Crossword: by Fred Piscop
Across
“Low-cost” prefix |
ECONO |
Island near Sumatra |
JAVA |
What a beret doesn’t have |
BRIM |
Grow dark |
LATEN |
Times given names |
ERAS |
Lower-cal |
LITE |
Thorny brush |
BRIARPATCH |
Samsung Galaxy alternative |
IPAD |
Doesn’t participate |
ABSTAINS |
Shipping shortcuts |
CANALS |
Royal Navy designation |
HMS |
Glassmaking material |
SAND |
Informal naval designation |
SHE |
Final cross words |
PARTINGSHOT |
Reason for sneezin’ |
COLDS |
Measures of energy |
ERGS |
Corleones’ creator |
PUZO |
At an end |
OVER |
Most Marines |
MEN |
Land on the Persian Gulf |
OMAN |
Filmmaker Dunham |
LENA |
Reasonable |
SANE |
Vermont ski resort |
STOWE |
Move with a mouse |
DRAGANDDROP |
’90s “Nifty!” |
RAD |
Orchestral instrument |
OBOE |
Cal Tech rival |
MIT |
Never seen before |
ALLNEW |
Headliners |
MAINACTS |
Piece of a branch or book |
LEAF |
What a Babylonian wrote on |
CLAYTABLET |
Well accessory |
PAIL |
Suffix for very large numbers |
AIRE |
Barton of nursing history |
CLARA |
Energetic |
SPRY |
Toucans and turtles |
PETS |
Too dramatic |
HAMMY |
Down
Isle near Corsica |
ELBA |
Bit of starch |
CARB |
Escalator maker |
OTIS |
Poetic preposition |
NEATH |
Limited-access entrances |
ONRAMPS |
Author Auel |
JEAN |
Cultural doings |
ARTS |
Maintenance machine |
VAC |
Containers at curbsides |
ASHCANS |
Visual obstruction |
BLINDSPOT |
Morning host for 20+ years |
RIPA |
Emphatic type, for short |
ITAL |
Last-word theme of the puzzle |
MEDS |
Galileo’s hometown |
PISA |
Director Lee |
ANG |
What collectors call Hancock or Franklin |
SIGNER |
Take to task |
SCOLD |
Float in the air |
HOVER |
Cohort of Ketanji |
ELENA |
Transformed |
REMADE |
Hot style |
TREND |
Bookstore category |
HUMOR |
Japanese-born conductor |
OZAWA |
In great shape |
TONED |
Insect known to 26 Down |
DRAGONFLY |
Mountain topper |
SNOWCAP |
Veggie omelet ingredient |
SPINACH |
Bart Simpson’s grandpa |
ABE |
Choose not to list |
OMIT |
Drum of India |
TABLA |
High points of numerous Winter Olympics |
ALPS |
Spring through the air |
LEAP |
Secret retreat |
LAIR |
Place to shop |
MART |
Those in favor |
AYES |
Paella morsel |
CLAM |
Contract detail |
TERM |
Don’t dash off |
STAY |
Oral fabrication |
LIE |