike

28 Uno doubled

29 Before, in

poems

30 Bond’s drink

34 Hoppy brew

35 Boxing great

36 Singer Henley 37 Diversions

40 Ridiculous

41 Tenant’s form

42 Watches over

43 Useful skill

DOWN

1 Deadly 2 Wonderland visitor 3 Singer LeAnn 4 View 5 Tangled 6 Distorts

7 The Matterhorn, for one

8 Asian nation 9 In transit 10 Bristles at 14 Ages and ages

19 Hook’s helper 22 Ship staff 23 Worry

24 Pilot’s employer 25 Morgan of movies 26 Dian Fossey subject 28 Surrealist Salvador 30 Creates 31 Notions

32 Like Thor and Odin 33 Miniature map 38 Complete 39 French article