Island Beach

Intermediate
Puzzle by Tex Jernigan
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Across

1.Conk out
4.British broadcaster, for short
7.___ therefore I am
10.Inbox contents
12.Sexually pure
13.Feline kingdom, so to speak
15.Chaotic brawl
16.Comfortable rut
17.Comes down hard
19.Bike tire's inflatable part
20.Tex, for one
23.Illnesses abbreviation
24.Frank Norris novel of a dentist's downfall
26.High school formal dances
27.___ up (yield, as room)
32.Soak in warm water
35.Bang, dyed black
37.Baseball diamond's center hill
39.Underground comix artist R. ___
40.Protective talisman
41.Achy
42.'MMMBop' sibling trio
43.Excited cowboy holler, drawn out
44.Advanced in years

Down

1.French-derived term for professional talkers
2.Med school grad in training
3.Scrape (out), as a living
4.Relay race handoff item
5.Put in an offer for, at auction
6.Segment of a garlic bulb
7.Agency repping actors, initially
8.Housing projects, in old-school slang
9.Rings of light above saints
10.Heart-rhythm test, for short
11.Manatee, e.g.
14.Word on a lane-ending sign
18.Doormat, in slang
21.Detection device, in military lingo: Abbr.
22.Not the full range, from point ___
23.'Charmed' star who played Prue Halliwell
25.Amaze utterly
28.Master of ceremonies at a dinner
29.'Battlestar Galactica' actor, by first name
30.Chopin composition for skill-building
31.Clock a runner's speed
33.German town leveled in WWII
34.Winter month, to a Spaniard: Abbr.
36.Pabst brew, briefly
38.After-school punishment, for short
40.Disparaging rap term, with 'a'
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