Across
1. seems to need a few meals
2. baby’s first armour type
5. they live twice
7. guarded by the cephalopod
9. a jolt up in difficulty for some
10. baddest of bad
16. an unusual hard “candy”
17. a rock was a key to sight
21. tough and hot-blooded
23. available at Crescent Lake
24. baby’s first enemy, maybe?
27. leech of the earth
29. ladder for the ranks
30. has a story akin to Lucy’s
31. comes two-toned
34. loosen up
37. the aspirin of spells
38. second, third, maybe fourth chances?
39. no need for swords or sparks
40. temperament of the teenaged, certainly mutant
42. bares a water gem
44. big bully
Down
1. foresaw the plot in a way?
3. best choice for a physical class
4. helps recover what is consistently lost
6. home to someone drowsy and important
7. water’s no barrier
8. disturbs the dead
10. homebase
11. baby’s first zap
12. more for flowing than force
13. trek twice in two times
14. no friend to fliers
15. balances the scale
16. granddaddy in a way
18. extra layer for the wrist
19. gets rid of the green
20. one of four essential choices
22. best version of a mystic
25. suffers because of
answer to 27 across
26. grants an easy way into more than one secret
28. terrorised by sea wolves
30. great defence for the strong
32. six heads are better than one
33. gives the best of both worlds, maybe?
35. the getaway
36. path towards the tentacled one
40. basic weapon for a basic class
41. luckier than most
43. bulky on swordsmen