THOMAS JOSEPH CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Seize

5 Useful skill

10 Take the bus

11 Frightens

13 High cards

14 Arizona city famed for its red rocks

15 Navy rank

17 Sonar user

18 Consign

19 Angry state

20 Baseball’s Mel

21 South African farmer

22 — acids 25 Flexes

26 “Phooey!”

27 Slight, in slang

28 DVR’s forerunner

29 Moves with speed

33 Lyricist Gershwin

34 Sailor

35 Roman magistrate

37 Norway’s capital

38 Car part

39 German denial

40 Transmits

41 Dreary shade

DOWN

1 Effortless charm

2 Puerto —

3 Skilled

4 “Hang in there!”

5 Help out

6 Fragrance

7 Despondent

8 Canyon creator

9 Like some profs

12 Cavalry swords

16 Car

21 Oscar category

22 Words to the wise

23 Vowel marks

24 Close enough to hit

25 Robin or wren

27 Washington airport

29 Hunting dog

30 Bright beam

31 Carl’s wife in “Up”

32 Hardhearted

36 Confession topic

ACROSS

1 Gorillas and gibbons

5 Degrade

10 Casual eatery

12 Road work markers

13 Very quickly

15 Wilder’s “— Town”

16 Golf peg

17 Cool — cucumber

18 Athens rival

20 Waiter’s aid

21 Some agents

22 Turns left

23 “Tomorrow” musical

25 Group of actors

28 Paid for a hand

31 China setting

32 Rascals

34 Shark feature

35 Brewed beverage

36 One — kind

37 Betting limit

40 Once more

41 Makes smooth

42 Network points

43 Whirlpool

DOWN

1 Spanish farewell

2 Locker art

3 Snare

4 Put in stitches

5 Dull pain

6 Big snake

7 Turkey’s capital

8 Playground sight

9 Emerson works

11 Corrupt

14 Eel look- alikes

19 Rancher’s rope

20 Letter before iota

24 Deep- seated

25 Beach robe

26 Crumbly Italian cheese

27 Fabled sailor

29 Conjured up

30 Protect

33 Impudent

35 Addition column

38 Tell tales

39 Broad st.