Complete Clue List
Across
1. Prized type of trout and a nod to this puzzle's theme
5. With 25A, bright pink wading bird with a spatulate beak (second word)
10. Slangy question when asking if someone completed a chore (2 wds, 3,2)
11. Darkly colored serpent that is the longest in the US (2 wds, 6,5)
12. Black ones are supposed to be bad luck if they cross your path
13. First name of a famous angler who often sought brown trout
15. Poetic term for the color black
16. Latin word meaning "come," known best from a Christmas Carol title
19. Avian group with very colorful members including violet-eared, black-chinned and ruby-throated
23. 1983 movie with Michael Keaton as a stay-at-home dad (2 wds, 2, 3)
25. With 5A, bright pink wading bird with a spatulate beak (first word)
26. Small monkeys including the white-footed, golden-handed and brown-mantled species
28. Retail chain selling Japanese household goods
30. Species of merganser found across most of the Northern hemisphere (2 wds, 3,8)
33. Break free
36. Largest species of whale
38. Small seed eater, comes in gold and purple species
41. Nothing
42. Smallest North American dabbling duck, the ___ teal (2 wds, 5-6)
43. The Fab Four's famous double one was white
44. Black and white spotted dog associated with firehouses
45. A shade of blue, or a 2023 IMAX movie from the James Webb Space Telescope (2 wds, 4,3)
Down
1. ___ egret, Gulf coast denizen known for its "dancing" as it hunts fish
2. Country with the peacock as its national bird
3. ___ bear, ursine creature found across much of North America
4. Color in the species of the villain from "Jaws"
5. "Old Yeller," "On Golden Pond" and "Steel Magnolias" all fit this description (2 wds, 3,5)
6. A blue movie may depict a wild party with uninhibited sex
7. Another name for the coatimundi, the white-_____ coati
8. Apple computers that come in vibrant colors
9. 2000 blue party candidate for VP vs. red party Cheney
14. One of 8 on a blue-ringed octopus
17. Common slider turtle has red over this body part
18. Staff member who may clean up blue language in a publication
20. Argentinian footballer who captained his national team, wearing white and sky blue
21. US state with the mountain bluebird as state bird
22. Nom de ____, name used in battle
23. Much feared venomous African snake; 4 species including green and black
24. French politician assassinated in his bath
25. ___ kittiwake, seabird with colorful parts as in its name (2 wds, 3-6)
27. Skittles' is "taste the rainbow" (2 wds, 2,6)
29. Green ___ turtle
31. This country's flag has a golden-yellow lion; ____ Lanka
32. Former name of Benin, coat of arms in 1890 included two green serpents
34. Basket 13A may have kept his brown trout in
35. Red or giant bamboo eater
37. Finished
38. ____-colored tanager, a vibrant bird of Central America
39. Damsel bugs, small tan insects that eat other pests, belong to this genus
40. Flightless bird of New Zealand; the most common species is the North Island Brown