Complete Clue List
Across
1. Mechanical, stiff
5. Smash
9. Erythrocyte (abbrev)
10. Become rusty (UK spelling)
11. Difficulties, hardships
12. Time passed
13. Cimetidine
14. Late
15. Hen's product
16. Erected a tent
20. Makes certain
24. Crowd-control chemical
28. Mobile
32. Australian flightless bird
33. Lowest army rank
34. Michelangelo's chapel
35. Rodent
36. Conclusion, ending
37. Polar regions
38. Our star
39. Guides
40. Actor: Sir John ___
Down
1. Santa's landing place
2. Miss Jones, diary writer
3. Victory
4. Made
5. Dickens's Ebenezer
6. Fishermen
7. Lightning's partner
8. Bacon slices
17. Tina Turner's ex
18. Automobile
19. Longoria or Mendes
21. 'The Matrix' character
22. Actress Thurman
23. Snake-like fish
24. Usual, normal
25. US state
26. Pellet, piece of grit
27. Female clairvoyant
28. Muscle car/Sally
29. Varicella pustule
30. Chinese city, host 2008 Olympics
31. Risen out of water