Crossword: by Billie Truitt
Across
| Metal mining giant | ALCOA |
| Different | ELSE |
| Tilted, in Stilton | LEANT |
| Morning star for 20+ years | RIPA |
| Annexes | ADDS |
| Creative spark, for short | INSPO |
| “Bleu” hue | AZUR |
| Check out for a crime | CASE |
| Kazakhstan’s capital | ASTANA |
| Realism or Romanticism | ARTSTYLE |
| Adler who outwitted Holmes | IRENE |
| Cold War “combatant” | THEUSSR |
| “Slumdog Millionaire” city | AGRA |
| It could be a sleeper | CAR |
| Something seized | REPO |
| Atmosphere | MOOD |
| Sticker worn in November | IVOTED |
| Egg __ yung | FOO |
| Zebra feature | MANE |
| Chilling | EERIE |
| Had its desired effect | TOOK |
| Lines of salute | ODE |
| Like llamas | ANDEAN |
| Greek spirits | OUZO |
| Obliterate | XOUT |
| Hulk Hogan WrestleMania partner | MRT |
| Head Start class | PREK |
| Spurns | ESCHEWS |
| Cosmetician Adrien | ARPEL |
| Coin in pirate tales | DOUBLOON |
| City near Mt. Rainier | YAKIMA |
| __ facto | IPSO |
| Driving-home results | RBIS |
| Poe’s “ungainly fowl” | RAVEN |
| Unnamed others | THEY |
| Headey of “Game of Thrones” | LENA |
| First “mes” of the “año” | ENERO |
| Changed a hand | DREW |
| County north of the Thames | ESSEX |
Down
| Others: Lat. | ALIA |
| Smartphone part | LENS |
| Irrefutable way out | CASTIRONEXCUSE |
| Marching along | ONPARADE |
| Make it right | ATONE |
| Jazz Age, for one | ERA |
| Sally in “Cabaret” | LIZA |
| Sudden increase | SPURT |
| Shuttle comeback | EARTHREENTRY |
| Cause a scene | ACTUP |
| Soap since 1965 | DAYSOFOURLIVES |
| PC broadband connections | DSLS |
| Visionary | SEER |
| “Seven Wonders” setting | ANCIENTWORLD |
| Lentil, essentially | SEED |
| With roof extensions | EAVED |
| Paintballs and snowballs | AMMO |
| Inducement | GOAD |
| Composer Ned | ROREM |
| Sparkly topper | TIARA |
| Exude | OOZE |
| “Enough already!” | OKOK |
| Urban Jayhawkers | TOPEKANS |
| Ice Age novelist | AUEL |
| Exclamation of expectation | OHBOY |
| Prune paragraphs | EDIT |
| Campus figure | SOPH |
| Temperate | SOBER |
| Arch city of song | PAREE |
| Best score in baccarat | NINE |
| Trivial | MERE |
| Strong as __ | ANOX |
| Didn’t overlook | SAW |
