Crossword: by Billie Truitt
Across
Kilt, for example |
SKIRT |
Marine NCOs |
SGTS |
Do laps in the pool |
SWIM |
New staff member |
HIREE |
Jump like a kangaroo |
LEAP |
Big fuss |
TODO |
Without an escort |
ALONE |
Prefix meaning “against” |
ANTI |
Cookie with creme filling |
OREO |
Bart Simpson’s “Calm down!” |
DONTHAVEACOWMAN |
Newspaper executives: Abbr. |
EDS |
Three letters in “mammoth” |
EMS |
Packed up a moving van |
LOADED |
Stand up |
RISE |
Freight weight measure |
TON |
“Me, myself, __” |
ANDI |
Garment rip |
TEAR |
Narrow canyon |
GORGE |
Extremely obstinate |
STUBBORNASAMULE |
Tortilla chip dip |
SALSA |
Vent one’s rage |
RANT |
Cooled down with cubes |
ICED |
Choose, with “for” |
OPT |
Roster |
LIST |
Blood vessel |
ARTERY |
“School of thought” suffix |
ISM |
Untruth |
LIE |
Purchases sight-unseen |
BUYSAPIGINAPOKE |
White gemstone |
OPAL |
Father of Cain and Abel |
ADAM |
Desert caravan beast |
CAMEL |
Not very common |
RARE |
Film excerpt |
CLIP |
Fork prongs |
TINES |
Takeoff approximations: Abbr. |
ETDS |
Perfect scores for gymnasts |
TENS |
Take potshots (at) |
SNIPE |
Down
Caviar fish |
SHAD |
Metric prefix for “thousand” |
KILO |
Waffle-cooking appliance |
IRON |
Landlord’s income |
RENT |
Little laugh |
TEEHEE |
Native Czechs and Poles |
SLAVS |
DNA bit |
GENE |
“Bye-bye!” |
TATA |
Ginger and nutmeg |
SPICES |
Stores in an overhead bin |
STOWS |
Early bird’s reward |
WORM |
Brainstorm |
IDEA |
Apollo 11 destination |
MOON |
Increase, as a collection |
ADDTO |
Last Greek letter |
OMEGA |
Rodeo rope |
LASSO |
Ready to serve from a keg |
ONTAP |
Grown-up |
ADULT |
First claim, informally |
DIBS |
Charged toward |
RANAT |
Teheran’s country |
IRAN |
Cease-fire |
TRUCE |
Impolite starer |
OGLER |
Down-and-out |
NEEDY |
Makes a mistake |
ERRS |
Skip over |
OMIT |
Lightweight model wood |
BALSA |
Discolored spot on clothes |
STAIN |
Collide with |
IMPACT |
Gives feedback |
REACTS |
Dots of land in the sea |
ISLES |
Walks with difficulty |
LIMPS |
Tiresome speaker |
BORE |
__ the crack of dawn |
UPAT |
Three-foot measure |
YARD |
Not doing anything |
IDLE |
Stock market increase |
GAIN |
__ in the neck (annoyance) |
PAIN |
Prefix meaning “everything” |
OMNI |
Don’t discard |
KEEP |
“So what __ is new?” |
ELSE |