Here is your Skeptical Crossword for November 2010

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CLUES ACROSS:
           3. Reverence offered to a divine being or supernatural power [7]          
           7. Concluding musical section [4]
           9. Clothespin [3]
         11. Stage name of Erich Weiss [7]
         12. Eavesdrop [8]
         13. Small body of water [4]
         14. Litigate [3]
         16. Mouse genus [3]
         17. Drily, possibly ironically humorous [3]
         19 AND 44 across. American writer, editor and TV presenter: author of Why People Believe Weird Things  (Two words [7], [7])
         20. Appraised or esteemed too highly [9]
         21. Element number 50 [3]
         23. Wildebeeste [3]
         26. Person who believes that the mind and its functions are a legitimate area of psychological research [9]
         29. Legendary evil or mischievous creature [6]
         30. Unconscious part of the personality that contains the basic drives. [2]
         32. Preposition (Greek) meaning above, on, over or nearby [3]
         34. One who bears a grudge or actively opposes the establishment [10]
         35. Spanish definite article OR a semitic name for God OR Superman’s family                name. [2]
         37. Exploded white dwarf stars [5]
         39. Religious splinter group [4]
         40. Mild local anaesthetic and counterirritant derived from mint oils [7]
         42. Forceful blow; (slang) power, influence [5]
         43. Related to a certain secret fraternity [7]
         44. See 19 Across
         45. Cleopatra’s snake [3]
         46. Heavenly messenger [5]
CLUES DOWN:
           1. Logical fallacy in which the validity of a premise is linked to a characteristic or belief of the person advocating the premise (two words, [2], [7])
           2. Extinct bird [4]
           3. Tarot suit [5]
           4. Bunkum, hogwash [5]
           5. Legerdemain [16]
           6. Large body of water [3]
           7. Tarot suit [4]
           8. Continuous loud noise [3]
           9. Tarot suit [10]
         10. Object of knightly quests [5]
         14. Tarot suit [6]
         18. French apothecary and reputed seer [11]
         19. Encountered [3]
         22. The negative [2]
         24. Squeeze tightly; pinch [3]
         25. Involving one side only; not mutual [10]
         27. Parasitic insects [4]
         28. Those that worship images [9]
         31. Member of a powerful order of mediaeval knights [7]
         33. Universal remedy; cure-all [7]
         36. Bogus bard [6]
         38. Adam and Eve’s third son [4]
         41. Portent, augury [4]

SOLUTION: http://skeptics.cafe/puzzles/november-2010-crossword-solution/

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