Author: Rebecca Goldstein and Rachel Fabi
Editor: Will Shortz
Across
Metric weight unit GRAM
Water-skiing spot LAKE
Train travel RAIL
Dalai ___ (spiritual leader) LAMA
Hat’s edge BRIM
Actor Alan of “M*A*S*H” ALDA
*Mattel offering with cards for making “hilarious comparisons” APPLESTOAPPLES
Pescetarianism and veganism, for two DIETS
Title for Walter Scott or Isaac Newton SIR
Bit of skin ink TAT
Conclude END
*Washington’s official state sport since 2022 PICKLEBALL
Gazpacho or pho SOUP
Negative replies NOS
One nickname for Elizabeth ELLY
Autoinjection device EPIPEN
Seriously uncool DORKY
*Beanbag-tossing sport CORNHOLE
Kick off START
Worried feeling UNEASE
Mix STIR
Sandwich that’s usually toasted, informally BLT
Actor Hemsworth LIAM
*App craze of the early 2010s, familiarly CANDYCRUSH
Swim-bike-run race, for short TRI
Pose questions ASK
Tic-tac-toe win OOO
Olympic great Jesse OWENS
Dystopian novel/film series … or what the answers to the starred clues are? THEHUNGERGAMES
Rosemary or mint HERB
Medical breakthrough CURE
Matter before a court CASE
Canadian gas brand ESSO
“Don’t worry your pretty little ___” HEAD
Chooses OPTS
Down
Forest clearings GLADES
U.S. soccer star Megan RAPINOE
Filled with intense excitement AMPEDUP
Grain used in beermaking MALT
Ozs. and ozs. LBS
“Wherefore ___ thou Romeo?” ART
Stalls at malls KIOSKS
Send a message by computer EMAIL
Genre for Da Brat or DaBaby RAP
Full of hot air ALLTALK
“In a perfect world …” IDEALLY
“In conclusion …” LASTLY
Mind-reading ability, for short ESP
___-Columbian (up to 1492) PRE
Unreactive INERT
New Haven’s state: Abbr. CONN
Get serious BEREAL
Jean-Luc ___, captain of the U.S.S. Enterprise PICARD
Olympic code for Lisbon’s land POR
Dos and ___ DONTS
Cry at a soccer stadium OLE
Streaming service with “The Bear” HULU
Apt rhyme of “caches” STASHES
Fiddles (with) TINKERS
Guide to navigating an internet resource SITEMAP
Sincere EARNEST
Harshly denounce SCATHE
Sturdy shoe, or an Irish accent BROGUE
Opposites of hits MISSES
“Who asked ___?” YOU
Spiral-shelled mollusk CONCH
Refuse to share HOG
Texas city that’s home to Baylor University WACO
“True Detective” airer HBO
Period of history ERA
“___ (Taylor’s Version),” #1 album of 2021 RED
