The Columbus Dispatch

CROSSWORD NO. 1

- By Thomas Joseph

ACROSS

1 Following

6 Concert setting

11 Doone of fiction

12 White Cliffs setting

13 Be real

14 Pancake order

15 Crescent’s tip

17 Invites

18 Boxer Lamotta

20 Opposed

22 Lawyer’s letters

23 Shirt parts

26 Brownish gray

28 “Hello” singer

29 School primer

31 Dr.’s org.

32 Store come-on

33 Shoelace problem

34 Drill parts

36 Puts down

38 Writer Loos

40 Football plays

43 Saint — (largest of

the Virgin Islands)

44 Enjoyed avidly

45 Thus

46 Rick’s cartoon

grandson

DOWN

1 Hearty brew

2 Sly one

3 You need to be careful replying to it

4 Follow

5 “Darn it!”

6 TV spots

7 Turned 8 Dodging response

9 Bottle part

10 Sacred chests

16 Bud

18 “West Side Story”

gang

19 Memo letters

21 Approach

23 Hawk

24 Sailors’ saint

25 Pants part © 2021 KING FEATURES SYNDICATE, INC.

27 Credit card, in

slang

30 Long swimmer

33 Honshu city

34 “Art of the Fugue”

composer

35 Concerning

37 First father

39 Firefighti­ng aid

41 Bolt connector

42 Mole, e.g.

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