CROSSWORD NO. 1

ACROSS

1 Beach grains

6 Houston player

11 Concerning

12 Singer-songwriter

Leonard

13 Sullen sort

14 Corundum, for one

15 Keats work

16 Melody

18 Homer’s neighbor

19 Harden

20 Travel stop

21 Tapped item

22 Nod

24 Silent worker

25 Campaign loser

27 Radio format

29 Goal

32 Maximum amount

33 Fuming

34 Saloon quaff

35 Corp. or Sgt.

36 Yale rooter

37 Not strict

38 Marriage gifts

40 Take as one’s own

42 More than some

43 Scoundrel

44 Olympics award

45 Passover feast

DOWN

1 Indian turnover

2 Homes

3 Motel sign

4 Expected 5 Tries hard

6 Squirrel’s find

7 Boston team,

familiarly

8 Saying what’s on

one’s mind

9 Cash in

10 Nervous

17 Collectively

23 Caribou’s kin

24 Spoil © 2021 KING FEATURES SYNDICATE, INC.

26 Some tires

27 Shared bike

28 Statue setting

30 Go by

31 One having a silent conversation

33 Oscar winner

Streep

39 Period

41 Buck’s mate