CROSSWORD NO. 1

ACROSS

1 Embedded spy

5 Throw away

10 Verve

11 Shows beyond

doubt

13 Stepped down

14 Salt additive

15 In pristine

condition

17 Linking word

18 From twelve

months ago

19 Aunt, in Acapulco

20 Passport, license,

etc.

21 Cooped (up)

22 Track legend Jesse

25 Pigeon’s perch

26 Distinct flavor

27 Got together

28 Assn.

29 Lester Holt, for one

33 Hockey great

Bobby

34 From bygone days

35 Result in

37 Flamenco cries

38 Was jealous of

39 Talk crazily

40 Run-down

41 Finishes

DOWN

1 Dry and crumbly 2 Skateboarding

jump 3 Space-going dog

4 It often follows

breaking

5 Sales pitches

6 Throng

7 Scepter

8 Flew

9 Authoring

12 Sober

16 Tacit approvals

21 Shop with cages © 2021 KING FEATURES SYNDICATE, INC.

22 “Lawrence of

Arabia” star

23 Rabbit homes

24 Etch

25 Raunchy

27 Tune

29 Famous

30 La Scala setting

31 Improve, in a way

32 Bird abodes

36 Spotted cube