Happy Un-Birthday to You, a Crossword Puzzle
by Carly Svamvour

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Hint: 39 Across

Across

1)     Gioacchino Rossini (The Barber of Seville) was this kind of composer
5)     Notices/playbills
7)     First language of Louis Jouvet (1887-1951), director, actor, stage designer, teacher and
         writer-abbr.
8)     Collection of rules imposed by authority
10)   His band often featured Frank Sinatra
11)   Eleanor Powell played Ms. Marsh in this 1941 movie- _ _ _ _ Be Good
14)   A metric unit of length equal to 100 meters
15)   The _ _ _ and the Pussycat
17)   A woodwind you might see in one of  the orchestras
20)   A Finnish steam bath
22)   Spare time
25)   Not off
26)   Curtain _ _ _ _
27)   Obtain with difficulty - _ _ _ out
28)   He plays the part of a boy in Gone With The Wind - init.
29)   365 days
31)   English dramatist - writing for the stage in the 1600's - init.
33, 34 & 37)     _   _ _ _ _   _ _  Born (1937) - 4 wds.
38)   Made big news
39)   She played the part of Esther Blodgett in 33 across - init.
40)   Something young lovers might share
41)   Expire; pass away
43)   Mickey Rooney played this guy in Girl Crazy - init.
45)   Jimmy's band was more for this
46)   The energetic personality
 

Down
1, 10 & 20)     Hattie played the part of Aunt Tempy in this one - 3 wds.
2)      A gala event for High School kids
3)      She played the part of Marie Garson in HIgh Sierra (1941)
4)      Ethel Merman played Mrs. Sally Adams in this one (1953) _ _ _ _  Me Madam
5)      _ _ _  Number Can Win - Jean Gabin is 'Charles' in this one
6 & 13)            Another popular song of that time - 2 wds.
9)      State of 43 across - abbr.
12)    The 2 big band brothers in 10 across
15)    Sound of surprise or awe
16)    The director of 33 across
18 & 34)          What Fredric March's character did in 16 down - 2 wds.
19)    A particular region
21)     Indefinite article
23)    He plays an amputation case in Gone With the Wind - init.
24)    Small guitar with 4 strings
28)    What you might call a sailor
30)    _ _ _ that old tune
32)    Means of communicating information to all
35)    7th note of the scale
36)    He plays the part of a Yankee Major in 23 down
37)    Term for personalities in the 50's & 60's
39)    The other brother's band played mostly _ _ _ _
41)    She played a debutante in 11 across - init.
42)    14th letter of the alphabet
44)    A military person - abbr.
 

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Carly Svamvour is a writer who makes her home in the west end of Toronto, Canada. She has published her poems, short prose pieces and puzzles in many places throughout Canada and the U. S. A. She is currently working on her photo-journals with an eye to success at being a travel writer.
 

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