Across Throw in ADD Not fixable, as an error FATAL Group whose full name translates as “Bulletproof Boy Scouts” BTS Hit or miss, perhaps VERB It makes you “dance down the street with a cloud at your feet,” in a 1953 hit AMORE Red ___ (serving at a Carolina barbecue) SLAW People also known as…

Across Confidence APLOMB In the same quantity ASMUCH Snake on a limb TREEBOA Bubbles on a beach SEAFOAM Members of the genus Vespa HORNETS “Answer the simple question!” YESORNO Genre associated with guyliner and black nail polish EMO Sword go-withs SHIELDS Word with sock or duck ODD Oklahoma’s ___ Air Force Base VANCE Alma mater…

Across Delivery at un hôpital BEBE Fish eggs SPAWN Fundamentals ABCS Sch. near Bel Air UCLA Flexible pronoun with a slash HESHE “T” on a test TRUE Uncouth sort LOUT Map detail INSET Had on WORE Piece of volleyball gear KNEEPAD Captain von Trapp in “The Sound of Music,” e.g. WIDOWER Ukulele ridge FRET National…

Across Front’s opposite BACK Some male deer STAGS What gives Scotch an earthy flavor PEAT Long, cylindrical instrument OBOE Kind of bond in chemistry IONIC “That hurts!” OUCH [Get my innuendo?] NUDGENUDGE Beech or birch TREE When a plane is due, for short ETA Show hosts, in brief MCS “Doesn’t matter who” ANYBODY Actress Jessica…

Across ___ Pérignon DOM Result of a sand save, in golf PAR Letter-shaped groove used in framing TSLOT Subway stop: Abbr. STA Chicago Booth offering, in brief MBA Computer text standard UNICODE “If all goes well …” IHOPE Shook a leg HURRIED Traditional Indonesian percussion orchestra GAMELAN Baseball manager who once instructed his team to…

Across Banking annoyance associated with the 20s? ATMFEE “Ah, got it now!” OKISEE Concerns for manufacturers RECALLS Sara who wrote the “Pretty Little Liars” books SHEPARD , e.g. YEAROFTHEDRAGON Tiny social climber ANT Play ground? THEATER ___ group ASA Evidence of crying TEARSTAIN Rocked, so to speak WORE Part of a choir TENOR Preschool recital…

Across Beaming ALLSMILES Sounds of melodrama SOBS Wind up alone? FLUTESOLO Mideast capital SANAA Fuzzy exotic pet TARANTULA Performed by the whole ensemble, in music TUTTI Ruler often seen in a robe EMIR Classified in levels HIERARCHAL Word with tie or fly ROD Sign by a highway exit GAS Hens, but not roosters LAYERS Big…

Across Reality checks? CAPTCHAS Raze FLATTEN Austin Powers catchphrase OHBEHAVE Family tree LINEAGE Highway crossing PASSOVER Fail UNDERGO N.B.A. impossibility TIE Perp alert APB Mob man DON Sequentially arranged ORDERIN Explains in detail OUTLAYS Container weight allowances TARES Clever quip EPIGRAM LAX scanners (but not lax ones, one hopes) TSA Unit of cellphone reception BAR…

Author: Daniel Mauer Editor: Will Shortz Across One who might call you out UMPIRE ___ pepper CHILI Prez featured in “Annie” FDR Enthusiastic fan ROOTER ___ Air, electric vehicle that was named Motor Trend’s 2022 Car of the Year LUCID Grassy expanse LEA Refrain in a 1970 hit by the Kinks LALALALALOLA Crop revered by the Abelam…

Author: Victor Barocas Editor: Will Shortz Across Book after II Chronicles EZRA Stone on a set EMMA Heat almost to the point of boiling SCALD Bad person to trust LIAR Close at hand NEAR Actress Shire of “Rocky” TALIA *Large container for cinnamon or coriander? SPICEDRUM Sign up for, as a contest ENTER Good qualities…