Author: Eugene Sheffer
Across
Roast VIPs MCS
Indian lentil dish DAL
Minty quaff JULEP
Author Fleming IAN
Ab — (from the start) OVO
Cosmetics mogul Lauder ESTEE
Actress Vardalos NIA
TV sci-fi drama starring Thandiwe Newton WESTWORLD
Tolkien ogre ORC
Raiment DRESS
Video-streaming brand ROKU
Madrid Mrs. SRA
Baby’s call DADA
Caustic solution LYE
Logic REASON
Kagan of the Supreme Court ELENA
Governed RULED
Whitewater vessels KAYAKS
Ornate vase URN
Clarified butter GHEE
Lettuce variety COS
Dull sound of impact THUD
“Haystacks” painter MONET
Big bird EMU
Internationally WORLDWIDE
“There’s no — team!” IIN
Moral principle ETHIC
Sharing word OUR
— Diego SAN
Vodka brand STOLI
“Fresh Air” airer NPR
Ring decision TKO
Down
Trivial MINOR
Nile city CAIRO
Midnight nosh SNACK
Columnist Maureen DOWD
Loath (to) AVERSE
Also-ran LOSER
Yom Kippur observers JEWS
GI entertainers USO
USPS delivery LTR
Sushi choice EEL
Walker, on a sign PED
Despot TSAR
Arm bones ULNAE
Intimidate DAUNT
Visual communication syst. ASL
Fawn’s mama DOE
Moreover AND
Talk and talk YAK
Goof up ERR
Heart chart (Abbr.) EKG
— -di-dah LAH
Storm center EYE
Garbage barge SCOW
Depleted USEDUP
Leek’s kin ONION
Robbery HEIST
Inuit boat UMIAK
“Beats me!” DUNNO
Roman 1601 MDCI
Region (Abbr.) TERR
Director Craven WES
Slugger Mel OTT
Plato’s P RHO
Like Abner or Wayne LIL
