Break Time

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Across
  1. 5. – When the problem list needs multiple pages.
  2. 6. – Usually wins any contest for longest.
  3. 9. – Despite the name, injuries here are rarely funny.
  4. 10. – More pieces than originally ordered.
  5. 13. – When continuity becomes a suggestion.
  6. 17. – Construction equipment worn outside the body.
  7. 18. – Rotational problem-solving.
  8. 21. – Frequently sacrificed during bicycle mishaps.
  9. 23. – A small traveler that changes position when you kneel.
  10. 24. – Healing plans postponed indefinitely.
  11. 25. – Breaking something on purpose.
  12. 26. – Somewhere between a knuckle and a palm.
  13. 31. – Long-term internal support.
  14. 32. – Hardware that never sees a kitchen.
  15. 33. – Not where it used to be.
  16. 36. – Broken, yet stubbornly aligned.
  17. 37. – Common where flexibility still has the upper hand.
  18. 39. – Borrowing to rebuild.
  19. 40. – The forearm's quieter companion.
  20. 41. – The larger half of a lower-leg partnership.
  21. 42. – Healed with creative interpretation.
  22. 43. – Small hardware with big responsibility.
  23. 44. – Creating a custom enclosure.
  24. 45. – When one view isn't nearly enough.
  25. 47. – A forceful separation from a familiar attachment.
  26. 48. – The ring at the center of it all.
Down
  1. 1. – An unusually productive obsession.
  2. 2. – Tiny helper, giant peacekeeper.
  3. 3. – Every step starts with this landing pad.
  4. 4. – Cuts directly across the page.
  5. 7. – Two become one, permanently.
  6. 8. – Giving a joint a second chance.
  7. 11. – Surgery's live broadcast.
  8. 12. – Bringing order back to chaos.
  9. 14. – The socket that expects a perfect fit.
  10. 15. – A strategic use of wire.
  11. 16. – Excellent at revealing what bone won't tell you.
  12. 18. – Protected so well that breaking it usually tells a story.
  13. 19. – Often present, less often weight-bearing.
  14. 20. – Not the kind needing polish.
  15. 22. – Making something better by taking things away.
  16. 27. – The forearm bone that likes thumbs.
  17. 28. – Committing, but not fully.
  18. 29. – More precise than a hardware-store version.
  19. 30. – Small but numerous.
  20. 31. – The first look behind the curtain.
  21. 34. – A twist in the plot.
  22. 35. – One break was apparently not enough.
  23. 38. – Squeezed between the leg and the ground.
  24. 46. – Refuses to cross straight.