Author: by Anna Stiga
Across
| Not very quick | OBTUSE |
| Be persnickety | PETTIFOG |
| Didn’t go straight | VEERED |
| Work for yourself? | EXERCISE |
| Was in circulation | EDDIED |
| Bierce’s “despair, disguised as a virtue” | PATIENCE |
| DC soccer venue for the Atlanta Olympics | RFK |
| Target area | AISLE |
| Much, with “of” | SEAS |
| Foremost | FRONT |
| Beef that’s not prime | NIT |
| Address in “M*A*S*H” scripts | PADRE |
| The Epson HX-20s (1980) were the first of them | LAPTOPS |
| Serious profession | VOW |
| Mystic contemplation of one’s navel | OMPHALOSKEPSIS |
| Very slight | WEE |
| One standing near the conductor | SOLOIST |
| Antonym of “prince” | CAD |
| Handler of fried eggs | SLOTTEDSPATULA |
| Edible you should dispense with | PEZ |
| Guy of verse “whose beard with age is hoar” | MARINER |
| Manual alternative to a food processor | RICER |
| Get behind | OWE |
| Shade from the Latin for “mole” | TAUPE |
| What you hope will come out in the wash | ODOR |
| Capital city closest to the equator | QUITO |
| Competitive pair that finally got together in NW Utah | RRS |
| Helper on Admiral Byrd’s Antarctic expeditions | MALAMUTE |
| Common oatmeal additive | RAISIN |
| What many MD offices require | PHOTOIDS |
| Early entrant into the game console business | COLECO |
| Don’t mention it | SORESPOT |
| Needing nothing more | ALLSET |
Down
| Superabundance | OVERFLOW |
| They’re fit for kings and queens | BEDFRAMES |
| 42-year veteran of ABC News | TEDKOPPEL |
| Ocean State sch. | URI |
| Experience | SEE |
| Inspiration for Wagner’s Ring Cycle | EDDA |
| Potable associate of Rice-A-Roni | PEPSI |
| Take to the next level | EXALT |
| “Se creuser la __” (think really hard: Fr.) | TETE |
| Meter leader | TRI |
| Seasonal fishing tools | ICESAWS |
| Hit in the wallet | FINED |
| Coveted Art Deco knight | OSCAR |
| Yuletide sextet | GEESE |
| It’s just under a foot | INSOLE |
| Ultimate power of science | NTH |
| Partner for a 27 Down | TOASTER |
| Red White & Blueberry limited edition (summer 2022) | POPTART |
| Fall over in elation | PLOTZ |
| Ride for a tour of Rome | VESPA |
| Green stuff for greens | SOD |
| It’s inevitable | KISMET |
| Monitor monitors | ICUNURSES |
| It’s less than usual | SALEPRICE |
| Refuses to even think about | DARESNOT |
| Drive, for example | OPERATE |
| Participante de reunión familiar | TIA |
| They’re hardly hard-fought | ROMPS |
| It has the most acreage of Forest Service land | IDAHO |
| What program notes provide | COLOR |
| Top | OUTDO |
| Ryder’s mom in “Edward Scissorhands” | WIEST |
| Moment of a monologue | QUIP |
| Swimmer in every ocean | ORCA |
| PD data | MOS |
| Dot-com bubble beneficiary (for a while) | AOL |
| It’s not good | ILL |
