Complete Clue List
Across
2. Capital of Croatia
5. Impolite
9. Encircling or belt-like structure
10. Bird similar to a heron
11. Light wind from the west
12. Name of Southern Rhodesia changed to this
14. Small vaults for money and jewels
17. Character ____ Brannigan from "Futurama"
20. Leveled
22. US pronunciation of 26th letter
23. George Clooney medical drama
24. Killer whale
26. Stringed instruments that are laid flat when played
28. Large container
30. Not defense
31. To do this makes donkeys of us both
34. River in Western Siberia
36. Sound
39. Third person masculine pronoun
40. In chess, a forced move that harms you
43. Japanese variant of Buddhism
44. Stephen King novel with Pennywise
45. Greases
46. Important happening
47. Middle Eastern flatbread
48. Will Smith superhero and Declaration signer
Down
1. Brother of Nori and Ori in "The Hobbit"
2. Name of Northern Rhodesia changed to this
3. Take hold, greedily
4. Charles Dickens's "sketchy" pen name
5. At rest
6. Expression of disgust and disappointment
7. Not wet
8. Spooky
12. Genus of tropical weevils
13. Our planet
15. "Much ___ About Nothing"
16. Between meals food
17. Outer, colorful peels of citrus fruits
18. Candy that comes out of the dispenser's "throat"
19. Synonym for cost
21. Female chimp in "Planet of the Apes"
25. Came to fruition
27. Bumblebees have them
29. One who practices self-discipline and abstention
32. King of Judah, son of Amaziah (alt. spelling)
33. Holds soup serving
35. Not complex
37. Subdivision of Japanese Yen
38. Tolkien's tree herders
39. Often used twice with hooray
41. Don't stop
42. Element with atomic number 30