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 ___"