Author: by Bruce Venzke
Across
Just barely acceptable | SOSO |
Online periodical, for short | EMAG |
Keen-edged | SHARP |
Eden resident | ADAM |
Tra __ (song syllables) | LALA |
Color shadings | TINTS |
Prefix for bucks or bytes | MEGA |
Egyptian snakes | ASPS |
Poker entry fees | ANTES |
Performer of rap music | HIPHOPARTIST |
Whole bunch | SCADS |
Pose for a portrait | SIT |
__ Paulo, Brazil | SAO |
Shakespearean king | LEAR |
Bus terminal | DEPOT |
Up __ (stymied) | ATREE |
With 42 Across, dietician’s advice | NEVERSKIP |
Woman with a niece | AUNT |
Prefix meaning “recent” | NEO |
Spot of land in a sea | ISLE |
See 36 Across | BREAKFAST |
“All kidding __ . . .” | ASIDE |
Twangy-sounding, as speech | NASAL |
Brain scans: Abbr. | EEGS |
Hair goo | GEL |
__ Holiness (papal title) | HIS |
Roaring felines | LIONS |
At a forward-thinking advantage | ONEJUMPAHEAD |
One of Santa’s reindeer | VIXEN |
Square footage | AREA |
Dinner companion | DATE |
“It’s the end of __” | ANERA |
Thailand’s former name | SIAM |
Villainous | EVIL |
Doesn’t have | LACKS |
The fourth planet | MARS |
Lagoon’s coral barrier | REEF |
Down
4th of July Uncle | SAM |
Verse of tribute | ODE |
Droop | SAG |
Nebraska’s largest city | OMAHA |
Pass by, as time | ELAPSE |
Pulverize, as potatoes | MASH |
Dog Chow alternative | ALPO |
Sounds of fright | GASPS |
Soup or salad, on a menu | STARTER |
Helpful suggestion | HINT |
Opposite of pro- | ANTI |
GPS paths | RTES |
Attention-getting sound | PSST |
Inactive | IDLE |
Personal assistant | AIDE |
The sixth planet | SATURN |
Eyeball covering | CORNEA |
Discontinued Swedish auto | SAAB |
Quindlen or Paquin | ANNA |
Actress Witherspoon | REESE |
Greek letters resembling pitchforks | PSIS |
Thumb-and-forefinger approval | OKSIGN |
Squiggly Spanish symbols | TILDES |
When trains are due: Abbr. | ETAS |
Cast a ballot | VOTE |
Banana discard | PEEL |
Hawaiian big shots | KAHUNAS |
__-flam (con game) | FLIM |
Cambodia’s continent | ASIA |
Shines subtly | GLEAMS |
Muscle twitch | SPASM |
More unusual | ODDER |
Roundish shape | OVAL |
Pinta’s sister ship | NINA |
CEO or CFO | EXEC |
Quick tug | JERK |
Operatic solo | ARIA |
Find out about | HEAR |
GPS line | AVE |
Place a knot in | TIE |
North Pole assistant | ELF |