Across
| Front’s opposite | BACK |
| Some male deer | STAGS |
| What gives Scotch an earthy flavor | PEAT |
| Long, cylindrical instrument | OBOE |
| Kind of bond in chemistry | IONIC |
| “That hurts!” | OUCH |
| [Get my innuendo?] | NUDGENUDGE |
| Beech or birch | TREE |
| When a plane is due, for short | ETA |
| Show hosts, in brief | MCS |
| “Doesn’t matter who” | ANYBODY |
| Actress Jessica | BIEL |
| Close by | NEAR |
| Something a digital crossword solver doesn’t need | PAPER |
| Winter hours in N.Y.C. | EST |
| Exploding stars | NOVAS |
| “Relax, soldier” | ATEASE |
| [Get my innuendo?] | WINKWINK |
| Moderate gait for a horse | TROT |
| “Later, dudes” | PEACE |
| Response to the Little Red Hen | NOTI |
| [Get my innuendo?] | HINTHINT |
| Worked | TOILED |
| Younger Obama daughter | SASHA |
| “That’s all ___ wrote” | SHE |
| Takes in what someone wrote | READS |
| Engrave | ETCH |
| Dozes (off) | NODS |
| “That’s what people tell me, anyway” | SOIHEAR |
| Midori ___, first woman to land a triple axel in competition | ITO |
| Chop (off) | LOP |
| Bridal veil fabric | LACE |
| [Get my innuendo?] | COUGHCOUGH |
| Furniture store known for its cafeterias’ meatballs | IKEA |
| Message on a candy heart | HUGME |
| Classic pie crust ingredient | LARD |
| “Hey you!” | PSST |
| Painter Degas | EDGAR |
| Membership fees | DUES |
Down
| Chicken leftover | BONE |
| Be adjacent to | ABUT |
| Musician’s conclusion | CODA |
| Beer barrel | KEG |
| “___ U Been Gone” (Kelly Clarkson hit) | SINCE |
| Mess up, as hair | TOUSLE |
| As well as | AND |
| Beyond big | GIGANTIC |
| Big public argument | SCENE |
| Baked things that might get people baked | POTBROWNIES |
| Currency that replaced the mark and peseta | EURO |
| Got an A+ on | ACED |
| ___/them pronouns | THEY |
| Mideast leaders | EMIRS |
| Tug hard | YANK |
| Keep cool in a pool, perhaps | BEATTHEHEAT |
| Trails | PATHS |
| Open-air lobbies | ATRIA |
| Menial workers, dismissively | PEONS |
| Strip of mowed grass | SWATH |
| EGOT-winning actress Davis | VIOLA |
| Contributed to a kitty | ANTED |
| Loses traction on the road | SKIDS |
| Commercial lead-in to Pen | EPI |
| Take-home amount | NET |
| Cover completely | ENSHROUD |
| “Anger leads to ___. ___ leads to suffering”: Yoda | HATE |
| Surgeon, for short | ORDOC |
| Riddle | ENIGMA |
| Something you might clear to improve memory | CACHE |
| Catchall category | OTHER |
| Undergarment for a dress | SLIP |
| Acorn producers | OAKS |
| Frosts, as a cake | ICES |
| Hawaiian banquet | LUAU |
| Fairy tale baddie | OGRE |
| Professors’ degs. | PHDS |
| Big name in fleecy boots | UGG |
| What a good joke never gets | OLD |
