Crossword: by Steve Faiella
Across
| Baby seals | PUPS |
| Presidential monogram | GHWB |
| Displease | MIFF |
| Went wrong | ERRED |
| Money in 19 Across | EURO |
| USMC offense | AWOL |
| Really fancy | ADORE |
| Bearing | MIEN |
| Baltic capital | RIGA |
| Approving with little thought | RUBBERSTAMPING |
| Fermentation designation | IPA |
| City on the Rhein | KOLN |
| “Pearl of the Antilles” | CUBA |
| Workout venue | SPA |
| Get canines | TEETHE |
| “Of course!” | AHA |
| Compensate (for) | ATONE |
| Secret rival | ARRID |
| Cover for some 45 Acrosses | RUSSIANDRESSING |
| Aforementioned | PRIOR |
| Laundry challenge | GRIME |
| Ripen | AGE |
| Common courses | SALADS |
| Prefix for sphere | ECO |
| Encouraging words | OLES |
| Preliminary procedures | PREP |
| Sharp critique | JAB |
| Whom Henry James called a genius | RUDYARDKIPLING |
| Nirvana seeker | YOGI |
| Peeved | SORE |
| Plastic alternative | PAPER |
| What the beats go on | EKGS |
| Mind | OBEY |
| Be goggling | STARE |
| All-hands-on-deck effort | PUSH |
| Latest word | NEWS |
| Flow in circles | EDDY |
Down
| Fruit cup chunk | PEAR |
| Language related to Hindi | URDU |
| Hassle, informally | PROB |
| Nation once part of Yugoslavia | SERBIA |
| Masterworks | GEMS |
| “Quatre” doubled | HUIT |
| Inflict | WREAK |
| Words of wit | BONMOT |
| Golden Fleece crew, e.g. | MARINERS |
| “This one’s mine!” | IWIN |
| Verne voyager | FOGG |
| Panhandle st. | FLA |
| Chasmic | DEEP |
| Jamaican sectarian | RASTA |
| “If you would . . .” | PLEASE |
| Is nitpicky | CARPS |
| Saldaña sci-fi role | UHURA |
| Soup seasoning | BASIL |
| Early home video game | PONG |
| Violinist Rieu | ANDRE |
| Ordeal | TRIAL |
| Entry hardware | HINGE |
| Outer limits | EDGES |
| Hang after washing | AIRDRY |
| Little Mermaid’s love | ERIC |
| Bar holder | SOAPDISH |
| Expressive icon | EMOJI |
| Time of year | SEASON |
| Flattened at the extremes, as Earth | OBLATE |
| Temperature sensor | PROBE |
| Savory starters | APPS |
| Video streaming device | ROKU |
| Aussie winter wear | UGGS |
| Had an inconclusive result | DREW |
| Things on rings | KEYS |
| Galaxy Tab alternative | IPAD |
| Obsessive enthusiast | NERD |
| Color of London fog | GREY |
| Informal assent | YEP |
