Author: Ethan Zou and Tomas Spiers
Editor: Will Shortz
Across
| Like the ocean’s ebb and flow |
TIDAL |
| Words said at the front of an aisle |
IDOS |
| Babysitter’s handful |
BRAT |
| ___ it all (unaffected) |
ABOVE |
| Giggle |
HEHE |
| Indian flatbread |
ROTI |
| Italian confection brand known for its gold foil wrappers |
FERREROROCHER |
| Composer Stravinsky |
IGOR |
| “Tiny” Dickens boy |
TIM |
| Butterflies-to-be |
PUPAE |
| Slangy command to someone arriving with a six-pack |
BEERME |
| Alicia Keys album |
ASIAM |
| Scatter like a flock of birds |
FLYOFF |
| Home, colloquially |
CRIB |
| Starts to remove, as screws |
LOOSENS |
| Hemmed and ___ |
HAWED |
| Underhanded move for an athlete? |
LAYUP |
| “___ Dere” (jazz classic about a toddler’s many questions) |
DAT |
| Notification |
ALERT |
| One serving punch? … or, parsed differently, a hint to 12 squares in this puzzle |
BOXER |
| Transport back and forth |
FERRY |
| Way to go, in Paris |
RUE |
| Dough |
MOOLA |
| Stiff, as competition |
FIERCE |
| Fall Out Boy, for one |
EMOBAND |
| Item split by pedants |
HAIR |
| Casual getaways |
VACAYS |
| Southwestern sights |
MESAS |
| Loath (to) |
AVERSE |
| Gaming novices |
NOOBS |
| La ___, Bolivia |
PAZ |
| Friedrich who created a scale of hardness |
MOHS |
| Small dog originally bred for fox hunting |
BORDERTERRIER |
| Soeur’s sibling |
FRERE |
| Drew on |
USED |
| Protein-building acid |
AMINO |
| Swimming competition |
MEET |
| ___ Gerritsen, author of medical and crime thrillers |
TESS |
| Seasons, in a way |
SALTS |
Down
| Only U.S. president also to serve as chief justice |
TAFT |
| Flag carrier airline of Spain |
IBERIA |
| Campus quarters |
DORMS |
| Assert |
AVER |
| Its spots are actually rosettes |
LEOPARD |
| Restaurant chain with a smile in its logo |
IHOP |
| Unleaded, so to speak |
DECAF |
| “Amen!” |
OHHELLYEAH |
| Oracle |
SEER |
| Intimate apparel in many lawyer puns |
BRIEFS |
| First men’s tennis player to reach 10 consecutive Grand Slam singles finals |
ROGERFEDERER |
| Subject of study at CERN’s laboratory |
ATOM |
| Exhaust |
TIRE |
| th-century Persian poet and mystic |
RUMI |
| Cutesy sound that may accompany a poke |
BOOP |
| Founder of heavy metal’s Body Count |
ICET |
| ___ Highness |
YOUR |
| Temporary embarrassment in a public competition, figuratively |
BLOODYNOSE |
| Deal breaker? |
NARC |
| Eyelid woe |
STYE |
| Sprinter that’s a homophone of 46-Across |
HARE |
| One mentioned in “Class Notes,” informally |
ALUM |
| Shout that may accompany many arms waving |
WEREOVERHERE |
| Rocker Rose |
AXL |
| ___ fide |
BONA |
| Much of Finland’s wilderness |
FIRS |
| Nutmeg’s “sister spice” |
MACE |
| Parties that become naps when their first letter is changed to an “s” |
FIESTAS |
| ___ hound |
BASSET |
| Dinosaur DNA source in “Jurassic Park” |
AMBER |
| Sensitive spots |
SORES |
| When many hibernations end |
APRIL |
| Extremely virtuous sort |
SAINT |
| Radio toggle |
AMFM |
| Suffix with omni- |
VORE |
| “What are the ___?” |
ODDS |
| Two-thirds of 100 |
ZEROS |
| Start of an objection |
BUT |
| Bombeck who wrote “Motherhood: The Second Oldest Profession” |
ERMA |
