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Across
  1. 3. Well known for the wrong reasons, don’t trust the prefix
  2. 5. The final outcome of a joke or an egg
  3. 7. Something that can win a game, identify an object, or settle a debate
  4. 9. Normal only because something else isn’t
  5. 10. A level apartment in England
  6. 11. Taken in class, drawn in music, consulted in speeches
  7. 15. This can be found on TV or separating nations
  8. 16. Fries across the pond, crispier here
  9. 17. This may appear when this happens to your Achilles heel
  10. 22. In court, this compound word can ruin a case; at lunch, it’s just gossip
  11. 23. A gift when stressed early, an action when stressed late
  12. 25. Sounds like it should involve crashes, but actually means care-free
  13. 27. Add an “s” to the dry place and it gets a whole lot sweeter
  14. 30. A word that fails completely if taken literally
  15. 32. Fluctuated at a concert, lowered in class, raised in anger
  16. 34. A musical group, a legal restriction, or a wedding ring
  17. 37. Smart and clever in a surprising way, despite the prefix
  18. 38. You may have to do this to someone holding you back while in a dry place
Down
  1. 1. Rules children follow correctly before they can explain them
  2. 2. Clarifies meaning on the page, absent in speech
  3. 4. A rank that vanishes if no one is below/behind it
  4. 6. A word that doesn’t describe anything, but makes something happen
  5. 7. Eat it in Argentina, cook with it in Arizona
  6. 8. Value created entirely by contrast
  7. 12. When you discount the price of a boat’s cloth, it’s on
  8. 13. When you have two small light green fruits, you have one of these
  9. 14. Good in Boston, evil everywhere else
  10. 15. You can lose it in court, bring it to court, or build it in court
  11. 18. A correct answer or a legal entitlement
  12. 19. Disruptive at work, perfect in the lane, frustrating at the plate
  13. 20. A mistake only because a system exists
  14. 21. Better only because worse exists
  15. 24. Initiates some rest, starts a sentence, ends a relationship
  16. 26. A lack of light, slander, or a window covering
  17. 28. What moves invisibly through the sky, or what you must do before an old clock will work again
  18. 29. A cop gives you this for breaking rules; a teacher takes points off if you don’t follow these rules
  19. 31. Either consuming a book now, or a book you already consumed
  20. 33. A request that’s usually more polite at a restaurant than in the military
  21. 35. Something you can draw, cross, or wait in
  22. 36. What turns behavior into a violation without changing the behavior itself