Complete Clue List
Across
1. Ahead of a scheduled time
4. ___ Lee, Oscar-winning film director
6. NFL team based in Chicago
9. Make a mistake
10. ___ Gershwin, famous lyricist
11. Great ape villager in video game series 'Animal Crossing'
12. Otter genus
13. Gained new weapons
16. Gossip, or (with an apostrophe) band created on 'Popstars' TV show
17. Lacking in 26 across
19. Container for cremated remains
20. Messy, untidy in appearance
24. Corinne Bailey ___, British singer-songwriter
26. Aural organ
27. The day before
29. Vehicles used to transport coffins
32. Trademark name for a type of range cooker
33. Gun
36. Crowd control measure that irritates the eyes (4,3)
39. Easier to understand
40. British racecourse or a type of tie named after it
41. Mysterious, scary
42. Boat propeller
43. ___ Lovelace, mathematician and computer pioneer
44. Long, pointy weapon
45. Peruvian currency unit
46. Promise or use coarse language
Down
1. Our planet
2. Gain knowledge again
3. Periods of time
4. Structured arrangement of data or objects
5. Word repeated three times before "(A Man After Midnight)" in title of ABBA song
6. Son of Odin in Norse mythology (alt. sp.)
7. Alternative name for an aardvark
8. Original name of Chicago tower, world's tallest building 1973-1998
14. Gain money by working
15. Wyatt ___, participant in the gunfight at the O.K. Corral
18. Blood-pumping organ
19. Purpose
20. Exclamation of disgust
21. New Zealand parrot
22. Married woman's title (abbr.)
23. Poetic contraction: "'___ the season to be jolly"
25. Long period of time
28. Pain in the 26 across
30. British nobleman
31. Fencing sword
32. Popular holiday area of Portugal
33. Worries or concerns
34. Employee on a film set
35. Rick (Indy 500 winner) or Chris (British diver), but NOT Anna (Australian cyclist)
36. Court case
37. Locations
38. Besmirch, either physically or someone's reputation