Complete Clue List
Across
1. Equipment for the poker game James and Sarah are invited to
7. German composer Carl Maria von ___
10. Meaning "as requested", Sarah's one spoken piece in the film begins with these three words (4,3,2)
11. James exhorts William (a student) to "use a little common ____"
12. Dangerous behaviour, like the abuse Sarah received as a teen
13. "As if some ____ ____ had made the world" Tennyson "Idylls of the King" (6,3)
14. Sarah is employed on the ____ of a Deaf and Hard of Hearing School
17. Talked, as with Sarah's single line of dialogue
20. Big blaze. James: "You can't start a ____ and then say night night."
24. Winner's wreath
25. Mrs. ____, Piper Laurie's role in "Children of a Lesser God"
26. Continuous, as with James' efforts to get Sarah to speak
27. "Still..." (3,3)
28. Region, part of the spine
29. Singsong sounds (3-2-2)
30. In Sarah Norman, James Leeds found "Somebody ____ ____" just like the Queen song title (2,4)
31. Seasickness, possibly experienced by some ferry passengers travelling to the school's island
32. Piper Laurie's hair colour
36. Someone putting two and two together
39. William Hurt and Marlee Matlin to "Children of a Lesser God"
42. Remove from a computer
43. Sty sounds
44. William Hurt was nominated for the Best ____ Academy Award
45. Clan members
46. Delivery manner for deadpan jokes
47. Young women students at the Deaf and Hard of Hearing School
Down
1. Acting groups in films and plays like "Children of a Lesser God"
2. ____ Haines directed "Children of a Lesser God"
3. Of the highest quality: top ____
4. Fast tempo
5. Yours truly
6. Fast food item
7. "A love beyond ____" tagline for "Children of a Lesser God"
8. Philip ____ starred as Dr. Curtis Franklin
9. Sound alike
15. Very large quantity
16. Movie soundtrack: "Jump (____ ____ ____)" by The Pointer Sisters (3,2,4)
18. "Children of a Lesser God" production company: ____ Pictures
19. Eucalyptus eater. Commonly attributed with this name but zoologically incorrect (5,4)
20. Ink absorber
21. Stingy type
22. Copy
23. New ____, US region and setting for "Children of a Lesser God"
33. Provoke a response, as with James trying to get Sarah to lipread and speak
34. ____ Anderson and Mark Medoff wrote the screenplay for "Children of a Lesser God"
35. Frightens, as the idea of speaking ____ Sarah
36. Audibly, the way Sarah is reluctant to communicate
37. Role played by William D. Byrd in "Children of a Lesser God"
38. Out of practice, as James says he is with signing, when finding out which students can lipread
39. Informal speech
40. ____ school, the time when James begins pursuing Sarah
41. Classifies