Crossword puzzle

ACROSS

1 “Beat it!”

6 Cotton-tipped cleaner 10 Resort off Venezuela 11 Venice sight

13 Sheet material

14 Confuse

15 Outback bird

16 Toe count

18 Sprinted

19 They may precede divorces 22 Sewer rodent

23 Paddy crop

24 Lion features

27 Pluto’s realm

28 Kitchen appliance 29 Online info list

30 Money paid to make amends 35 Gallery fill 36 List-shortening abbr. 37 Congress creation 38 Publicity act

40 Alpine girl of story 42 Madrid mister

43 “Hound Dog” singer 44 Band sample 45 Layers

DOWN

1 Store events 2 Police concern 3 Incur, as debts 4 Lincoln nickname 5 Watchwords 6 Meager

7 Bankroll

8 TV’s Data, for one 9 Account amount 12 Eye parts

17 Pig out

20 Sports spot 21 Baghdad native 24 Swamp

25 Turned aside 26 Triton orbits it 27 Chopping tool 29 Diet no-no 31 Fashionably dated 32 Martini garnish 33 Lowest point 34 Reuben cheese 39 _______ de plume 41 Inventor Whitney