BARRED CROSSWORD

Across

1 Spoke indistinctly (7) 8 What the Lone Ranger

shouted to Silver (4) 12 Spelunking site that requires very warm clothing (7)

13 “Frozen 2” snowman (4) 14 Curriculum components

(7)

15 Passable, but that’s it

(4)

16 It’s also called a bunker,

in golf (8)

18 Home of the NHL’S Blues

(3)

19 Not asked for (11) 22 Warmup for college

hopefuls, briefly (4) 23 Monogram on some

high-end scarves (3) 25 Uncontrollable

movements (4)

28 Is perfect for (11) 31 Georgia airport, on

luggage tags (3) 32 Store sign welcomed by

night owls (8)

35 Wad of earth (4) 36 Corrected a

chronological error (7) 38 Wartime medal

recipient (4) 39 Underground

rock source (7)

40 GPS section (4) 41 Turned to a life of crime

(7)

Down

1 Outfits with a wire (6) 2 Bruins fans, briefly (6) 3 Not very nice (4) 4 System for determining the top NCAA football team (3)

5 “As a final note ...” (6) 6 Next-to-last fairytale

word (4)

7 Cul-___ (deadend

street) (5)

8 Delivery room site (8) 9 Dubious excuse for not

turning in homework (7) 10 ___ makes waste (5) 11 From ages past (5) 17 Kid’s pencil puzzle (8) 20 Shore-leave takers (7) 21 Suffix meaning

“practitioner” (3)

24 Site of the world’s first

subway (6)

26 “Glory of Love” singer

Peter (6)

27 Rated, at Flushing

Meadows (6) 28 Goldman ___

(investment firm) (5) 29 Newsman Garrick or

slugger Chase (5)

30 Unit of mistletoe (5) 33 St. Louis Arch architect

(4)

34 Volume 1 of an

encyclopedia, maybe (4) 37 The last thing a Yale

cheerleader wants (3)