Author: Carolyn Davies Lynch and Jeff Chen
Editor: Will Shortz
Across
What’s on the up and up? ASCENT
A little smoke? CIG
Economy-based calculation, for short MPG
College assignment ROOMIE
Classic symbol of purity and grace UNICORN
Take an unplanned trip TUMBLE
Transmitter of audio programmes BBCRADIO
Lets loose FREES
Test drives TRIALRUNS
Endnote abbr. meaning “same as before” IBID
Cries of shear terror? BAAS
Sir Georg who conducted 999 Chicago Symphony concerts SOLTI
Aid in focusing LENS
Economize SKIMP
Off LESS
“Whatevs” MEH
Halley’s comet, to some OMEN
___ steak, dish lightly seared on the outside and raw in the middle AHI
What it’s not, in a saying ROCKETSCIENCE
Keep one’s beginning goals modest STARTOUTSMALL
Issa who created “Awkward Black Girl” RAE
Bring in REAP
Licenses, perhaps OKS
Victor’s crow IWON
King Lear’s middle daughter REGAN
Cannabis with a high level of THC KUSH
Major street in New York City or New Orleans CANAL
Literary character whose name translates to “no one” NEMO
One way to wonder IDLY
Highlighters, of sorts EYELINERS
Gently apply, as concealer DABON
Pass on a wing and a prayer HAILMARY
Many cross words? TIRADE
Like zombies and some loves UNDYING
They’re not only human BEINGS
Org. that checks what you don’t TSA
Fiddle (with) TOY
Feeds STOKES
Down
Movie that’s not expected to be a blockbuster ARTFILM
Pucker precipitators at a pub SOURBEERS
Arrive with great hype COMEINHOT
Roots EMBEDS
Common Scandinavian man’s name NILS
Ball holder TEE
Angular movement? CUBISM
The emperor Túpac Amaru, for one INCA
Ones running the world, per Beyoncé GIRLS
Lunar ___ MODULE
Evidence in a criminal case, maybe PRINTS
Greek word for “knowledge” GNOSIS
Panthers’ home CAROLINA
What it’s not, in a saying BRAINSURGERY
Develop feelings for TAKETO
Internal lie detector, so to speak BSMETER
Compatriot PAISANO
Vegetable that’s baked, fried or roasted OKRA
Cannabis product sometimes found in granola HEMP
In an intimate way, in a way CARNALLY
Third-grade groups? CTEAMS
Storm on the horizon, maybe CLOUDBANK
Certain clubhouse ELKSLODGE
It may leave you speechless SHYNESS
Fixture on a frozen lake ICEHUT
Actor Damon Sr. or Damon Jr. WAYANS
People of the Iroquois Confederacy ONEIDA
It can be radiant or magnetic ENERGY
Korean model hitting the scene in 1999 KIARIO
Cap, but not a hat LIMIT
Prefix with second NANO
It’s a plan DIET
Venue for many TV reruns TBS
