Across
- 1. One up?
- 7. Apothecary's weight
- 11. Mario Puzo best seller
- 12. Roles for some Shakespearean actors
- 14. Arrive fashionably, in some circles
- 15. Rains cats and dogs
- 17. Brunch pancake
- 18. King Tut, e.g.
- 19. Clothes woes
- 20. Wandering ___ (houseplant)
- 21. ___-Seltzer
- 22. "___ du lieber!"
- 23. Far from fresh
- 25. French sea
- 26. Chinese "way"
- 27. Drops
- 28. "Yo te ___"
- 29. The Situation Room airer
- 30. Acted the toady
- 31. Actor Favreau
- 32. Goes quickly
- 34. Church wds.
- 35. Terms of endearment
- 36. Admission requirements, sometimes
- 38. Blue-ribbon position
- 39. 100 percent
- 40. Snack-chip brand
- 41. Andean animal
- 42. Blackjack lock
- 43. Capital of Rhône
- 44. "___ here!" (Poltergeist catchphrase)
Down
- 1. Clerk of A Christmas Carol
- 2. Where people do what Simon says
- 3. Some people pick it up
- 4. Snares
- 5. Diminutive suffix
- 6. Norma ___
- 7. Dullness exemplar
- 8. Pro ___
- 9. Ancient Greek marketplace
- 10. Christian/fundamentalist group
- 13. Lost creature
- 16. Casino actress
- 18. Pricks
- 20. Rebel Without a Cause star
- 23. "Whew!"
- 24. "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" subject
- 33. Appetizer with peanut sauce
- 35. Added help
- 37. San ___, Italy
- 38. Nina of An American in Paris
- 40. "Homey don't play ___"