Crossword: by Steve Mossberg
Across
| Problems for young pupils | SUMS |
| Surprise inspiration | GASP |
| Nobody you know, these days | RANDO |
| What follows a collaboration conclusion | WRAPPARTY |
| Harder to navigate, perhaps | ICIER |
| Many a worker on water | OILRIGGER |
| Conventions, for instance | PACTS |
| Admitted | LETIN |
| Most 35 Across | TOPTIER |
| Civic alternative | ELANTRA |
| Fishy symbol of good fortune | KOI |
| “Asian Favorites” chef since 2018 | YAN |
| Unfond farewell | GOODRIDDANCE |
| Lasting effect | SCAR |
| “Edible” synonym of “noodle” | BEAN |
| Privileged | ELITE |
| Common casserole contents | TUNA |
| More than minimally reasoned | SANER |
| Included electronically | CCED |
| Another ’70s nickname for “Schwartzy” | ARNIE |
| Overgrown | LUSH |
| Film star name in the Inventors Hall of Fame | HEDY |
| Early artistic leaf | FRONTISPIECE |
| Qualified | FIT |
| Annual ABC awards show | CMA |
| Do something fatherly | SAYMASS |
| Where the current goes out | CATHODE |
| Successor of GM in the DJIA (2009) | CISCO |
| Way, way out | OUTRE |
| Signoff favored by Stan Lee | EXCELSIOR |
| Azalée ou narcisse | FLEUR |
| Dessert Emeril makes upside-down in a skillet | APPLETART |
| Can’t hold the lead | FADES |
| Have no industry | LOAF |
| ’90s combatant in the console wars | SNES |
Down
| Hulking, these days | SWOLE |
| Divine colleague of Gabriel | URIEL |
| Land due north of Libya | MALTA |
| Seasonal refresher | SPRINGRAIN |
| Crack that might break you up | GAG |
| It’s just below ANT in the IOC country code list | ARG |
| Allow to stand | STET |
| “Firestarter” skill | PYROKINESIS |
| Where the current goes out | RIPTIDE |
| Palm product | ACAI |
| Overly ingratiating | NICEYNICE |
| Took away (from) | DETRACTED |
| Interns’ assignment | ORS |
| It’s spotted in corrals and kitchens | PINTO |
| Protective housing | POD |
| Takes away (from) | ROBS |
| Reply to a would-be reneger | ADEALSADEAL |
| High-maintenance | NEEDY |
| Amassed | RANUP |
| St. Michael’s, after renovation | ALCHEMISTS |
| Crook or crew | STAFF |
| All the courses everywhere | CURRICULA |
| With a markup | ANNOTATED |
| Parent of Poseidon | RHEA |
| Artists in a Works on Paper department | ETCHERS |
| Qualification for a comment | IMO |
| Life __ | CYCLE |
| What kiwifruit is, ultimately | ASIAN |
| Work for a movie | SCORE |
| What it’s not good to be out of | SORTS |
| Not mock | TRUE |
| Big show, briefly | EXPO |
| Racetrack announcer’s adjective | OFF |
| Expert in attestation and internal controls | CPA |
| Fantasy game archer, often | ELF |
