Complete Clue List
Across
1. Frugality
5. Piece of mail
9. In the past
11. Give hope to
12. Jostle, push or squeeze into a place. Rhymes with "crutch" which may help with this action
13. A state of matter
15. As originally positioned (Lat., 2,4)
17. Turn abruptly
18. Formal speech
19. "Comin' ____ the Rye" (Robbie Burns)
22. Charity
24. Invests with power
25. Its symbol is Pb
27. Unwanted e-mail
30. Demonstrate
32. Coypu
33. Totally confused
34. Mad cow disease (init.)
36. Gold or silver Anglo-Saxon coin (var. of "Thrymsa")
37. Soft silvery metallic element, atomic number 69, formula Tm
38. Triumphed
39. Resembling a nerve cell or fibre
40. Pulsating
Down
2. Sounding more husky
3. Completely (Lat., 2,4)
4. Sharp taste
5. Plenty
6. Bad-tempered (Scot.); rhymes with "brawn", not a good combination in an ill-tempered person
7. Captivate
8. Obsolete form of "thirst", rhyming with "wrist" (may be used in slaking a thirst)
10. Triplets
14. Joint inflammation
16. Urinary duct
17. At the earliest opportunity
20. Shade
21. British lexicon (abbr.)
22. Biblical beast
23. CEO's degree (abbr.)
25. Duration
26. Highly infectious disease caused by "Bacillus anthracis"
28. Condition
29. Half notes
30. Coal miner or shorthand inventor
31. Songbird
34. Cry like a baby
35. European erupter