Crossword clues for Theme word #1:
- FOUR
- Number of times this puzzle's theme word appears diagonally in the grid (to complete the puzzle, shade those words plus the Down answers that begin where they meet)
- ORDERINTHECOURT
- Judge's demand, and a hint to this puzzle's theme words, which end 17-, 27- and 44-Across
- SANDS
- Metaphor for time ... and, when divided into three words, puzzle theme found in the four longest across answers