Author: by Doug Peterson
Across
Boulder or pebble ROCK
Hotter than cool WARM
Stopped sleeping WOKE
Maui or Oahu ISLE
Herbal burn soother ALOE
Indy 500 competitor RACER
Substance to make potting soil more fertile PLANTFOOD
Say aloud UTTER
__ sauce (Japanese condiment) SOY
Payments to landlords RENTS
Fishing pole spool REEL
Peel, as potatoes PARE
Small fruit pies TARTS
Heading for puzzle clues ACROSS
__ con carne CHILI
Cozy diner seating BOOTH
Homeowner’s document DEED
Christen NAME
Form a clump CLOT
Hopping Easter animal BUNNY
Shine softly GLOW
“Half” prefix for circle SEMI
Parts of a play ACTS
Suffix for “stetho” SCOPE
Baby birds’ homes NESTS
Vermont and Virginia STATES
Right __ (90-degree shape) ANGLE
Read, as a bar code SCAN
Just adequate SOSO
Commit a theft STEAL
Gorilla or chimp APE
Bend down low STOOP
Lattices for vines TRELLISES
Bert’s Sesame Street pal ERNIE
Any assistant AIDE
Canvas covering for rain TARP
Christmas carol NOEL
Throw softly TOSS
Whirled around SPUN
Down
Tears (apart) RIPS
Norway’s capital OSLO
Sculptor’s moldable material CLAY
Barbie’s boyfriend KEN
Thin cookies WAFERS
Unaccompanied ALONE
Cheer for a team ROOT
Prescriptions, for short MEDS
Handheld sprinkling container WATERINGCAN
Eight-person band OCTET
__ over (topples) KEELS
Make a mistake ERR
From farm country RURAL
Dumpster filler TRASH
Dirt used in a garden POTTINGSOIL
Neat and orderly TIDY
Reading basics ABCS
__ slaw (cabbage side dish) COLE
Kitchen or den ROOM
Fractions of a dollar CENTS
Egg-laying chickens HENS
Ventilation shaft DUCT
Plenty (of) ALOT
Sulk MOPE
Mothers of lambs EWES
Military outpost BASE
Intentionally delay STALL
Wed secretly ELOPE
Machines for weighing SCALES
Houston ballplayer ASTRO
Nary a soul NOONE
Morsels in a bird feeder SEEDS
Number in a spreadsheet STAT
Threesome TRIO
Right away, in a memo ASAP
Land where llamas live PERU
Sports cable channel ESPN
Any of 100 DC legislators: Abbr. SEN
“__ now or never!” ITS
