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ACROSS

The sound between beats. 
Sorrow’s cousin. _______beat
+ _______away. Fractured
Stick snapped over knee
To the tune of the William 
Tell Overture. Elvis hotel,
Shaw house. What a bone
Crushed to dust uncovers:
A beautiful compound.
First half of 1986 film title
Glorifying war. Breather minus 
Two letters. Used about 110 times 
Out of a sample of 100 million words 
Spoken or written in English.
Departures, halving, misplaced
Affections lost in the woods.
Pulmonary karate chop.
Synonym for anguish 
As experienced by the widow
Of a soldier enlisted
Because he couldn’t find a job.
Aortic tear. Passion’s lunch hour
Indigestion. Fleurie’s 
Pronouncement, the need
For the handbook
Of __________. Cardio
Circuitry’s exercise translating
Appetite into loss. 
The aspiration for what one can 
Never have; its nonethelessness.
In the doctor’s office, “Breathe, good.
Breathe, good. Breathe,” then 
The prognosis. A wife’s
Call to her children
For whom she would give
Her life, her “C’mon…”
Not quite the opposite
Of joy. What arguments
Over jealousy, true or fancied,
Come to. Crčvecoeur.

DOWN

The world’s favorite sport.
Sum of features by which
A member of a plant or animal 
Species can be placed 
Into one of two spiritual
Conditions. The snake 
Leading into a cancellation 
At the end. Used 
About 8,307 times 
Out of a sample of 100 million 
Words spoken or written 
In English. Crossed by _________,
Salve for sorrow,
Medicine for love’s failures.
The anagram for an ex’s
Sweet spot. The arrow
And bow games we play.
I always end arguments
With her this way.
Rhymes with AMEX.