Crossword: by Sally R. Stein
Across
| Meat in many omelets | HAM |
| __ vera (natural soother) | ALOE |
| Trips around a running track | LAPS |
| “Humpback” sea mammal | WHALE |
| Washerful of laundry | LOAD |
| Opera solo | ARIA |
| Accountant’s inspection | AUDIT |
| Prefix meaning “against” | ANTI |
| Appear to be | SEEM |
| Theater usher’s illumination | FLASHLIGHT |
| Make simpler | EASE |
| Art drawn on skin | TATTOO |
| Fly high | SOAR |
| Changed the color of | DYED |
| “Blue” award given at county fairs | RIBBON |
| __ yet (so far) | ASOF |
| Part of a molecule | ATOM |
| Walk out the door | LEAVE |
| Island near Oahu | MAUI |
| Highway pathways | LANES |
| “That’s too bad” | ALAS |
| Opening comment, for short | INTRO |
| Sugar cube | LUMP |
| Become liquid | MELT |
| The Sahara, for example | DESERT |
| Tips of slippers | TOES |
| Have on, as clothes | WEAR |
| Pass by, as time | ELAPSE |
| Bounce back, as a sound | ECHO |
| Dining room’s fancy overhead illumination | CHANDELIER |
| Indistinct image | BLUR |
| Weighty book | TOME |
| Roadside eatery | DINER |
| “Upper” or “lower” bed | BUNK |
| Notion | IDEA |
| Nerdy types | GEEKS |
| Goes down, as the sun | SETS |
| Tenth of a dime | CENT |
| Conclude | END |
Down
| Did battle with | HADAT |
| Roster of top celebrities | ALIST |
| Systematic plan | METHOD |
| Jai __ (fast-moving sport) | ALAI |
| Lasting quite a while | LONG |
| Courtroom pledges | OATHS |
| Newsroom executive | EDITOR |
| High-tech illumination for a speaker’s pointer | LASERBEAM |
| Neighborhood | AREA |
| Fruity desserts with a crust | PIES |
| Identical | SAME |
| Be carried in the air, as an aroma | WAFT |
| Luau dance | HULA |
| Faithful | LOYAL |
| Feel under the weather | AIL |
| “And others” abbreviation | ETAL |
| Pastry with a hole | DONUT |
| Bundle of hay | BALE |
| Shaped like a 0 | OVAL |
| Home for baby birds | NEST |
| In the heart of | AMID |
| Sensible | SANE |
| Ins and __ (important details) | OUTS |
| Illumination in the sky on July 4th | FIREWORKS |
| Office note | MEMO |
| Drive too fast | SPEED |
| Rock containing metal | ORE |
| Strategic maneuver | TACTIC |
| Heavy hammer | SLEDGE |
| Providence, __ Island | RHODE |
| Visitor from another planet | ALIEN |
| Longed (for) | PINED |
| Play hide-and-__ | SEEK |
| Makes a mistake | ERRS |
| Recedes, as the tide | EBBS |
| Hint in a whodunit | CLUE |
| Search for prey | HUNT |
| Last word of a prayer | AMEN |
| Having no clutter | NEAT |
