CROSSWORD NO. 1

ACROSS

1 Fissure

6 Rays’ home

11 Eagle’s home

12 Shark’s home

13 Supply with new

weapons

14 Respond to stimuli

15 Reach across

17 Golf peg

18 Kind of candidate

22 Melville captain

23 Some potatoes

27 Last

29 River of Missouri

30 Flings

32 Floor piece

33 Specimens

35 Ga. neighbor

38 Revered one

39 Purple hue

41 Egypt’s Anwar

45 Pal, to Pedro

46 Deli fixture

47 Board, as a bus

48 Saudi Arabia

neighbor

DOWN

1 Train unit

2 Director Spike

3 Pitching stat

4 Corner on a

diamond

5 Musical speed

6 Twister

7 Star pitcher 8 Ham or veal

9 Speed

10 Poker payment

16 “Exodus” hero

18 Ludicrous

19 River from

Pittsburgh

20 Soup buys

21 The cellar, in sports

24 Hard precipitation

25 Lusty look © 2021 KING FEATURES SYNDICATE, INC.

26 Beholds

28 Dictionary

31 Feeling down

34 Like forest rocks

35 National symbol

36 Green fruit

37 Stepped down

40 In the past

42 River blocker

43 Hearty quaff

44 Wallet bill