Author: John Westwig
Editor: Will Shortz
Across
| Amanuenses |
SCRIBES |
| Clog |
JAMUP |
| Famous game-saving 1954 World Series play by Willie Mays |
THECATCH |
| Many a Zoroastrian |
IRANI |
| Nice place to read or watch TV |
EASYCHAIR |
| Mad about |
BIGON |
| It might be dry or biting |
WIT |
| Raise people’s spirits? |
HOLDASEANCE |
| Phrase that’s often contracted … or suffix for something contracted |
ITIS |
| Oozed |
SEEPED |
| Location of a daith piercing |
EAR |
| ___ Cherry, singer with the 1988 hit “Buffalo Stance” |
NENEH |
| Long account |
SAGA |
| Humblebrag, of a sort |
ITRY |
| Order against disclosure |
GAGLAW |
| Bad |
NOTGOOD |
| Romps |
FIELDDAYS |
| This clue’s answer might contain more than seven letters |
MAILBAG |
| Bad |
CRAPPY |
| Gave a hard time |
RODE |
| Fusses |
ADOS |
| Met for a few hours in the evening? |
OPERA |
| Makers of Deep Blue, the first computer to beat a world chess champion under tournament conditions |
IBM |
| Potato chips, in Britain |
CRISPS |
| One in a nursery rhyme pocketful |
POSY |
| Figures in “Knives Out” and “The Maltese Falcon” |
PRIVATEEYES |
| Peter Pettigrew’s Animagus, in the Harry Potter books |
RAT |
| ___ space |
OUTER |
| Keeping one’s thoughts to oneself, say |
SECRETIVE |
| One who’s a charmer, maybe |
FLIRT |
| Traditional Polynesian beverage that numbs the mouth |
KAVAKAVA |
| Brined white cheeses |
FETAS |
| “The White House” vis-à-vis the executive branch of government, e.g. |
METONYM |
Down
| In an agitated state |
STEWING |
| Cardamom-containing coffeehouse creation |
CHAITEA |
| At ease |
RESTING |
| Unsalted, perhaps |
ICY |
| “The beginning and end of all music,” per Max Reger |
BACH |
| Shared values |
ETHOS |
| September/October zodiac symbol |
SCALES |
| Agreed |
JIBED |
| Part of a 45-Across |
ARIA |
| Marvel Comics character played multiple times in film by Ian McKellen |
MAGNETO |
| Skip or Reverse |
UNOCARD |
| Dole Plantation, e.g. |
PINERY |
| Game where It always counts |
HIDEANDGOSEEK |
| Eminem track with the Guinness World Record for “most words in a hit single” |
RAPGOD |
| Washington hub that’s a portmanteau of two cities |
SEATAC |
| Shot only you can take |
SELFIE |
| “Peas” or “golf balls” |
HAIL |
| Apple product |
IOSAPP |
| Creative works with net proceeds? |
WEBART |
| Food item often accompanied by tzatziki |
GYRO |
| Word before or after “first” |
LADIES |
| Ochlocracy |
MOBRULE |
| “You know what you did!” |
ADMITIT |
| Average American, allusively |
PEORIAN |
| Press secretary’s asset, informally |
PRSAVVY |
| “We did it!” |
YAYTEAM |
| Scam |
RIPOFF |
| Gadget that might be disguised as something else |
SPYCAM |
| Alternatives to baskets |
CARTS |
| A bad one is your fault |
SERVE |
| Designer Wang |
VERA |
| Race winner’s prize |
SEAT |
| Ring call, for short |
TKO |
