Across
- 1. Capital with a Nobel connection
- 4. Bit of land at sea
- 5. Partly shadowed
- 7. Spiritually mysterious
- 10. Story that checks out, maybe
- 12. Code, or a nobody
- 14. Muse with a love interest?
- 16. Writings of doubtful origin
- 17. Editor’s “never mind”
- 18. Not straight to the point
- 20. Skip over, as a syllable
- 23. Ancient prophetess
- 24. Esoteric knowledge
- 25. Something raised before playing
- 29. Heavy reading
- 31. Something not easily cracked
- 32. Treachery
- 33. Things not meant to last
- 35. Sign of things to come
- 36. Green, in a literary way
- 37. Not moving, chemically or otherwise
- 39. Fit for a scandal sheet
- 40. Thing out of its time
- 43. Impossible creature, or impossible dream
- 45. Sticky situation
- 46. Beyond words
- 48. Take the wrong way?
Down
- 2. Whispering sound
- 3. Gap in the record
- 6. Article of faith
- 8. Flashy but false
- 9. Desert deception
- 10. Like smoke that bites
- 11. Laughing matter
- 13. It may be seen through
- 15. Figure in which part stands for whole
- 19. Place with many turns
- 21. Memory aid
- 22. Puzzle with pictures
- 26. Twist into knots
- 27. Enjoy slowly
- 28. Number that may bring the house down
- 30. Pointed event in the Olympics
- 32. Contradiction that may still be true
- 34. Smooth-sounding
- 38. Writing over old writing
- 41. Prayer, poetically
- 42. Barely begun
- 44. Soothing, or bland
- 47. Repeat performance?