Author: Adam Wagner
Editor: Will Shortz
Across
Suggest without saying IMPLY
“Up, up and ___!” AWAY
Six years, for a U.S. senator TERM
Birds that go “HONK!” GEESE
Any of 116 in Japan’s Inazawa Grand Bowl, the world’s largest bowling alley LANE
Major work of art OPUS
*Beat by a little, as in joke telling ONEUP
*Unfaithful to, as a lover TWOTIMING
Baking soda meas. TSP
Word repeated before “Pants on fire!” LIAR
Network behind the streaming service Peacock NBC
Vessel for a frozen lake ICEBOAT
“A few words from our sponsors,” per a TV euphemism ADS
Fashionable HIP
*Chocolate bar named for a group of literary swordsmen THREEMUSKETEERS
Traitorous Corleone brother in “The Godfather Part II” FREDO
Calf-length pants CAPRIS
___-Cola COCA
Keebler mascot ELF
Have people over HOST
___ Fenty, former mayor of Washington, D.C. ADRIAN
E-cigarette smoker VAPER
*Like a space measured by length, width, depth and time FOURDIMENSIONAL
“Uhh, I mean …” ERM
Prefix with cycle or lateral UNI
Tarnished reputation BADNAME
Where baby food might wind up, if not in the baby’s mouth BIB
Went “Ptui!” SPAT
Aries animal RAM
What the first word of the answer to each starred clue counts, with respect to the second word SYLLABLES
Exaggerated kind of journalism GONZO
Place of Achilles’ vulnerability, in myth HEEL
Philosopher Descartes RENE
Astronomical belt wearer ORION
Concludes ENDS
Calculates sum-thing? ADDS
Baked ___ (side dish) BEANS
Down
“Let me handle this!” IGOTIT
Good-hearted sort, from Yiddish MENSCH
Eye, slangily PEEPER
Sch. in Baton Rouge LSU
“Mm-hmm” YEP
Data point for a pilot ALTITUDE
H2O, to a toddler WAWA
Jacket with a name derived from Inuit ANORAK
“So close, ___ so far” YET
Cleopatra’s is still undiscovered TOMB
Achilles or Aeneas EPICHERO
Compete for a congressional seat RUN
Flavor enhancer imparting umami, for short MSG
Popular photo app, familiarly INSTA
Shiny fabric LAME
“Let’s not play favorites” BEFAIR
“___ the ramparts we watched …” OER
Mo. when winter officially starts DEC
Colorful part of the eye IRIS
“Hey, you there!” PSST
Do, as a crossword SOLVE
Nora who wrote “When Harry Met Sally …” EPHRON
Place for an Americano in Paris? CAFE
Unpleasant smell ODOR
Like feta cheese in a Greek salad CRUMBLED
Celebs’ followings FANBASES
Uzo ___ of “Orange Is the New Black” ADUBA
Writer Anaïs NIN
H.S. sophomore’s exam PSAT
Festival following Ramadan, informally EID
Wasn’t honest with MISLED
Fantasy land in “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” NARNIA
Its basin covers roughly 40% of South America AMAZON
Sour fruit LEMONS
Societal problems ILLS
Await a decision PEND
___/her pronouns SHE
Currency with the symbol ¥ YEN
Undergarment with cups BRA
Lump, as of whipped cream GOB
Prize that a prospector pries ORE