___ : CIT 7 Bad person to confess bad things to : RAT 8 Twisting together : ENLACING 9 Puerto Ricos ___ Telescope, formerly the worlds largest single-aperture telescope : ARECIBO 10 Impersonate at a Halloween party : COME AS 11 Immune system component : T CELL 12 Vegetable in bhindi masala : OKRA 13 Lens holder : RIM 14 Fine crystals used in food preparation : SEA SALT 15 Symbol of industry : ANT 16 Make a flying jump onto a slope : PARASKI 17 They get left in the dust : PRINTS 18 Treat on a tea trolley tray : SCONE 20 ___ Mode (2018 #1 hit for Travis Scott) : SICKO 23 Labyrinth builder of myth : DAEDALUS 28 Tarot card said to radiate positivity : THE SUN 31 Foretold the future : SCRIED 32 Certain gasket : O-RING 33 Deterrent to a pickpocket : MONEY BELT 34 Behaves like a fool, informally : ACTS THE GOAT 36 Drama linked to the resurgence of the name Betty for baby girls : MAD MEN 37 Remains tightly secured : HOLDS FAST 38 Acquired family member : MOTHER-IN-LAW 39 Actress Meyer of Beverly Hills 90210 : DINA 41 Tested the censor, say : CUSSED 42 Vendors of e-cigs : VAPE SHOPS 43 Cruise stop : PORT 44 Wet behind the ears : NAIVE 45 Important sales for growing businesses

I was rummaging through my basement files last week, as I often do when they begin to resemble a Brazilian rainforest, when I stumbled across the notes of one of my all-time favorite interviews (for the Distant Drummer, an alternative weekly center city newspaper from 1967 to 1979)
Lawmakers cant agree whether snus is a potent alternative to cigarettes or a back door for Big Tobacco
St Andrews University scientists studied nests of house sparrows and house finches that each contained, on average, about 10 used cigarette butts in Mexico City
Were late for karate! Step 12: Look for signs of injury after your child forcefully hits the stop button twenty times in rapid succession and hope that the Buddy Buck machine doesnt need its Buddys Feeling Sick Today sign after you leave
If it tunnels or goes out repeatedly, the construction may be flawed