CROSSWORD NO. 1

ACROSS

1 Brass band

members

6 “Paradise Lost”

figure

11 Of service

12 Banish

13 Submerged

14 Puzzled

15 Looked lasciviously

17 Pole worker

19 Bear’s lair

20 Capt.’s superior

23 Bonehead

25 Flank

26 Deli staples

28 Annual race, for

short

29 Army exercises

30 Snaky shape

31 Sheltered side

32 Spot

33 Volcanic rock

35 Yellow gem

38 Like Santa’s suit

41 In the know

42 Bert’s buddy

43 Job bonuses

44 Oozes

DOWN

1 Soaking spot

2 Salt Lake City

player

3 Wallets

4 Baby wipe additive

5 Clinched

6 Common dice roll 7 Cut drastically

8 Box office buys, in

slang

9 Brewpub offering

10 Homer’s neighbor

16 Dwells

17 Jockey Arcaro

18 Beef cuts

20 Grinding item

21 “Skyfall” singer

22 Track great Owens © 2021 KING FEATURES SYNDICATE, INC.

24 Jeans feature

25 Runner on snow

27 Folds

31 Takes it easy

33 Pound sound

34 Collected stories

35 Keg need

36 Need to pay

37 Hole number

39 Pointer

40 “Certainly!”