Author: Hoang-Kim Vu
Editor: Will Shortz
Across
Loose-fitting garment TENTDRESS
Things packed for a sleepover, informally PJS
Cavs, on a scoreboard CLE
Effects seen on FX, perhaps CGI
Nation on the Red Sea ERITREA
Helmsman on “Star Trek” SULU
High times for the petroleum industry OILBOOMS
X, but not Y NUMERAL
It might help you keep up with old classmates ALUMNINEWSLETTER
Big-eyed baby OWLET
Excerpted passage SNIPPET
China’s Sun ___-sen YAT
Carrier of goods by rail FREIGHTTRAIN
Player of 45s PHONO
Haim of “Licorice Pizza” ALANA
Iconic role for Carrie Fisher LEIA
Certain porter REDCAP
“Right you are!” EXACTO
Contest ARGUE
Some Kiwis MAORIS
Stop on a publicity tour PRESSEVENT
When repeated, gung-ho RAH
Dish often topped with marinara sauce MEATBALLS
Dorm décor, often POSTERS
Rave ENTHUSE
Trivial MERE
___ Paz, 1990 Literature Nobelist OCTAVIO
The “e” of i.e. EST
Chosen name of five popes SIXTUS
___ Equis DOS
Prepare (oneself) STEEL
Fundamentals ABCS
Alternatives to Pumas AVIAS
Break for a bit TAKEFIVE
Ctrl-Z command UNDO
Does some field work PLOWS
___ Rose of Guns N’ Roses AXL
Standings column WINS
Leb. neighbor ISR
French desserts whose name translates as “small ovens” PETITFOURS
Flair ELAN
Thor, e.g. AVENGER
Makeup of some sleeves TATTOOS
TV chef who wrote “Semi-Homemade Cooking” SANDRALEE
___ Sremmurd (hip-hop duo) RAE
White Russian ingredient KAHLUA
Playwright Eugene ONEILL
Michelangelo masterpiece PIETA
Camelot figure MERLIN
It can be written in scripts known as naskh and ruq’ah ARABIC
Require NEED
Tree with “eyes” on its bark ASPEN
They can be tapped out DENTS
Concern at the end of a space journey EARTHREENTRY
X CHI
Ambitious sort ASPIRER
___ Cherry, 1989 Grammy nominee for Best New Artist NENEH
“Take it easy once in a while!” DONTWORKTOOHARD
Sonny and Fredo, for two CORLEONES
They’re all pulling in the same direction CREWTEAM
Keep it in mind! IDEA
Classy ELEGANT
Chinese dish eponym TSO
End of days? ESS
You might take them out for a quick spin, informally EPS
Rages SEESRED
Down
– TEN
___TV (network for “Impractical Jokers”) TRU
Lower, as lights DIM
Hwy. RTE
Coding headache ERROR
Naval engagement SEAWAR
One taking interest in your education? SALLIEMAE
H.S. exam PSAT
/ JUL
Heaps at publishing houses SLUSHPILES
Edward Jenner used it when developing the world’s first successful vaccine COWPOX
Sigmatism, by another name LISP
The blonde in “Legally Blonde” ELLE
What might unfold at camp COT
Exclamation on April Fools’ Day GOTYA
Words of clarification IMEAN
“Yeah … pass” UMNO
Checks for bugs BETATESTS
Mlle., in Madrid SRTA
– NINE
Wrap up by ENDAT
Distress signal FLARE
Put on the air again RERAN
– EIGHT
Letter after sigma TAU
Borough of New Jersey noted for its indoor shopping malls PARAMUS
Landed on a licorice space in Candy Land, say LOSTATURN
Male swan COB
Put side by side APPOSE
Relative of a gator CROC
Their eggs are dark green EMUS
Camera spec SLR
– SEVEN
Brought before a jury TRIED
This, in Spanish ESTA
Malibu, e.g. SEDAN
One way to go SOLO
“This guy? We’re together” HESWITHME
– SIX
Accounts TALES
Green-lights OKS
Schedule slot filler: Abbr. APPT
Grim BLEAK
Terra ___ COTTA
One doing the lord’s work? VASSAL
Birch bark and pine cones, e.g. TINDERS
– FIVE
Missing work? STOLENART
Exchange words? WANNATRADE
Trickle (through) SEEP
– FOUR
Language spoken in Luang Prabang LAO
Government bonds? ALLIANCES
Welcome GREET
Consumer EATER
Set … or word said before set READY
Estuary RIA
“Three Tall Women” playwright ALBEE
Overnight site INN
Cold feet and cold shoulder, for two IDIOMS
Emperor before the Year of the Four Emperors NERO
Louisiana cooking style CREOLE
“Flick of the Switch” band ACDC
Curt SHORT
Aches (for) PINES
Classic soda brand NEHI
– THREE
___-Ball SKEE
Education orgs. PTAS
Hush-hush pacts, in brief NDAS
– TWO
Good name, informally REP
Some smartphones LGS
Something bent or lent EAR
– ONE
Norm: Abbr. STD
