THOMAS JOSEPH CROSSWORD

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1 China flaw 5 Airships 11 Script unit 12 Ventilate 13 Gumbo vegetable 14 Inadequate 15 Golf peg 16 Father’s Day gifts 17 Blood lines 19 Mensa entry numbers 22 Aids illegally 24 Confess 26 Shopping site 27 Opera song 28 Debate topic 30 Moved stealthily 31 Ruby of films 32 Clinic shots 34 Captain of fiction 35 Flow out 38 Picture puzzle 41 Soft cheese 42 Red-and-black bird 43 Infamous czar 44 Set electrician 45 Bit of rind

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1 Artery problem 2 Walk in the woods 3 Backwards 4 Casserole bit 5 Washroom sight 6 In this manner 7 Crocus cousin 8 Pop’s partner 9 Baby beagle 10 Pig’s digs 16 Frank McCourt book 18 Question from Caesar 19 Kept for emergencies 20 Witty remark 21 Petty fight 22 Surrounded by 23 Ignoble 25 Cautious 29 Sigh, say 30 Fare carrier 33 Less refined 34 Since 36 Prejudice 37 Flexed 38 Steady run 39 Radio’s Glass 40 Online picture format 41 Entertainment industry, slangily

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1 Warsaw native 5 Go ashore 11 Stratford’s river 12 Wide street 13 Cribbage markers 14 Tidy up 15 Quarrel 17 Drop the ball 18 Mythical giant 22 Flanks 24 Boosted 25 Commotion 26 Obtained 27 Pumpkin’s kin 30 Book makeup 32 Modify 33 Penny prez 34 Fiesta food 38 Skunk feature 41 Music genre 42 Illinois city 43 Continental coin 44 Visitors from space 45 RBI or ERA

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1 Hemingway nickname 2 Finished 3 Closed a session 4 Guarantee 5 Hamlet, for one 6 Calendar items 7 “Get lost!” 8 Industrious insect 9 Paris street 10 Writer Follett 16 “— Miniver” 19 In fancy duds 20 Lotion ingredient 21 Brooklyn team 22 23 28 29 Heroic Revered Visit Stop working tale one 30 Contrived 31 Humbles 35 Sailor’s septet 36 Surrounding glow 37 Mailbox part 38 Mud bath setting 39 — Aviv 40 King of France