CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Heparin’s target 5 Vegas game 10 Glow 11 Ukraine region 12 Smelting waste 13 Optimistic 14 Baker’s ingredient

16 On the whole 20 Didn’t get a hit,

in a way

23 Tiny

24 Goofed 25 Noted

trailblazer 27 Afternoon

social

28 Wine’s place 29 Versatile 32 Sane

36 Stop 39 Like the Sahara 40 Van Gogh

painting 41 Pleasant 42 Consumed 43 College VIP

DOWN

1 Hacienda home 2 Calm time 3 Vaccine type 4 Garage event 5 Spring bloomers 6 Turn red, perhaps 7 French friend 8 Corral 9 Droop 11 Infant 15 Begged 17 Deserter, e.g.

18 Singer Horne 19 Lewd look 20 Goat cheese 21 Pitcher Hershiser 22 Russian river 25 Inclination 26 Pro 28 Worship groups 30 Poker ploy 31 Last name of the “Two of a Kind” twins 33 Cleveland’s lake 34 Costa — 35 Genesis setting 36 Fade out 37 Pitching stat 38 Take a load off