Author: Bruce Haight
Editor: Will Shortz
Across
| “___ Chair” (term of address at a meeting) |
MADAM |
| -Across, voicewise |
ALTO |
| Vaccine watchdog org. |
FDA |
| “Rumour Has It” singer, 2011 |
ADELE |
| Close one |
SCARE |
| Make public |
AIR |
| Upbeat response to “How are you?” |
NEVERBETTER |
| Some 401(k) investments, in brief |
CDS |
| Toledo cheer |
OLE |
| Ceiling |
LIMIT |
| Big celebration |
FETE |
| Annoy |
RILE |
| Central Brazil, for the Amazon |
RIVERBASIN |
| Slept soundly? |
SNORED |
| Nissan sedan |
ALTIMA |
| Grand |
EPIC |
| Russian waterway famed for its sturgeon fishery |
VOLGA |
| ___ Aviv |
TEL |
| Musical group that doesn’t play original songs |
COVERBAND |
| Some Facebook exchanges, in brief |
IMS |
| Cousins of mandolins |
LUTES |
| Write a ticket (for) |
CITE |
| Place for a dish that’s come from the oven |
HOTPAD |
| “Rumor has it …” |
IHEARD |
| Costlier than projected |
OVERBUDGET |
| s film villain with prosthetic metal hands |
DRNO |
| Water conduit |
PIPE |
| Ghostly |
EERIE |
| Warm greeting |
HUG |
| Fair-hiring inits. |
EEO |
| Grammatical connector like “is” or “seem” … or a connector found literally in 16-, 24-, 35- and 49-Across |
LINKINGVERB |
| ___ Jose |
SAN |
| Three-wheeler |
TRIKE |
| Some honkers |
GEESE |
| “___ to a Superhero” (Weird Al Yankovic parody of “Piano Man”) |
ODE |
| Trial version |
DEMO |
| Stared at rudely |
OGLED |
Down
| Stately homes |
MANORS |
| “Sweet” sweetheart in a barbershop quartet standard |
ADELINE |
| Take shape |
DEVELOP |
| Brewpub order |
ALE |
| Dark European thrush |
MERL |
| When Juliet drinks a sleeping potion that makes her seem dead |
ACTIV |
| Coffee in the milky way? |
LATTE |
| Uno + due |
TRE |
| Atop, poetically |
OER |
| Accepts reality |
FACESIT |
| Was in the slammer |
DIDTIME |
| Arms depot |
ARSENAL |
| -wheeler |
SEMI |
| Frequent flier? |
BIRD |
| Big, as a bonus |
FAT |
| Rocker Clapton |
ERIC |
| Sitar selection |
RAGA |
| Turn pale with shock |
BLANCH |
| Big name in water purification |
ECOLAB |
| Dog shelter employee |
VET |
| Metal source |
ORE |
| Units of wt. |
LBS |
| On-demand digital video brand |
VUDU |
| Fizzled out |
DIED |
| Wishful words |
IHOPESO |
| Trailer in a theater |
MOVIEAD |
| It’s a start |
STEPONE |
| North Carolina athlete |
TARHEEL |
| One doing lifesaving work at a hosp. |
ERNURSE |
| Lead-in to position or occupation |
PRE |
| “Put ___ writing” |
ITIN |
| Creature comfort? |
DOGBED |
| Casual fabric |
DENIM |
| “Wall Street” character Gordon |
GEKKO |
| The “E” in HOMES |
ERIE |
| Breakfast brand |
EGGO |
| Relative of Inc. |
LTD |
| High dudgeon |
IRE |
| Be a couch potato |
VEG |
