Natural Metals

Intermediate
Puzzle by Dissimilar
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Across

1.Army rank above major, briefly
4.Filmmaker Anderson or Craven
7.Standup comic Philips
10.Tropical hardwood tree
11.Uncommon blood group, briefly
13.Washginton metal fabricator
14.Sink spigot
15.Laughed loudly at
17.Paid up front, on a package: Abbr.
19.Cupboard, in Spanish
20.Dialectic-minded thinker Georg
23.Apple TV's operating system
24.Love dearly
25.Travel by air
26.Junior naval officer, briefly
27.Skilled
29.British honor for a dame, briefly
32.Ocean expanse
33.Bodies of traditional knowledge
35.Riding out a storm, literally or figuratively
37.Crispy woodland plant
39.Copper alloy
40.Santa's namesake saint
42.Bitter or stout, e.g.
43.Wide-brimmed beach topper (3,3)
44.Stately street tree
45.'Nightline' anchor Koppel
46.Oakland ballpark prefix
47.Party-and-state tag for a Landrieu
48.East Coast name for Dreyer's ice cream

Down

1.Permit
2.Not yet set, on a schedule: Abbr.
3.Reddish metal coating Lady Liberty
4.Patient care floor
5.Ambient composer Brian
6.Emerald City on Puget Sound
7.Old Norse mythological poems
8.Octagon combat sport, briefly
9.Photography pioneer Eastman's agency, briefly
12.Thanksgiving sauce
16.Environmentally-minded prefix
18.Be my guest!
20.Menacing 'A Space Odyssey' AI
21.Eastern time in July, briefly
22.Party of elephants, for short
25.Deflated sports equipment
28.'Golden Girls' star Arthur
29.Fell lightly, as rain
30.Require assistance, in a way
31.Author Erle Stanley Gardner's initials
33.Zodiac lion
34.Elaborately decorated
35.Relax after being tense
36.Cavalry slang shouted while backing off
37.Metal used to coat steel against rust
38.Sound bouncing back
40.Senior Navy officer, briefly
41.Guided, as a team
Constructor's Notes

This puzzle is for lovers of metals that age well.

— Dissimilar

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