Clue #1

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Across
  1. 1. Devilish child
  2. 5. Downward slope
  3. 6. Cardinal or brick
  4. 8. Fruit stone
  5. 9. Croak in the throat?
  6. 12. Royal residence
  7. 13. Stole (something)
  8. 17. Swell or increase rapidly in size
  9. 18. Be regretful
  10. 21. Recalcitrant
  11. 24. Whirlpool
  12. 25. Paris abducted her
  13. 26. Internal pump
  14. 27. "Jingle ___"
  15. 28. What the early bird gets
  16. 29. "The Road to ___", film
  17. 32. Wire-tapping device
  18. 33. Dead center?
  19. 35. Not quite circular
  20. 36. Job for a sleuth
  21. 37. Gen. Robert E. ___
  22. 38. Inhabited by ghosts
  23. 39. Method of procedure
Down
  1. 2. Painting of a person
  2. 3. Physician
  3. 4. Funeral
  4. 7. Narrator of "The Book Thief"
  5. 8. Occurring too soon
  6. 10. Crow-like bird
  7. 11. Part of a grandfather clock
  8. 13. Noor Khan, for one
  9. 14. Navigational aid for ships
  10. 15. Napoleon Bonaparte, for one
  11. 16. ___, skip, and a jump
  12. 19. One who puts you in your place
  13. 20. New York or Chicago
  14. 22. Alphabet character
  15. 23. Wine barrel
  16. 26. A dwelling
  17. 27. 2007 Mayday Parade song
  18. 30. Dr. King had one
  19. 31. Kills
  20. 33. Costumed ball
  21. 34. Chemical element Au
  22. 40. It has arms and waves