Author: Brad Wiegmann
Editor: Will Shortz
Across
Lead-in to box or bug PILL
Encumbers, with “down” BOGS
Gooey sandwiches, informally PBJS
Weapon whose name has two accents EPEE
Lighthearted refrain TRALA
Surface calculation AREA
Popular videoconferencing app ZOOM
Machu Picchu visitor, say HIKER
Knitter’s stitch PURL
Nicholson and Nicklaus, e.g.? ONEEYEDJACKS
Persephone’s lover ADONIS
“Next one’s on me” IOWEYA
Soren Kierkegaard and Chris Isaak, e.g.? DOUBLEAGENTS
Little bits IOTAS
Kaput DONE
“NCIS” airer CBS
Qatari dignitary EMIR
Broncos and Explorers FORDS
Who might call French fries “chips” BRIT
“Oh, what’s the ___?” USE
Constellation named for a mythical ship ARGO
Overworked TRITE
Percy Bysshe Shelley and Billy Ray Cyrus, e.g.? THREEWISEMEN
Second number on a pants tag INSEAM
Least experienced RAWEST
Henry the Eighth and Hubert H. Humphrey, e.g.? FOURHLEADERS
Stadium sounds OLES
New wing, say ADDON
Frog transformer KISS
Club soda garnish LIME
Dorothy, to Em NIECE
Something to bat around IDEA
The yearling in the 1939 Pulitzer winner “The Yearling,” e.g. DEER
Receptionist’s spot DESK
Bar that gets smaller and smaller SOAP
Down
Candy whose name derives from the German “Pfefferminz” PEZ
Airbnb had one in 2020, for short IPO
Certain fire sign LEO
Tart treat LEMONBAR
Cheese with a white rind BRIE
Like wine aged in casks OAKY
Sheer delight GLEE
Fish thought to be named after a region in Italy SARDINES
Relatives of custard apples PAPAWS
The Boss, familiarly BRUCE
Snack whose name comes from the Quechua for “dried meat” JERKY
Chip dip SALSA
“If ___ walls could talk …” THESE
Zeros, in soccer NILS
Little bit JOT
Seine send-off ADIEU
Unhappy fates DOOMS
Convex navel OUTIE
Be nuts about ADORE
Pig out GORGE
Provide resources for ENDOW
Word before ring or after true CRIME
Snacks BITES
Cardiologist’s insert STENT
Most of Nebraska FARMLAND
Rathskeller offerings, informally BREWSKIS
Target of a 1917 uprising TSAR
More succinct TERSER
Taunting laugh HAH
Name that becomes another name when its first letter is dropped IRENE
Poker declaration IFOLD
“I kid you not!” NOLIE
“Sorry, not sorry” SUEME
Falco of “Nurse Jackie” EDIE
Some summer libations ADES
Berth place DOCK
Wedding words IDO
Domain of SpongeBob SquarePants SEA
Sticky stuff SAP
