Author: Juliet Corless
Editor: Will Shortz
Across
| “We choose to go to the moon” speaker, for short |
JFK |
| Collection awaiting analysis |
RAWDATA |
| Childhood vaccine combo |
DPT |
| Will be present? |
ARE |
| Amorphous, in a way |
AMOEBIC |
| Singer Carly ___ Jepsen |
RAE |
| Six-time Dodgers All-Star Ron |
CEY |
| Ceramic iron compound that’s nonconductive |
FERRITE |
| Usher’s offering |
ARM |
| Auntie Em and Uncle Henry, for two |
KANSANS |
| Dry cleaner |
DUSTMOP |
| “I already said I would!” |
OKOK |
| Battle of the ___ |
SEXES |
| Beyoncé hit containing the lyric “I got my angel now” |
HALO |
| Be accepted by one’s peers |
FITIN |
| Head of House Stark on “Game of Thrones” |
NED |
| Critic, in modern lingo |
HATER |
| Predatory relatives of coral |
ANEMONES |
| Truffle hunting option |
GODIVA |
| Some smartphones |
LGS |
| Bit |
TAD |
| One isn’t good for cellphone service |
BAR |
| Geom. figure |
CIR |
| Pomeranian, for one |
LAPDOG |
| Send out again |
REDEPLOY |
| Refinement |
TWEAK |
| Ford or Lincoln |
CAR |
| Muscly |
BUILT |
| Old movie unit |
REEL |
| “Shut up!” |
CANIT |
| ___ v. Alston (landmark 2021 Supreme Court antitrust decision) |
NCAA |
| Takes the throne, say |
ASCENDS |
| Actress Angela of “Malcolm X” |
BASSETT |
| Play-___ |
DOH |
| Style moderne |
ARTDECO |
| Cause of some head-scratching |
NIT |
| Suffix in linguistics |
EME |
| Star that’s actually three stars |
POLARIS |
| Phillipa ___, original Eliza in “Hamilton” |
SOO |
| French possessive |
SES |
| Professor ___ |
EMERITA |
| One backward musician? |
ENO |
Down
| Certain multitasker? |
JACKOFALLTRADES |
| Amazeballs |
FREAKINGAWESOME |
| Conference highlights |
KEYNOTESPEECHES |
| Tennis’s Nadal, informally |
RAFA |
| Good faith agreements? |
AMENS |
| Went downhill |
WORSENED |
| German article |
DER |
| Accepted without objection |
ABIDED |
| “___ Andronicus” |
TITUS |
| Nails |
ACES |
| Freedom for a screenwriter, say |
DRAMATICLICENSE |
| Failing a drug test or leaving the state, maybe |
PAROLEVIOLATION |
| Erasable ink? |
TEMPORARYTATTOO |
| Go through lightly |
SKIM |
| Trumpeter Jones |
THAD |
| Kisses, symbolically |
XES |
| Taboo |
NOTOK |
| Biblical peak |
HOREB |
| Badger or hound |
NAG |
| Wander |
GAD |
| Thiamine deficiency disease |
BERIBERI |
| Hollow |
DALE |
| Took off |
RAN |
| “Queen of denial” and “knight and day” |
PUNS |
| Make a certain chess move |
CASTLE |
| Obsolescent PC insert |
CDROM |
| Implied |
TACIT |
| Resting spot for some buns |
NAPE |
| Slammin’ Sammy |
SOSA |
| Give: Sp. |
DAR |
