ACROSS
Fireplace residue
ASH
Sound of a balloon bursting
POP
Super Bowl organization: Abbr.
NFL
Lead-in to degradable for an environment-friendly type of material
BIO
For external ___ only (words on a medicine bottle perhaps)
USE
Critter that makes secret tunnels under your garden
MOLE
Plant stalk
STEM
Say Yes to the Dress network: Abbr.
TLC
I had no ___! (clue)
IDEA
Alternative to a manual gear shift for short
AUTO
Golf course area where the hole and flag are located
GREEN
Like the edge of a good knife
SHARP
Anger or wrath
IRE
The best score one can get in golf also called ace and is a very rare occurrence: 3 wds.
HOLEINONE
Includes in an email loop: Abbr.
CCS
True Detective airer: Abbr.
HBO
Parrot’s cry
AWK
Creamy Nabisco cookie introduced in 1912
OREO
More than plump
OBESE
Affirmative votes in the House
AYES
Hissy ___ (temper tantrum)
FIT
Crosby Stills & ___ rock supergroup behind Daylight Again
NASH
Batter or butter?
RAM
Missed golf shot in which the player takes a big divot from behind the tee
CHUNK
___ to know basis
NEED
Nose-wrinkling smell
ODOR
___ Which Way You Can (Clint Eastwood film)
ANY
All-encompassing prefix?
OMNI
Suffix with million or billion for a very wealthy person
AIRE
Exclamation similar to Gosh! or Golly!
GEE
This doesn’t ___ well for me… (doesn’t look good)
BODE
Take care of as a bar or a garden
TEND
Jet follower?
SET
DOWN
Washboard tummy muscles for short
ABS
Take a chair
SIT
Earth-loosening gardening tool
HOE
Soft golf shot for when the ball is close to the hole
PUTT
The capital and most populous city of Norway
OSLO
Chest muscle for short
PEC
Lymph ___ (immune system part)
NODE
Make a run for it
FLEE
Low in fat as meat
LEAN
Marshland or swamp (word hidden in admire)
MIRE
Stallion’s mate
MARE
AP competitor: Abbr.
UPI
College seniors’ test: Abbr.
GRE
Librarian’s Zip your lips!
SHH
Food warming shelf (word hidden in hobble)
HOB
Emotionally distant and detached say
ALOOF
Printer fluid
INK
Lil ___ X rapper whose birth name is Montero Lamar Hill
NAS
Male name that sounds like a baking appliance
OWEN
Call for help or shed a tear
CRY
Letter that follows bee
CEE
Distress code at sea
SOS
Island home to Honolulu
OAHU
Term that refers to a golf score that is one less than par
BIRDIE
Landing information about an aircraft: Abbr.
ETA
Nut that grows on a oak trees
ACORN
Tear into small pieces as paper
SHRED
Castle’s aquatic defense
MOAT
Annoys constantly
NAGS
___-high socks
KNEE
San Francisco’s luxurious ___ Hill
NOB
My Chemical Romance’s genre
EMO
Conclude or terminate
END
___ Another Day 2002 James Bond film
DIE
Have you met him ___? (question from a gal pal perhaps)
YET
