Author: Matthew Stock and Christina Iverson
Editor: Joel Fagliano
Across
Mexican condiment CREMA
A whole lot SCADS
Alternatives to booths, perhaps MAILINBALLOTS
Device for an on-line conversation? TINCANTELEPHONE
National Bullying Prevention mo. OCT
Finds a line of best fit, say TAILORS
Storage unit POD
Set down WRITE
Bunch of hair HANK
Eagerly excited AGOG
Something best avoided NONO
Informal greetings HEYS
Trail marking BLAZE
Some long-tailed turtles SNAPPERS
Second hand HELPER
Bird’s ancestor, for short DINO
Step in a pastry recipe FOLD
They hang around in kitchens APRONS
Talking nonsense FULLOFIT
Gauge earrings PLUGS
Mind TEND
Network connection NODE
Purges RIDS
___ the Lucky, nickname of a noted explorer LEIF
Porto-Novo’s country BENIN
Close END
Big Apple fund-raiser with a kind of apple in its name METGALA
They’re OK DOS
Bare-bones outfit SKELETONCOSTUME
Many superheroes have them ORIGINSTORIES
Crosses SPANS
Signs of friction SPATS
Down
Bar CANTINA
Singer Ocasek RIC
Uplift ELATE
Sports analyst Kimes MINA
Lisbeth Salander in “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” for one ANTIHERO
Intellectual gatherings SALONS
One for the record books? CLERK
Range crossing eight countries ALPS
[Facepalm emoji] DOH
Temporary solution STOPGAP
One-millionth of a meter MICRON
Secures, as a rope BELAYS
Time-buying button SNOOZE
Dots on a map TOWNS
Gardening tool EDGER
Big enchiladas TOPDOGS
“Still working on that?” ALLDONE
Ones laying around in the country? HENS
Welcome sound for a bored student BELL
Some chess tactics PINS
Contend HOLD
Cool bits of trivia FUNFACTS
“___ vous” (polite French phrase) APRES
“The Price Is Right” game PLINKO
Cruise control features? RUDDERS
Plays at FEIGNS
Dipping dishes FONDUES
Contents of some dictionaries IDIOMS
Perfect, e.g. TENSE
Where Jackson Hole ski resort is found TETONS
Admit LETIN
Iraqi port city BASRA
Big-time MEGA
Keep informed, with “in” LOOP
Part of a bottle LIP
Bird that can be “fire-capped” or “yellow-browed” TIT
