Author: Spencer Leach and Jem Burch
Editor: Will Shortz
Across
Headache helper ADVIL
Tot’s scratches BOOBOOS
Palate cleanser in a multicourse French meal SORBET
Source of a foul odor when wool is washed LANOLIN
Going after the big bucks, say INHEAT
Creature catcher in gaming POKEBALL
Position with security STEADYGIG
N.B.A. team that shares an arena with the N.H.L.’s Stars, familiarly MAVS
Predicament JAM
Major Manhattan thoroughfare, informally LEX
Made a lap, say SAT
Playground comeback DIDSO
Creepy quality EERINESS
Important contacts INS
Chewed (out) BAWLED
Lead-in to plane AQUA
Cut AXE
“Tsk, tsk,” in textspeak SMH
Bug that sounds like it was in the air? FLU
Port letters USB
Traditional wedding dish in southern Italy, hence its literal translation (“brides”) ZITI
Most Broadway theaters have two of these AISLES
Fish often served tartare AHI
Nickname for Time’s 2023 Person of the Year TSWIZZLE
Pole used for extending a sail SPRIT
Half and half ONE
Some home installations, in brief ACS
Cool, in old lingo HEP
Rapper ___ Cat DOJA
Handling things ONTOPOFIT
Very rough, as an experience BRUISING
Finished, colloquially DONEZO
Drinks are on me! BARMENU
Grumpy companion SNEEZY
Defensive football plays, informally QBSACKS
“___ seguro?” (“Are you sure?”: Sp.) ESTAS
Down
Currently ASIS
“You’re tempting fate!” DONTJINXIT
Goggles that aren’t meant to go underwater VRHEADSETS
Construction materials named after a capital? IBEAMS
Headliner LEAD
Poster’s place BLOG
Barrel material OAK
Like some shows and bands ONEMAN
Order that comes with a wide straw BOBATEA
Speed skater Johann ___ Koss, winner of four Olympic golds OLAV
Makes quiet, in a way OILS
Show with a Joke Swap segment, in brief SNL
“Cya” TTYL
Small part of a window PIXEL
“Golly!” GEEWHIZ
Move laterally SIDLE
Junot ___, author of “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao” DIAZ
Maternity ward staffers, informally OBS
Look within oneself REFLECT
Apartment units SQUAREFEET
Japanese/Italian fusion dish SUSHIPIZZA
Floor AMAZE
Not that much ABIT
Letters on a bow USS
Site of a famous flag-raising IWOJIMA
Head for the toilet, say? SLANG
“Sure, lemme deal with this first, though” INASEC
Test-taking no-nos PHONES
Lays down some ground rolls? SODS
Dull DRAB
Like communal property OURS
Weight ONUS
Southern side dish PONE
Barbie and Ken, e.g. TOYS
Chips flavor BBQ
Publicity, so to speak INK
