Crossword: by Winston Emmons
Across
Trying to be |
ALA |
“Pretty” name |
BELLA |
Harsh sound |
BRAY |
Theater tier |
LOGE |
From port to starboard |
ABEAM |
Heckled |
RODE |
Numerical suffix |
TEEN |
FDR VP John __ Garner |
NANCE |
Chances often taken |
ODDS |
Expression of indifference |
IWOULDNTKNOW |
Lose it |
FREAK |
Keep talking |
RUNON |
Needing training |
GREEN |
Expression of indifference |
WHATEVER |
Price of admission |
FEE |
Comparison with a colon |
RATIO |
Gaming giant |
SEGA |
Unreliable source |
LIAR |
Expression of indifference |
SHRUG |
Cable car kin |
TRAM |
Cicero’s existence |
ESSE |
Beyond unexpected |
EERIE |
Dearborn and LaSalle, in Chi |
STS |
Expression of indifference |
WHOCARES |
Heard all too often |
TRITE |
“Today is the last day of __ past”: Yeltsin |
ANERA |
Cheery sounds |
TRALA |
Expression of indifference |
ITISWHATITIS |
Pole, for example |
SLAV |
Type of columns supporting the Parthenon |
DORIC |
Press secretary, e.g. |
AIDE |
Field trip of a sort |
HIKE |
Choose to hold office |
ELECT |
Tech review website |
CNET |
What a date ends with |
YEAR |
Icy fields |
RINKS |
Premium purchase |
GAS |
Down
Choral contingent, to conductors |
ALTI |
Theater magnate and MGM cofounder |
LOEW |
Thomas Paine topic |
AGEOFREASON |
Colorful neckwear |
BANDANAS |
Online loan source |
EBANK |
Shrove Tuesday follower |
LENT |
Insufficiency |
LACK |
Egyptian sun god |
AMENRA |
How set-for-max toast comes out |
BROWNEST |
Shape of some pretzels |
ROD |
Put into the mix |
ADD |
“Just what I was hoping for!” |
YES |
Get used (to) |
ENURE |
Sideways look |
LEER |
Not at home, or call at home |
OUT |
Making too much of |
OVERSTATING |
Neutralize |
NEGATE |
Kimono-clad dancer |
GEISHA |
Strands inside walls |
WIRES |
Customary time |
HOUR |
Barrels into |
RAMS |
Seemed to go quickly |
FLEW |
What Ahab called the whale |
THEE |
Radio, for instance |
RECEIVER |
Digestive system parts |
GITRACTS |
Part of QED |
ERAT |
High school class |
ART |
Pirate or bandit |
RAIDER |
Ending for sacro- |
ILIAC |
Close together |
THICK |
1 Down performances |
SOLI |
Little singer |
WREN |
Innovation initiation |
IDEA |
Becomes fixed |
SETS |
Averse to first moves |
SHY |
Be situated |
LIE |
Nickname preceder, at times |
AKA |