I've designed a new type of puzzle called [Four-Letter Blocks] that mixes crossword puzzles with jigsaw puzzles. You are given a crossword puzzle that's been filled in and then cut up into blocks of four letters, as well as the usual set of crossword clues. Use the clues to assemble the grid. The bad news is that the clues aren't numbered in the normal way - 1 Across might not be in the top left. The good news is that every word has at least the first letter given.

At 11x11, today's challenge is at the medium level, try [last week's][1] for an easy introduction. You can either print out this page or the PDF version (coming in a few minutes), or download the image and solve it in a paint program. Gluing onto cardboard or felt will make the pieces easier to work with.

Across  
**1.** Able was I ___ I saw Elba  
**4.** Australia's southern sea  
**5.** Fade out at the beach, not the movies  
**6.** Took an oath  
**8.** Miner movie by Chaplin  
**9.** News personality Geraldo  
**10.** What seven did to nine  
**11.** Regina's father  
**17.** Scarf for a star  
**19.** George Gershwin's brother  
**20.** How gymnasts get a grip  
**21.** Genesis: behind the scenes?  
**22.** Santa ___ winds  
**24.** Three performers  
**25.** Beans or exploding cars  
**26.** A large handbag  
**28.** A poet's wrath  
**29.** Not new  
**31.** Want to see an evening show ___ ___ matinee?  
**32.** Buster Keaton's forte  
**35.** Brief movie descriptions  
**37.** Letters of credit  

Down  
**2.** Battle of butchers  
**3.** Put your money where your mouth is  
**6.** Grass and dirt  
**7.** Harvey's friend Jimmy  
**8.** Hayley Mills sprung this on their parents  
**12.** More courageous than Pixar's archer  
**13.** Not mad  
**14.** Tales of Paul Bunyan  
**15.** Restated  
**16.** My liege  
**17.** Tells a secret  
**18.** Cookie that's like an old movie  
**23.** Leon, author of Exodus  
**26.** Ray Harryhausen's final film, "Clash of the ___"  
**27.** Homer's tradition  
**30.** Created the living dead  
**33.** French Polynesia's biggest island  
**34.** Bumpy or odd  
**35.** For those who can't face age  
**36.** Shindig in Honolulu  


[![Pieces of a crossword puzzle][2]][2]

[Four-Letter Blocks]: https://donkirkby.github.io/four-letter-blocks/


  [1]: https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/q/111376/38
  [2]: https://i.sstatic.net/KuLiK.png