Crossword: by Billie Truitt
Across
| Hosp. staffers | LPNS |
| Of the Vatican | PAPAL |
| Pitch a tent | CAMP |
| Fully grown | ADULT |
| Tel Aviv-based airline | ELAL |
| Court defense | ALIBI |
| Ending for bug or peek | ABOO |
| A hard row __ | TOHOE |
| “And here it is!” | TADA |
| Solemn ceremonies | RITES |
| Fair and honorable | JUST |
| Awkward people | CLODS |
| Axiom | UNIVERSALTRUTH |
| Chart-topper | POPHIT |
| August birthstone | PERIDOT |
| Extremely long periods | EONS |
| Food served with sake | SUSHI |
| Shorten | CUT |
| Unleash a tirade | RANT |
| The present | OURTIMES |
| Pinnacle | TIP |
| Audiophile, e.g. | MUSICLOVER |
| Long African waterway | NILE |
| Missouri river | OSAGE |
| From here __ (henceforth) | ONIN |
| Thunderstruck | AWED |
| Comcast channel | MSNBC |
| Coups for collectors | RAREFINDS |
| Cabbie’s question | WHERETO |
| Body art, for short | TAT |
| __ Peter to pay Paul | TAKEFROM |
| Attempt, informally | SHOT |
| Have on | WEAR |
| Air Force stars | ACES |
| Way away | ESCAPEROUTE |
| Lather producer | SOAP |
| Cozy rooms | DENS |
| Leave in a hurry | FLEE |
| Hold dear | TREASURE |
| “__ missing something?” | AMI |
| “No worries” | ITSCOOL |
| Subject to alteration | AMENDABLE |
| Unwind | RELAX |
| Wines and dines | WOOS |
| Out of control | AMOK |
| 10th president | TYLER |
| Shed feathers | MOLT |
| Squalid condition | FILTHYMESS |
| Twisty letter | ESS |
| Maximally sugary | SWEETEST |
| Woman with a niece | AUNT |
| London lavs | WCS |
| Profits | GAINS |
| Has the deed to | OWNS |
| Virtual assistant, for instance | CHATBOT |
| Embarrassed into acting | SHAMED |
| Customarily | ASAGENERALRULE |
| In a heap | PILED |
| Circle segments | ARCS |
| Reef explorer | DIVER |
| Humorist Bombeck | ERMA |
| Mitigate | ALLAY |
| Free of clutter | NEAT |
| Bring up to speed | BRIEF |
| Iowa State city | AMES |
| Fashion sense | STYLE |
| Have the nerve | DARE |
| Mayo ingredients | YOLKS |
| “Seasonal” not hidden in the seven longest answers | MACE |
Down
| Slacken | LETUP |
| Workshop shaver | PLANE |
| Rock bottom | NADIR |
| Language family including Czech | SLAVIC |
| Pirate’s traditional pet | PARROT |
| Top-tier invitees | ALIST |
| Edible pocket | PITA |
| Genesis 4 birth | ABEL |
| Eavesdrop | LISTENIN |
| Louisiana cuisine | CAJUN |
| Touches against | ABUTS |
| Dance recklessly | MOSH |
| Chili vessel | POT |
| With no markup | ATCOST |
| Dan Marino’s team | DOLPHINS |
| “Yikes!” | UHOHIMINTROUBLE |
| California wine center | LODI |
| Try out | TEST |
| Campus URL ending | EDU |
| Campus military org, | ROTC |
| Feline sound | PURR |
| Glove material | SUEDE |
| Early hip-hop group | RUNDMC |
| Seller’s advisory | ASIS |
| Higher than | OVER |
| Actor Idris | ELBA |
| Splinter group | SECT |
| Mexican sandwich | TORTA |
| Designer Mizrahi | ISAAC |
| Apt to be ticketed | PARKEDILLEGALLY |
| The earliest LPs | MONOS |
| City of Pakistan | LAHORE |
| Have a loan from | OWETO |
| Formation fliers | GEESE |
| Gee preceder | EFF |
| “Simpsons” bartender | MOE |
| “__ my case” | IREST |
| Pulley part | WHEEL |
| Pre-adolescent | TWEEN |
| Bathtub sound | SPLOSH |
| Evaluate, as ore | ASSAY |
| In the works | AFOOT |
| Greatest extent | UTMOST |
| Arduous journeys | TREKS |
| Van Gogh’s “Starry Night “site”” | ARLES |
| Looks closely | PEERS |
| Disallow | NIX |
| Home security letters | ADT |
| Weaponry | ARMS |
| Feline sound | MEOW |
| Bern-born | SWISS |
| Future stallion | COLT |
| Prayer’s end | AMEN |
| Had lunch or dinner | ATEAMEAL |
| Laughing at, perhaps | AMUSEDBY |
| Ward (off) | FEND |
| Yin’s counterpart | YANG |
| Hippie fashion statement | TIEDYE |
| Piers | WHARFS |
| Baseball great Ripken | CAL |
| Watch online | STREAM |
| Grouchy Muppet | OSCAR |
| Use unwisely | WASTE |
| Fishing spot | CREEK |
| Another name for Myanmar | BURMA |
| Ancient Mexican | OLMEC |
| Toy with | TEASE |
| Whirlpool baths | SPAS |
| Sword handle | HILT |
| Field of expertise | AREA |
| Robert De__ | NIRO |
| Diabolical | EVIL |
| “In addition . . .” | AND |
