CROSSWORD NO. 1

ACROSS

1 Gerbil homes

6 Preclude

11 Be of one mind

12 Cream of the crop

13 Make some travel

plans

15 Form 1040 org.

16 Hawaii’s Mauna —

17 Boxing’s

Muhammad

18 In a spiteful way

20 Signing need

21 Curtain holder

22 Self-referential

23 Turn red, maybe

26 Art inspirers

27 Historic times

28 Stroller user

29 Swindle

30 Prepared to play

34 Plus

35 “... man — mouse?”

36 Much of N. Amer.

37 Appear untidy

40 Sensational

41 Calls out

42 Sports figures

43 Carmaker Ford

DOWN

1 Plane part

2 Greek marketplace

3 Disgusting

4 “It’s a mouse!”

5 Marine mammal 6 Hold up

7 Yale student

8 Lummoxes

9 Jock

10 Eye parts

14 Do origami

19 “— bien!”

22 Remote button

23 Brings to mind

24 Resolve © 2021 KING FEATURES SYNDICATE, INC.

25 Famed box opener

26 King or queen

28 Lawn material

30 Marsh croakers

31 Became

entrenched

32 Theater worker

33 Singer Cline

38 Young fox

39 Fuming feeling