THOMAS JOSEPH CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Constellation part

5 Book of maps

10 Plumbing piece

11 Peanut, informally

13 Resting on

14 Turn

15 Fast sailing ship

17 Top-secret govt.

org.

18 Main courses

19 Friend of Bashful

20 “My country — of

thee”

21 One-sided win

22 Girder metal

25 Doesn’t own

26 Exist

27 Drunkard

28 Radio’s Glass

29 Egyptian beetles

33 German article

34 Chewy candy

35 Magazine worker

37 Soft drink choice

38 Harsh

39 Easy gait

40 Sides in an eternal

battle

41 Uses a needle

DOWN

1 Word separator 2 Giant of myth 3 Left, on a liner 4 Witty banter 5 Concurs 6 Handyman’s collection 7 Whole bunch 8 Leave high and dry 9 Begins 12 Gasps, say 16 Face concealer 21 Takes back 22 Trombone parts 23 Rants 24 Difficult to pin down 25 Lion sound 27 Frightens

29 Get a goal

30 Love, to Luigi

31 Under

32 Bed boards

36 Cowboy nickname

ACROSS

1 Quick jab

5 Bea Arthur series

10 Copying

12 Building wing

13 Clock setting in

Illinois

15 Finish

16 Completely

17 Road goo

18 Roosevelt’s middle

name

20 Mailed

21 Condescend

22 Track figures

23 25 Garden Sense starters

28 Eye drops

31 Writer Rice

32 Certainly

34 Lupino of film

35 “— little teapot ...”

36 Distant

37 Duration of some

offers 40 News item 41 City on the Rhône 42 Hold up 43 Longings

DOWN

1 Walked back and forth 2 Had its premiere 3 Begin to burn 4 Tolkien tree herder 5 Shopping spot 6 Termite’s kin 7 In agreement 8 Insist on 9 Brings to bear 11 Farm association 14 Recharging period 19 Usher’s place 20 “What a pity” 24 Reply to “Gracias” 25 Missed the mark 26 Salad green 27 Tooth layer 29 Amend one’s return 30 Mariners 33 Garb 35 Tiny 38 “— pig’s eye!” 39 Attempt