Complete Clue List
Across
1. Requirements you may be hoping for
5. Behaving very formally
7. Describe enthusiastically
10. Making clear in the hope of educating
13. Providing hope or support
15. Small label (often applied with the hope of keeping track of something)
16. Symbol of royalty, or could be used to describe the Sun
17. Colloquial measurement for a small amount of hope
19. Large bird that can only dream of flying
20. ___ Korbut, Olympic champion gymnast (1972 and 1976)
21. Put into position
23. Snug and comfortable
24. Cheery colour associated with the sun
27. Quantity or total
30. Company that built Deep Blue in the hope of winning at chess
31. Latin greeting or farewell
32. Pandora's item in which only hope remained
33. Rowing implement
34. UK professional association promoting conservation research and education (abbr.)
36. King of England 959-975, also known as "The Peaceful"
38. Type of rescue vessel used close to the coast (abbr.)
39. Thomas ___, English composer of 'Rule, Britannia!'
40. Brings up children
41. Hope ___, former US soccer player
42. Research repository for the US DoD (abbr.)
44. Show agreement
45. ___ Crumpler, tight end who played in the Pro Bowl from 2003 to 2006
46. Seabird of the genus Stercorarius
48. Animals that have to hope they won't be eaten
49. People who have hope and look on the bright side
Down
1. Specialist hospital ward for very young babies (abbr.)
2. Title held by the monarch of both Qatar and Kuwait
3. Air resistance (that engineers hope to minimise)
4. Satisfy or appease
5. Type of business whose shares are sold on the stock market (UK, abbr.)
6. Label indicating laboratory products not intended for patient-related use (abbr.)
8. Energy and hopeful enthusiasm
9. Compass point at 67.5 degrees (abbr.)
10. Periods of time before marriages
11. Author of line "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here"
12. Literary study of aphorisms or cryptic remarks (about sundials, maybe?)
13. Person who hopes to obtain the best result by getting somewhere first (5,4)
14. Someone who can be relied on or is worthy of hope or faith in them
18. Type of Russian rowing boat that also has a sail
19. Former French coin
21. "People need hope, people need lovin'" is the opening line of a song by a band from this country
22. ___ Inn, meeting place for the pilgrims in Chaucer's 'The Canterbury Tales'
25. Initials by which city served by Bob Hope Airport is commonly known
26. Complete, finished
28. Roman mythological personification of death
29. Bovine that appears in the Chinese zodiac
35. Japanese watch manufacturer
37. ___ Min, Olympic champion diver (1988 and 1992)
38. Geographical formations such as Scilly or British
43. Container designed for drinking
45. 'Hope' (1886) by George Frederic Watts and 'Hope I' (1903) by Gustav Klimt are examples of this
47. Consumed
48. Character of the Greek alphabet
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