Crossword: by Mark McClain
Across
Comet appendage | TAIL |
“__ la vista!” | HASTA |
Love, in old Rome | AMOR |
Some titled Brits | DAMES |
Approximately | ORSO |
Decide to join | OPTIN |
Actress Hatcher | TERI |
Fill with joy | ELATE |
Color akin to jade | KELLYGREEN |
Just slightly | ATAD |
Wind band member | FLUTE |
Indirect comparisons | ANALOGIES |
Israeli airline | ELAL |
Removed rind from | PEELED |
Orange side dish | YAM |
Proclaim loudly | YELL |
Unsuccessful show | FLOP |
Air chamber | LUNG |
Some UPS deliveries | CODS |
Pickup truck option | ALLWHEELDRIVE |
Most Iranians | SHIAS |
Frozen Four tourney sponsor | NCAA |
Partners of ends | ODDS |
Literary tributes | ODES |
Partners of pots | PANS |
Derisive cries | HOOTS |
Compose, as prose | WRITE |
Partners of outs | INS |
“All in the Family” dad | ARCHIEBUNKER |
NASDAQ listings | COS |
Slightest trace | IOTA |
Partner of cheese | MACARONI |
Word on pennies | CENT |
Not at all at ease | ANTSY |
Shrek, for one | OGRE |
Genetic replica | CLONE |
Santa __, CA | ROSA |
Halved | INTWO |
Have in mind | MEAN |
Cheese choice | AMERICAN |
They shine in showrooms | CARS |
That woman | SHE |
Salsa scooper | TORTILLACHIP |
What Wash. is west of | IDA |
From Cardiff | WELSH |
Pester | ANNOY |
All, for starters | OMNI |
Giza’s river | NILE |
Natural moisturizer | ALOE |
Clean up, as copy | EDIT |
Partner of meet | GREET |
Device in a prize-grabbing arcade game | GRAPPLINGHOOK |
Gulf War missile | SCUD |
The A of A-Rod | ALEX |
What’s west of Wisc. | MINN |
Grazing grounds | LEAS |
Put the collar on | NAB |
Things to debate | ISSUES |
Female lobsters | HENS |
Game you’ll be dyeing to play | PAINTBALL |
Bucks | MOOLA |
First TV paddle game | PONG |
Piece of pie at an Italian buffet | PIZZASLICE |
Barn baby | OWLET |
Poker starter | ANTE |
Derisive look | SNEER |
Stratford, Ontario’s river | AVON |
They will result in 8 Down | KNOTS |
Not so much | LESS |
Big seller in bear markets | TEDDY |
Moccasin decoration | BEAD |
Down
Hungarian wine | TOKAY |
NBA game venue | ARENA |
Faith of 40 Across | ISLAM |
Lounge around | LOLL |
Kept others from sharing | HOGGED |
March followers | APRILS |
Heavy metal | STEEL |
Makes a connection | TIES |
Novelist Beattie | ANN |
Never cheaper | ATALOW |
Figure of speech | METAPHOR |
Spoken | ORAL |
Unburden (of) | RID |
Make a case for | DEFEND |
Lively tempo | ALLEGRO |
Handle roughly | MAUL |
Ending for kitchen | ETTE |
Plum discard | SEED |
Varies widely | YOYOS |
Fitzgerald of jazz | ELLA |
Throbs | PULSES |
Lab vessel | FLASK |
Was the cause of | LEDTO |
Consistent moneymakers | CASHCOWS |
“Behave yourself!” | ACTNICE |
Official decree | EDICT |
__-proof (easy to operate) | IDIOT |
Lets off steam | VENTS |
Position paper | ESSAY |
Spring site | SPA |
Antonym of “enhance” | HARM |
Ancient Peruvian | INCA |
“Common” word | NOUN |
Munich mister | HERR |
Wind band member | OBOE |
Small chirper | WREN |
“Othello” antagonist | IAGO |
Prefix to attract the budget-conscious | ECONO |
On the same page | INACCORD |
Ultra-tidy type | NEATNIK |
Region of 11 time zones | ASIA |
Roofer’s strip | LATH |
Work-related move | RELO |
Paris-area airport | ORLY |
Carrot cake topper | ICING |
Ultimate depths | NADIR |
Musical syllables | TRALA |
Shade of pink | MELON |
In pristine condition | MINT |
Literary lament | AHME |
Evening hour | NINE |
Wetlands | SWALES |
Spiral shape | HELIX |
Hazardous element | RADON |
Place for a theater orchestra | PIT |
Newscast components | SEGMENTS |
Military decoration | EPAULET |
Long, long times | EONS |
Wind bursts | GUSTS |
What kilts are made with | PLEATS |
Depends (on) | HINGES |
Appropriated | SEIZED |
Small chirper | CANARY |
Goofed off | LAZED |
Easily fooled | NAIVE |
Big maker of beverage cans | ALCOA |
Composite | BLEND |
“Don’t worry about me!” | IMOK |
Planted | SOWN |
Pilot’s rite of passage | SOLO |
Make more perfect | HONE |
Tar source | PINE |
Spill a secret | BLAB |
Homie | PAL |
December setting at USC | PST |