Crossword: by Mark McClain
Across
| All the time | ALOT |
| Taken __ (startled) | ABACK |
| Testy | CROSS |
| Generator measure | WATT |
| “Don’t look now . . .” | UHOH |
| Scrub in the tub | BATHE |
| Eagle’s nest | AERIE |
| Cyberauctioneer | EBAY |
| Person on safari | GAMEHUNTER |
| What many keys will open | MASTERLOCK |
| Spotted | ESPIED |
| Orange veggie | YAM |
| Book jacket blurbs | BIOS |
| Song sung at a reunion | OLDIE |
| Gung-ho | RAHRAH |
| East __ (UN member) | TIMOR |
| Sports surprises | UPSETS |
| Garden tool | SPADE |
| Danson on TV | TED |
| Church niche | APSE |
| Scottish surname starter | MAC |
| Flock cries | BAAS |
| Comparatively cool | NIFTIER |
| Release, with “go” | LET |
| “Price negotiable” letters | OBO |
| Phase of the moon | FIRSTQUARTER |
| Arithmetic, for instance | MATH |
| Peach __ (dessert serving) | MELBA |
| Cool | NEAT |
| Puppy’s cry | YIP |
| Slow tempo | LENTO |
| Five-petaled flowers | SEDUMS |
| Meager | SLIM |
| Display of days | CALENDAR |
| Off the mark | WRONG |
| Geologic time period | EPOCH |
| Part of USNA | NAVAL |
| Stony fragments | GRANULES |
| “Just one sec!” | WHOA |
| Make the call | DECIDE |
| Instruments for minstrels | LUTES |
| B’way buys | TIX |
| Very small bit | IOTA |
| Of the kidneys | RENAL |
| Cab alternative | UBER |
| Numbers on business cards | OFFICEPHONES |
| Double-curve | ESS |
| Suffix for sonnet | EER |
| Sign swiftly | INITIAL |
| Visa alternative | AMEX |
| “Steady as __ goes” | SHE |
| Trail mix morsels | NUTS |
| Industrial vessel | VAT |
| Mops, as the deck | SWABS |
| Most October babies | LIBRAS |
| Hiding, with “up” | HOLED |
| Change genetically | MUTATE |
| Put up with | ALLOW |
| Fan’s sound | WHIR |
| Penpoint | NIB |
| Affix with heat | IRONON |
| Jigsaw puzzle spec | PIECECOUNT |
| Gale, for example | STRONGWIND |
| Lost altitude | SANK |
| Deep valley | GORGE |
| Chopin selection | ETUDE |
| Biblical twin | ESAU |
| Sea swirl | EDDY |
| Ran in neutral | IDLED |
| Showered love (on) | DOTED |
| Proofreader’s direction | DELE |
Down
| Boring tool | AUGER |
| Tibetan city | LHASA |
| Gusto | OOMPH |
| Tax agcy. | THEIRS |
| Mideast capital | ABUDHABI |
| Prohibit by law | BAN |
| Many a DOJ employee | ATTY |
| Rule breaker | CHEAT |
| Muppet amphibian | KERMIT |
| Laos neighbor | CAMBODIA |
| Broadcast once more | REAIR |
| What “ish” can mean | ORSO |
| Takes a chair | SITS |
| Take a look at | SEE |
| Oil sources | WELLS |
| “Humble” home | ABODE |
| Implied but unsaid | TACIT |
| Little folks | TYKES |
| Unruly pile | HEAP |
| Rodeo participant | ROPER |
| List of options | MENU |
| PC purchaser | USER |
| Mend with needle and thread | DARN |
| Moves carefully | EASES |
| Storage area | ATTIC |
| Ersatz Frisbee | PIEPAN |
| May honorees | MOMS |
| Busy as __ | ABEE |
| Runner’s refresher | COLDWATER |
| No longer fresh | STALE |
| Cook in oil | FRY |
| Cell ancestors | LANDLINES |
| James of jazz | ETTA |
| Marvel Universe superhero | THOR |
| Known far and wide | FAMOUS |
| Cottony cleaner brand | QTIP |
| Clear and present danger | MENACE |
| Range device | BURNER |
| Crowbars, essentially | LEVERS |
| Long-running NBC show | SNL |
| Cut the grass | MOW |
| Little guy | LAD |
| Succeed in working out | GETFIT |
| Flowerpot flaw | CHIP |
| Ado | HOOHA |
| Stick with it | GLUE |
| Gullible person | RUBE |
| Processes, as flour | SIFTS |
| Proton holders | ATOMS |
| Short run | DASH |
| Besides this | ELSE |
| Sundial’s noon | XII |
| From the top | ANEW |
| Major burden | ONUS |
| Played gleefully | CAVORTED |
| Mideast flier | ELAL |
| Looked at closely | EXAMINED |
| Thunderstruck | INAWE |
| Became anxious | TENSED |
| Small town | BURG |
| Stashed away | STOWED |
| Minor error | LAPSE |
| Homeric epic | ILIAD |
| Mix well | BLEND |
| Unsteady | ROCKY |
| Rely (on) | HINGE |
| “Same here” | DITTO |
| Ouzo flavoring | ANISE |
| Melodic | TONAL |
| Provide with some trait | ENDUE |
| What lathes work on | WOOD |
| Throw hard | HURL |
| Champagne spec | BRUT |
| Film FX | CGI |
| Lyrical homage | ODE |
