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Fish VI Crossword Puzzle

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This crossword puzzle has several clues and answers (within quotes) related to the Elizabeth Bishop poem "The Fish". Unless otherwise stated, all answers are spelled in US English.
Author: bernie73 - Diff: Harder

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    • Complete Clue List

      Across
      2. Encourage (a crime)
      4. With x: "His brown ___ in strips" (4,4)
      8. Norse goddess of the underworld
      9. IATA code for Jefferson Municipal Airport
      10. One who tells untruths
      11. ... "and ___ / with tiny white sea-lice"
      15. Not thin
      16. Sugar-based alcohol
      17. Native American nation of north eastern Arizona
      18. Make (a living) with difficulty: ___ out
      19. "I saw that from his ___" (5,3)
      22. "I caught ___ / and held him" ... (1,10,4)
      28. "It was ___ the tipping" (4,4)
      31. Morse code distress
      32. Not west
      33. Roman household god
      34. South of Texas: ___ Grande
      35. "___ saw / that from his lower lip" ... (3,4,1)
      39. 1964 concert film: "___ Show" (abbr.)
      40. IATA code for Kushiro Airport
      41. Touch lightly
      42. "Here ___ / his brown skin hung in strips" (3,5)
      43. Ova, in English

      Down

      1. "They ___ little, but not / to return my stare" (7,1)
      2. "With ___ five big hooks" (3,5)
      3. "While his gills were breathing in / the ___ oxygen"
      4. ... "and the pink ___ a big peony" (4,7,4)
      5. Jim Phelps led this fictional team (abbr.)
      6. Not hers
      7. Indicates a maiden name
      12. Supermodel Macpherson
      13. Not short
      14. Very small amount of a liquid
      20. Similar to an ump (abbr.)
      21. "like ancient wallpaper, / and ___ pattern of darker brown"
      23. "and underneath ___ or three / rags of green"
      24. Poetic before
      25. Where the fish was before being caught: ___ water (5,3)
      26. With xA: "Here ___ / his brown skin hung ___" (2,6)
      27. "my hook / fast in a corner of ___" (3,5)
      28. Leonardo da Vinci painting: "___ Lisa"
      29. What you do with a poem like "The Fish"
      30. Scottish lake
      36. Religious sister
      37. Egyptian king
      38. Adam's wife