Author: John Westwig
Editor: Will Shortz
Across
Begin to flower BUD
In conflict ATWAR
Basketball stats category ASSISTS
Neckwear provided at some restaurants BIB
Pikes Peak people UTE
One-dish meal CHILI
“You’re playing with fire!” WATCHIT
Game night cry UNO
“First, I founded an aerospace start-up, but I never …” GOTITOFFTHEGROUND
Messy room STY
Make the first bet OPEN
Go back over REREAD
Proverbial hard workers ANTS
Bourne’s employer in “The Bourne Identity,” in brief CIA
Popular indoor tree FICUS
Total revolution? YEAR
Ardennes assent OUI
Singer’s asset RANGE
Daughter of Muhammad FATIMA
“When that fell through, I tried my hand at fishmongering, but we …” DIDNTSCALEWELL
Sensitivity TACT
Common resolutions DIETS
Squat, so to speak SIT
Pop singer with noted bangs (and bangers!) SIA
Go back down EBB
J. M. Barrie, for one SCOT
What Ralph represents in a Freudian analysis of “Lord of the Flies” EGO
Betrays FLIPSON
“Next, I pivoted into breakfast restaurants, but competitors …” POACHEDOUREMPLOYEES
Passages CORRIDORS
Medal-earning mettle VALOR
Purchase printout: Abbr. RCPT
New Year’s Day ONEONE
Place of prayer PEW
Sat ___ (GPS system) NAV
Behind TUSHIE
Library section TEEN
Broski HOMIE
There are 768 of these in a gallon TEASPOONS
“When I tried candlemaking, all my workers …” SUFFEREDFROMBURNOUT
Section of the nosebleed seats LASTROW
Poetic preposition ERE
Lead-in to zone EURO
Some music collectibles, for short LPS
Whiz ACE
Counterpart of science, they say ART
Freight, e.g. GOODS
Uncles, in Uruguay TIOS
“I decided to try operating an airport, but just before launch we …” RANOUTOFRUNWAY
Goes first STARTS
Wrote, as a bad check KITED
Moose’s mating season RUT
Universal donor’s designation, informally ONEG
Betray one’s standards STOOP
Bridge component BID
“We’ll see” IMAY
Backdrop LOCALE
Exclamation before an ill-advised action, maybe YOLO
Creature that swallows its prey whole BOA
“Finally, I decided to buy a grocery store on an intersection, but a rival had …” CORNEREDTHEMARKET
“Wise” one OWL
“Enjoyed” some humble pie ATECROW
Bolting Bolt USAIN
Union contract? IDO
Counterpart of “thx” PLS
Corrupting influence BADSEED
Full ___ MONTY
Over time period? EON
Down
“Leave me alone!” BUGOFF
Heaven on earth UTOPIA
Pick up on DETECT
State lines? ACT
Hammer wielder of myth THOR
The missus WIFEY
___ Butts, inventor of Scrabble ALFRED
CVS competitor RITEAID
Thunderstruck AWED
Slump SAG
Big name in jeans STRAUSS
Quintessential ICONIC
Turn (off) SHUT
Spam holders TINS
Health class subj. STD
Sloan or Wharton BUSINESSSCHOOL
Opposite of relief, in printmaking INTAGLIO
___ wonder BOY
Traditional makers of anoraks INUIT
Like kale vis-à-vis lettuce HARDIER
Call of a raven CAW
Break, as a window SMASHIN
Aid in getting a leg up? OTTOMAN
Knot again! RETIE
Pizazz ELAN
Bow (to) ACCEDE
Desert bordering Sinai NEGEV
Regarding ASFOR
Harry Potter’s mother LILY
Hubbub TODO
Disney theme park EPCOT
Yankees manager Aaron BOONE
Absolute minimum required BAREESSENTIALS
Listlessness TORPOR
Soul PERSON
Portmanteau pastry CRONUT
Bill Withers hit whose title sounds like a command USEME
“Allegory of the cave” philosopher PLATO
Elvis hit whose title sounds like a command LOVEME
Centerfold, say PINUP
Bits of troubleshooting TESTS
Football receiver WIDEOUT
Yiddish word meaning “woe” TSURIS
Eradicates starting from the bottom UPROOTS
Follow closely HEWTO
Zac of “Baywatch” EFRON
Share a side ABUT
Identity theft, for one FRAUD
Snow day project FORT
The 380-foot-tall Hyperion, for one REDWOOD
Bit of carefree fun LARK
Trendy treat of Brazilian origin ACAIBOWL
Swiss cheese GRUYERE
Man cave, maybe SANCTUM
Bacchanalian beast SATYR
Ref. work that began as a Philological Society project OED
Swiss “cheese” FRANCS
“Whatcha gonna do about it?” YEAHSO
Cub or colt ROOKIE
“Holy ___!” TOLEDO
Perfect in every way SPOTON
Extract GLEAN
Tiniest bit IOTA
Talking horse of ’60s TV MRED
Apt rhyme of “nude” and “crude” LEWD
Send off EMIT
Catchy song, in slang BOP
Thing to catch in a city CAB
Tobiko or masago ROE
___ second ANY
