CROSSWORD NO. 1

ACROSS

1 Hindu hero

5 Niger neighbor

9 Poultry buy

10 Whoop it up

12 Tony, for one

13 Make blank

14 Regions

16 Michele of “Glee”

17 Fire proof

18 Parish leaders

20 Takes the wheel

22 Player’s fee

23 Channing of “Magic

Mike”

25 Seoul setting

28 New York tribe

32 Browbeats

34 Tear

35 Merino mom

36 Plane headings

38 Jim Croce’s “

I Got —”

40 Mountain group

41 Became

entrenched

42 Some swords

43 Pod contents

44 Unites

DOWN

1 Most chilly

2 Cochise’s people

3 Humorist Sahl

4 Neighbor of Spain 5 Musical opposite of

dimin.

6 That woman

7 Arthurian island

8 Dry expanse

9 Hacienda houses

11 Tenant’s form

15 Make good as new

19 Unexciting

21 Coup d’— © 2021 KING FEATURES SYNDICATE, INC.

24 Turn loose, say

25 In the future

26 Assured

27 Pleistocene period

29 Pressed

30 Sad songs

31 Church parts

33 Pizzeria sights

37 Race goal

39 Hamm of soccer