Author: Desirée Penner and Jeff Sinnock
Editor: Will Shortz
Across
U.F.O. crew, supposedly ETS
Mimicked APED
Light bulb, in a comic strip IDEA
Soaks up some rays SUNS
Duck known for its soft down EIDER
Smallest unit of life CELL
Peach or beech TREE
Underwater divers’ aids SCUBAMASKS
Lowest numbered club for a golfer ONEIRON
Reznor of Nine Inch Nails TRENT
“When the moon hits your eye like a big ___, that’s amore” (Dean Martin lyric) PIZZAPIE
Datum for a basketball point guard ASSIST
Deutschland denial NEIN
Rite Aid competitor CVS
Show respect for HONOR
Many a G.I. NCO
Break bread EAT
Nanny Goat :: ___
“Wanna take this outside?,” e.g … or what are found four times in this puzzle’s circled letters FIGHTINGWORDS
Can material TIN
Maple product SAP
“___ to Billie Joe” (1967 #1 hit) ODE
Commonly sprained joint ANKLE
Prefix that means “bad” MAL
Dutch cheese EDAM
Stones embedded in a crown JEWELS
Influence through close contact RUBOFFON
Moved smoothly EASED
Bygone Japanese camera brand MINOLTA
Weird Al Yankovic medley that features “Wannabe” by the Spice Girls POLKAPOWER
Landing spot for Santa ROOF
Delta deposit SILT
What’s in style TREND
Pub projectile DART
To boot ALSO
Fool (with) MESS
Passenger-screening org. TSA
Down
Legally prohibit ESTOP
Submit, as homework TURNIN
Reason to say “Gesundheit!” SNEEZE
Famed fable writer AESOP
Meal on a blanket PICNIC
College email suffix EDU
Red ink, so to speak DEBT
“You underestimate me!” ICANSO
Governed by fate DESTINED
Rocky Mountain ___ (state animal of Utah) ELK
Politicians Gore and Franken ALS
Taking by force SEIZING
“Ta-___ Boom-de-ay” RARA
Netlike fabric MESH
Cattle farmer’s land RANCH
What “E” stands for in golf EVENPAR
Female pigs SOWS
Uno + due TRE
Droop SAG
Tie-breaking periods, for short OTS
What it takes to tango TWO
“OK, have it your way!” FINE
What quill pens are dipped in INKWELLS
Sam-___ (Seuss character) IAM
Greek theater ODEON
Robert ___, Paul Newman’s co-star in “The Sting” REDFORD
___ Mahal TAJ
Surreptitiously give, as classified information LEAKTO
“Frozen” queen ELSA
Light units LUMENS
Opposite of sinking AFLOAT
The “M” of G.M. MOTORS
Labor Day’s mo. SEPT
Eagles and falcons BIRDS
Can./U.S./Mex. treaty NAFTA
Campus building DORM
“Don’t text and drive” ad, e.g. PSA
Dipstick coating OIL
Itsy-bitsy WEE
