Complete Clue List
Across
1. Violante ____, Italian actress, played Nadya Ketch in "Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance" (2011)
6. Postpone OR convey (both 3,4)
10. Actress ____ Davis, first African-American with the Triple Crown of Acting; Oscar in "Fences" (2016)
11. Four duos or two quartets (var.)
12. 24D + 12A: US rapper, 2015 debut EP titled "Hell Can Wait" (Surname)
13. Perch
14. Inspire
15. Nigerian-American shooting guard Victor ____ (1.93m/6'4") joined the NBA's Miami Heat in 2021
16. Trial's partner
17. Spice Girl Victoria ____ with sons Romeo and Brooklyn
21. Slippery
25. Great deal
27. Beer with a lower alcohol content, or maybe paler in colour? (5,3)
28. Doodlebugs: some 2,000 Myrmeleontidae insect species; larvae dig pits to trap ants or other prey
29. Night of poetry
31. US rapper Robert Matthew Van Winkle, known professionally as ____ Ice, "Ice Ice Baby" (1990)
35. In 2018, American football nose tackle ____ was drafted by the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers (4,3)
39. Italian Valentina ____, adult film actress and model, Penthouse Pet of the Month (Nov. 2013)
40. Late riser (3-4, old-fashioned, informal)
41. Dumbfound, perplex
42. Like Old Norse writing
43. US actress ____ Harper, Rhoda Morgenstern on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and "Rhoda" spin-off
44. Female political refugee
45. Shrivel up, wrinkle with age
46. Traditions, long-standing practices
47. Early form of photograph, printed on metal plate before varnishing
Down
1. Words of wisdom
2. TACIT AS fluctuates and is unstable (anag.)
3. Honestly (2,5)
4. Dutchman Valentijn ____ was a professional mixed martial artist and kickboxer
5. 35D + 5D: US filmmaker, villainous Victor "Vic" Hoskins in 2015's "Jurassic World" (surname, 1'7)
6. US actor with a tomato sauce business: 35D ____; Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero on "The Sopranos"
7. Refrain from singing? (3-2-2)
8. Sanskrit poet, with the epic "Ramayana" attributed as his work
9. Bring back
18. Virginia ____ Clemm Poe (1822-1847), first cousin and wife of US writer Edgar Allan Poe
19. Indian international cricketer Virat ____, has a daughter Vamika (2021) with wife Anushka
20. Benefit
22. US model and actress Victoria ____; as Angela Dorian was Playboy's 1968 Playmate of the Year
23. Indian environmentalist and author Vandana ____ shares her surname with a Hindu deity
24. 24D + 12A: US rapper, born in Compton, CA; played in the Snoop Youth Football League (First name)
25. Vanessa ____ Chester, child actor before appearing in "The Lost World: Jurassic Park" (1997)
26. Malaysian Chinese businessman and investor 35D ____, 2010 owner of Welsh football club Cardiff City
30. Mexican jockey Victor ____ won the 2015 Triple Crown riding American Pharoah
31. Serbian flight attendant Vesna ____ with Guinness WR for surviving fall without parachute (10,160 m)
32. Pokes fun at
33. Vivian Distin (née ____, formerly Cash) was Johnny Cash's first wife and inspired "I Walk the Line"
34. "Flowers in the Attic" (1979) was written by American novelist V.C. ____ (Cleo Virginia ____)
35. 35D + 5D: US actor, Italian descent, Pvt Leonard Lawrence in 1987's "Full Metal Jacket" (first name)
36. Dramatist's device
37. Ukrainian footballer ____ Lobanovskyi managed FC Dynamo Kyiv and the USSR national team
38. Spartan