christine loves her metaphors

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Across
  1. 3. the place is a zoo, meaning it's ______
  2. 4. Adele is this kind of singer, best for those suffering unrequited love
  3. 7. they serve this at Veracruzana, a whole one
  4. 11. this number describes a terrible job
  5. 13. use scissors to make the bed?!? Okay, but you won't save time or money
  6. 15. this coin is certainly not cheaper by the dozen
  7. 16. a Cat Stevens deep one
  8. 21. blood from a stone and also from a ______
  9. 22. everyone is thinking about it, but nobody’s saying it
  10. 25. well, (sigh) you can always drive “around” if you ____ the Cross Sound Ferry.
  11. 27. the missing half of a couple
  12. 29. a park ride and one's emotions ride this
  13. 32. Pat Benatar fights on this type of ground warfare
  14. 33. to speak of this Underwood brand of ham spread
  15. 34. two negative things about life, one is “sucks”
  16. 36. blood work proves vitamin D3 is better medicine than this.
  17. 38. the color from a broken heart
  18. 39. frustrated asthmatics won’t herd them
  19. 41. Nova is barking and so are these
  20. 42. mothers who worry and love honey
  21. 44. his words cut deeper than a ______
  22. 45. use this kind of metaphor and get an unintentional laugh
  23. 46. you just barely brushed it off your teeth. Not really.
Down
  1. 1. Led Zeppelin used a set of steps to climb the charts
  2. 2. Larry's most hated metaphor
  3. 5. it could be said Camus pushed this problem up a hill
  4. 6. these star-crossed two highlight a misunderstood metaphor
  5. 8. Debby Boone turned it on for self-help
  6. 9. Europe’s sweltering heat has brought on these ___ days
  7. 10. Woody Allen's book title "Without Feathers" twists this poet's words
  8. 12. you die alone, so maybe a man really is this
  9. 14. even a bald man can _____ his hairs
  10. 17. weather report won’t get you over this preposition
  11. 18. losing control, anatomy part
  12. 19. when you die you're put out to...
  13. 20. failure has this unpleasant smell
  14. 21. a Groucho Marx quip: “A hospital bed is a parked..."
  15. 23. Game of Thrones and my home
  16. 24. Shakespeare should use Ticketmaster for closer seats to this
  17. 25. confidant politician with his words before the predictable win
  18. 26. kids probably won’t eat this, their unfettered days
  19. 27. consider all outcomes, get out your baseball ____
  20. 28. when you get it exactly right, maybe carpenters look up
  21. 30. unsuccessful shoplifting turns the hands a strange color
  22. 31. Christine once told Larry "That movie is _____ with metaphors"
  23. 35. bed and groceries, one you carry, one you might hit
  24. 37. odd because this anatomy part can’t actually “wrap”
  25. 38. every family seems to have this kind of this sheep
  26. 40. an angry person's "mental" form
  27. 43. turns out the sleeve can support this organ