CROSSWORD By THOMAS JOSEPH ACROSS 1 Apertures 5 At a distance 9 Argentine legend 10 Tests for rats 12 Ouzo flavor 13 Really impressed 14 Annoys 16 Chaney of horror 17 Time 42 Mandolins' cousins 43 Turn down 44 Lewd look DOWN 1 League of Nations seat 2 Comes up 3 Fence part 4 Allergy signs 5 Wrong before 6 Summer 18 Lemon tools 20 Dermatol cooler 7 Flowery shrub ogg topics 22 Boat's trail 23 The 8 Make r changes Jetsons' dog 25 Sirius, for 9 Rock Re beater one 28 Gave the boat 32 Fragrance counter bottles 34 Old auto 35 Stop fasting 36 Birds, at times 38 Blow one's top 40 Bert's buddy 41 Discour age 11 Reason 15 Do 26 Began to museum 27 Keen 19 Noah work count? 21 "Pal Joey" lyricist 24 Philoso pher Bertrand 25 Spirited horse 29 Thirty, in France 30 More spooky 31 Rx -33 Ledger item 37 Factual amounts 39 Stock holder
A dense crossword puzzle style list of clues and answers appears to fill a newspaper chessboard of entries. The page shows many across and down hints including classic references such as Jetsons dog Astro and Bertrand Russell, with a mix of synonyms, figures, and common crossword fodder. The dense grid hints at a themed puzzle likely published in a paper column by Thomas Joseph.