CROSSWORD NO. 1

ACROSS

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

DOWN

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