Crossword: by Sally R. Stein
Across
International treaty | PACT |
__ down (massage) | RUB |
Days of __ (ancient times) | YORE |
Comrade in battle | ALLY |
Gorilla or chimp | APE |
Just slightly | ABIT |
Minestrone or chicken noodle | SOUP |
Pay-__-view movie | PER |
Pepsi or Coke | COLA |
What a driver grips | STEERINGWHEEL |
Calculate a sum | ADD |
“__ about time!” | ITS |
Tolkien creature like Frodo | HOBBIT |
“That’s correct” | YES |
Toy that spins | TOP |
So all can hear | ALOUD |
Actual | REAL |
Largest of the Three Bears | PAPA |
Driver’s rain-clearing blade | WINDSHIELDWIPER |
Days before holidays | EVES |
Ireland or Oahu | ISLE |
Paying careful attention | ALERT |
__ Moines, IA | DES |
Liquid in a ballpoint | INK |
24-hour period | ONEDAY |
Perform in a play | ACT |
Wood-cutting tool | SAW |
Driver’s constant-speed device | CRUISECONTROL |
Path to bowl on | LANE |
Local tavern | BAR |
“There’s no place like __” | HOME |
__ and crafts | ARTS |
Crunchy sandwich, for short | BLT |
Last word of a prayer | AMEN |
Annoying sort | PEST |
The Caribbean, for one | SEA |
“Jack and Jill __ up . . .” | WENT |
Down
Football throw | PASS |
Very often | ALOT |
Piece of whodunit evidence | CLUE |
Work at a keyboard | TYPE |
Quick | RAPID |
Topple over | UPEND |
Arctic frozen hazard, for short | BERG |
Luxurious boats | YACHTS |
Woodwind instruments | OBOES |
Make angry | RILE |
And others: Abbr. | ETAL |
Maze-running rodent | RAT |
Exert, as power | WIELD |
Hemmed and __ (couldn’t decide) | HAWED |
Small fruit in Greek salads | OLIVE |
Dog biscuit shapes | BONES |
Blossoms that haven’t opened yet | BUDS |
Passports and dog tags, for short | IDS |
Connecticut Ivy League school | YALE |
Repaired, as a torn sheet | TAPED |
Musical drama with sopranos | OPERA |
Birthday celebration | PARTY |
Jeopardize | RISK |
“Electric” fish | EEL |
Heap of rocks | PILE |
Solving aids | HINTS |
Looking pale | WAN |
Most frosty | ICIEST |
Possess | OWN |
Mom’s sisters, to you | AUNTS |
Weighing machine | SCALE |
Large blood vessel | AORTA |
Applaud | CLAP |
Very uncommon | RARE |
Recedes, as the tide | EBBS |
Start to melt | THAW |
Capital of Italy | ROME |
Prophetic sign | OMEN |
Period before Easter | LENT |