Author: by Doug Peterson Across Smartphone downloads APPS Boxing judge, for short REF Vatican leader POPE New __ (capital of India) DELHI Company VIP, for short EXEC Swedish furniture chain IKEA Hurricane or tornado STORM October’s season FALL Historical time spans ERAS Where books are borrowed PUBLICLIBRARY Prefix meaning “earth” GEO Tex-Mex folded tortilla TACO…

Author: by Fred Piscop Across In the thick of AMID Lamentful word ALAS Taco topping SALSA Add up to TOTAL Ship of 1492 NINA Leave port SAIL Online place to shop EMALL Clued in AWARE Country club master TENNISPRO Op-ed page master MEDIAPUNDIT What x-rays reveal INSIDES Oscar-winning rapper EMINEM Gobbled down ATE Places to build…

Author: by Lester Ruff Across Starship storage units CARGOBAYS Shame ABASH Irrigation system feature RAINDELAY Pac-12 city (Big 12 as of 8/24) TEMPE Evinced one’s pro position ARGUEDFOR Bamboo, to botanists CANES Work with kimono costuming NOH Michael Palin, since 2019 SIR Dramatist whose name looks like a Scrabble rack ANOUILH Small six-footers ANTS E-commerce…

Author: by Chris Gross Across Urge to move PROD Almost depleted LOW Leave a mark on SCAR Singer McEntire REBA Slow-to-decide refusal AHNO Rafter’s propeller POLE Acquit EXONERATE Spa on Lake Geneva EVIAN It borders Juarez ELPASO Ineffective FEEBLE How long it takes ELAPSEDTIME Orange areas GROVES Starter like atm- AER Test of quickness RACE Qualify…

Author: by Chris Gross Across Urge to move PROD Almost depleted LOW Leave a mark on SCAR Singer McEntire REBA Slow-to-decide refusal AHNO Rafter’s propeller POLE Acquit EXONERATE Spa on Lake Geneva EVIAN It borders Juarez ELPASO Ineffective FEEBLE How long it takes ELAPSEDTIME Orange areas GROVES Starter like atm- AER Test of quickness RACE Qualify…

Author: by Steve Faiella Across From Cork or Killarney IRISH Southeast Asian nation LAOS Take-home NET Middle of many plays ACTII Year-end season YULE Vanished GONE For wide distribution MASSMARKET Ancient South American INCA Garlicky sauce AIOLI Select OPTFOR Mantra syllables OMS Not handcrafted MACHINEMADE Gait PACE Eat late SUP Lugged TOTED Thinly scattered SPARSE Attends…

Author: by Fred Piscop Across Arm drawings, for short TATS “Huge” prefix for bucks MEGA Autos hailed in cities CABS List-shortening abbr. ETAL Improv performer COMIC Racetrack shape OVAL Fleet of vacation ships CRUISELINE Make angry RILE Suggested subtly HINTEDAT Seen (to) TENDED Used a chair SAT Goo for driveways TAR Cause damage to MAR Team’s…

Author: by Billie Truitt Across __ Moines, IA DES Steep rocky ledge CLIFF Food for a parakeet SEED Eyelid hair LASH In a few hours LATER Ballet skirt TUTU Prefix for freeze ANTI Central Florida city OCALA __ and crafts ARTS Stairway part STEP Betraying one’s principles SELLINGOUT Gets furious SEESRED Barely passing grade DEE Beret…

Author: by Sally R. Stein Across Confident manner POISE Open-handed smack SLAP Cease STOP States under oath AVOWS Song TUNE Biggest of the Three Bears PAPA A beginner in NEWAT Meals for horses OATS Plow-pulling bovines OXEN Beverage squeezed from a large citrus GRAPEFRUITJUICE Shade tree ELM Have breakfast. say EAT __ party (teen sleepover) PAJAMA…

Author: by Billie Truitt, edited by Stanley Newman Across Little round veggies PEAS Laborious walk SLOG O’Neal’s nickname SHAQ Recipe amts. TBSPS Prince William’s aunt ANNE Iconic Welles role KANE Waikiki’s island OAHU Pave again RETAR Definitive turndown NEVERINAMILLIONYEARS Cause to stumble TRIPUP A little __ everything BITOF Out of practice RUSTY Sun, in Spain SOL…