Author: by Billie Truitt
Across
Gear teeth | COGS |
Navy noncoms: Abbr. | CPOS |
Tear to shreds | RIPUP |
Vegetable in gumbo | OKRA |
Camel’s back feature | HUMP |
Get out of bed | ARISE |
Military invasion | RAID |
Author Quindlen or actress Paquin | ANNA |
Small gift “of appreciation” | TOKEN |
Sport that includes handSPRINGs | GYMNASTICS |
Geeky type | NERD |
Response to “Look over there!” | ISEEIT |
Brand-name of toaster waffles | EGGOS |
Twist, as a wet towel | WRING |
Man’s hairpiece | TOUPEE |
Rolling stone’s supposed lack | MOSS |
Black road surfaces | TARS |
Group of top players | ATEAM |
“Caught you!” | OHO |
Commonplace | TYPICAL |
Grand Canyon State campus: Abbr. | ASU |
Remove suds from | RINSE |
Wild guess | STAB |
Hawaiian instruments | UKES |
More inquisitive | NOSIER |
Rear of a ship | STERN |
“Otherwise . . .” | IFNOT |
Strikes lightly, as a window | TAPSAT |
After-dinner candy | MINT |
Wearable timepiece once made with a mainSPRING | WRISTWATCH |
Speak without a script | ADLIB |
On the subject of | ASTO |
Aloe __ (natural balm) | VERA |
__ case (regardless) | INANY |
Speak indistinctly | SLUR |
Get __ (retaliate) | EVEN |
“Leave immediately” | NOWGO |
Chicken coop females | HENS |
Office workstation | DESK |
Down
Welsh __ (dog breed) | CORGI |
Gives approval for | OKAYS |
Laundry dirt | GRIME |
“I’m sorry to say . . .” | SADNEWS |
Moral purity | CHASTITY |
Football kick | PUNT |
Prefix meaning “all” | OMNI |
Parking spot | SPACE |
Mouse’s long-tailed relative | RAT |
Resolve, as differences | IRONOUT |
Mountain near Colorado SPRINGs | PIKESPEAK |
Tech support caller | USER |
Remain unresolved | PEND |
Scuba tank filler | AIR |
Police rank: Abbr. | SGT |
Project’s objective | GOAL |
Midday snoozes | NAPS |
“Hominy” side dish | GRITS |
Make less difficult | EASE |
Ostrich-like birds | EMUS |
Pre-noon period, in poems | MORN |
Cleveland’s state | OHIO |
Male spouses of your offSPRING | SONSINLAW |
“Shoo!” | SCAT |
Adolescent | TEEN |
Helpers in crime | ABETTORS |
Refining, as flour | SIFTING |
Needing to be topped with asphalt | UNPAVED |
Line of theater seats | ROW |
Uncooked, as sushi | RAW |
Garbage in a can | TRASH |
Apple cofounder Jobs | STEVE |
Farmland measures | ACRES |
Show gratitude to | THANK |
Of primary importance | MAIN |
Fig. on a driver’s license | IDNO |
Castaway’s locale | ISLE |
Astonish | STUN |
“Liquor not provided” letters | BYO |