Author: Sid Sivakumar
Editor: Will Shortz
Across
Mess hall patrons, in brief GIS
Theater backdrop SCRIM
Stressful work? POEM
Disorganized stack HEAP
Home screen array APPS
Port container CARAFE
Clean hands, so to speak INNOCENCE
Spill (over) SLOP
Strict sales limit, informally ONEPER
Slow-cooked entrees POTROASTS
Boos-y drink? HATERADE
Olympic gymnast Raisman ALY
Charge (with) ENTRUST
Involves ENTAILS
Some kennel personnel GROOMERS
Only U.S. coin that does not explicitly indicate how many cents it’s worth DIME
Eschewed pork and shellfish, say ATEKOSHER
Arena seating sections TIERS
Perfume ingredient ATTAR
Civil wrong TORT
Comedy character who once asked the U.N. secretary general if Disneyland was part of the U.N. ALIG
Org. whose initials are aptly hidden in “foreign satellite interception” NSA
Really hurt ACHED
Orders more of than necessary OVERSTOCKS
Oktoberfest purchase BIER
“Clifford the Big Red Dog” airer PBS
“Gross!” ICK
Excessively TOO
Checkout unit ITEM
Eyeballs, e.g. ORBS
“Naw, no way!” AINTSO
Hindu wedding adornment that’s said to get darker the more the newlyweds love each other HENNA
Lifesaving mission, for short RESCUEOP
Its panhandle abuts British Columbia IDAHO
Prudent JUDICIOUS
Texas A&M athlete AGGIE
One fast-tracked in an interview pool REFERRAL
Like Loki NORSE
Absolutely devour INHALE
Fitting a little tight SNUG
Home to the Great Ziggurat of Ur IRAQ
Common jeans feature RIP
“Whoop-de-___” DOO
Subject of 1960s-’70s addiction research LSD
Purges RIDS
Things that perceptive people might pick up UNDERTONES
Picture taker? FRAME
Sound in “Old MacDonald Had a Farm” MOO
Windy part of a kite? REEL
The “A” of the ACT UP organization AIDS
Thunderous sounds CLAPS
Piece of info DATUM
Body of water adjoining Korea Bay YELLOWSEA
___-de-camp AIDE
Proceeds REVENUES
Putting together POOLING
Hardly worth mentioning TRIVIAL
ID whose first five digits are sometimes ignored SSN
Keister PATOOTIE
Flight segment STAIRSTEP
Demographic group COHORT
Tiny member of a swarm GNAT
Big Ten school that plays home football games at Beaver Stadium PENNSTATE
Much like AKINTO
What hits the ground running? SOLE
Seat in the London Stock Exchange? ARSE
At the earliest chance ASAP
They get high by the beach TIDES
Airport screening inits. TSA
Down
Winter house-warming option GASHEAT
“That’s my goal” IPLANTO
Powerlifter’s helper SPOTTER
Marine predator often seen near shorelines SANDSHARK
First Nations people CREE
Best Melodic ___ Performance (Grammy category) RAP
“My concern is …” IFEAR
Variety used to make Bordeaux wine MERLOT
Dot on a die PIP
Musical artist Yoko ONO
Joins those on the stage ENTERS
Counterparts of eves MORNS
With 61-Down, like some gossip … as represented phonetically by each set of shaded squares? HEARDTHROUGH
Like a bathroom directly connected to a bedroom ENSUITE
Feigns indignation ACTSMAD
Bug PESTER
Address SPEAKTO
Barbecue grill fill COALS
Camp bed COT
Summer Olympics host between London and Tokyo RIO
Comics sound when something is snatched YOINK
Clenched, as teeth GRITTED
Record holder for most games played in the FIFA World Cup (26) MESSI
Modern ___ ERA
Trains above street level ELS
Delivery that can’t be returned ACE
“Well, don’t wait out here!” GOONIN
Goals AIMS
Sun shield VISOR
___-conscious ECO
Variety commonly found in jellies and pies CONCORD
Wax figures? BEES
Golf tournament division PAIRS
President who campaigned on the slogan “Our best days still lie ahead” BIDEN
Real pickle SNAFU
So … or a word following “so” TRUE
Fit for a king REGAL
Sees red BOILS
Word before dating or skating SPEED
See 13-Down THEGRAPEVINE
Dance at a luau HULA
More open to the elements AIRIER
Lake house rental CANOE
Unnerves JARS
Sea hawks OSPREYS
Lyft request RIDE
Lithium-___ battery ION
“Don’t ___ me …” QUOTE
single by Hole whose cover art depicts a miniature wedding dress and veil DOLLPARTS
Real-time PC exchanges IMS
Man, woman and child, e.g. NOUNS
Little lifter TEE
Snore loudly SAWLOGS
One dropping amorous hints FLIRTER
Trigonometry units RADIANS
B-baller in Big D MAV
“Am I mistaken?” ISITNOT
Turndowns DENIALS
Hot herbal brew SAGETEA
Place to pamper pets that purr CATSPA
Some rivers have them DELTAS
Variety that shares its name with a Mideast capital MUSCAT
Game with big prizes LOTTO
“I’m not working right now,” in email shorthand OOO
Believer in Jah RASTA
Mushroom added to ramen ENOKI
Org. with the phone number 1-800-TAX-FORM IRS
Cornmeal cake PONE
Info you might send someone when you’re running late ETA
Liven (up) PEP
Stashed away HID
