Crossword: by Doug Peterson
Across
| Coffee holders made of paper | CUPS |
| Drag from behind, as a car | TOW |
| Much-admired celebrities | IDOLS |
| Well-qualified | ABLE |
| Ankle-length skirt | MAXI |
| Unusual knickknack | CURIO |
| Appear to be | SEEM |
| Eve’s son after Cain | ABEL |
| Opinion piece | ESSAY |
| Person collecting tickets on a railroad | TRAINCONDUCTOR |
| Taunter’s shout | OHO |
| Negative vote | NAY |
| Houston baseball player | ASTRO |
| Vacation excursion | TRIP |
| Six-point football scores: Abbr. | TDS |
| Parcel out | ALLOT |
| Man’s “three-piece” attire | SUIT |
| A Great Lake | ERIE |
| Person serving meals on an airplane | FLIGHTATTENDANT |
| Italy’s capital, to Italians | ROMA |
| Color that also means “sad” | BLUE |
| Office assistants | AIDES |
| Have a debt to pay | OWE |
| Soil-chopping tools | HOES |
| Performed in a movie | ACTED |
| 2,000 pounds | TON |
| Suffix meaning “sort of” | ISH |
| Person pushing a cart in a supermarket | GROCERYSHOPPER |
| Open and close one’s eyes quickly | BLINK |
| Make less difficult | EASE |
| Tip of an ear | LOBE |
| Traditional Native American tent | TEPEE |
| What “+” means | PLUS |
| Actor Alda | ALAN |
| Filled with unwanted plants, as a lawn | WEEDY |
| Get a look at | SEE |
| Round toy on a string | YOYO |
Down
| Group of a film’s performers | CAST |
| Lyft’s ridesharing rival | UBER |
| “Not guilty,” for example | PLEA |
| “Half” prefix for circle | SEMI |
| Something forbidden | TABOO |
| Plow-pulling animals | OXEN |
| Untamed | WILD |
| South Pole’s frozen covering | ICECAP |
| Coated with powdery dirt | DUSTY |
| Approximately | ORSO |
| Person telling fibs | LIAR |
| __ sauce (Asian condiment) | SOY |
| Very manly | MACHO |
| Toward the Arctic | NORTH |
| Join forces | UNITE |
| Grant permission for | ALLOW |
| Sticky mud | SLIME |
| Garment for Julius Caesar | TOGA |
| Ballerinas’ skirts | TUTUS |
| Any solemn ceremony | RITE |
| Make a swap | TRADE |
| Had a fine meal | DINED |
| Full collections | SETS |
| Spherical hairstyle | AFRO |
| Reduced-price event | SALE |
| Revise, as a manuscript | EDIT |
| Hyphenated steak order | TBONE |
| Tortilla chip | NACHO |
| Sport with a puck | HOCKEY |
| Fireplace residues | ASHES |
| Having firm muscles | TONED |
| Magazine edition | ISSUE |
| Great joy | GLEE |
| Ready to be harvested | RIPE |
| Sales agents, for short | REPS |
| Connecticut Ivy League school | YALE |
| Theatrical production | PLAY |
| Sport played on horseback | POLO |
| Auction website | EBAY |
| Nevada casino city | RENO |
| Texter’s “Incidentally . . .” | BTW |
