Author: Enrique Henestroza Anguiano and Matthew Stock
Editor: Will Shortz
Across
New dog owner’s purchase CRATE
Dog adoption grp. ASPCA
Pop group with an “army” BTS
Setting for “Heidi” ALPS
“We’re not standin’ in their way!” LETEM
Pepper grinder? MOLAR
Put to work USE
Word with good or blood SPORT
Extra lives or additional gems, for a freemium game INAPPPURCHASE
[Gasp!] THEHORROR
Pastoral setting? PARISH
“Who am I? Two-four-six-oh-___!” (“Les Misérables” lyric) ONE
Cracker shape ANIMAL
“___-Olution” (2002 rap album) EVE
Avoided a tag, in a way SLID
“The kids these days have gotten way better than me” IMTOOOLDFORTHISNOW
Two-million-year-old discovery in 2022 in the frozen soil of Greenland DNA
Cereal bit OAT
Something to butter up TOAST
Text communication inits. SMS
Shaggy hairstyle MOP
File-creating command SAVEAS
Actress Thompson TESSA
Former minor-league team that played at Aloha Stadium HAWAIIISLANDERS
Spot for food and craft beer BREWPUB
Opt ELECT
Significant stretch ERA
Crane lookalike HERON
“Do you really see me that way?” AMI
Range rover … or something to do in a Range Rover STEER
Craft that uses drafts GLIDER
What a cracker might crack NUT
Something for the rest of the military? COT
Scrabble bonus seen six times in this puzzle TRIPLELETTERSCORE
“The Chase” channel ABC
Was published RAN
In which “Ciamar a tha thu?” means “How are you?” GAELIC
Booped body parts NOSES
Member of the fam BRO
Count for a jury DOZEN
I, in German ICH
Slip past ELUDE
Product lines? BARCODE
Something delivered by Jake Tapper or Anderson Cooper CNNNEWSHEADLINE
Kofi of the U.N. ANNAN
Pan feature GOATEE
Yank TUG
When repeated, [“Is this thing on?”] TAP
Battle royale MELEE
Nickname next to a heart emoji, perhaps BAE
Cyrillic letter pronounced like the “zz” of “pizza” TSE
“The English Patient” actress KRISTINSCOTTTHOMAS
Attenuated THIN
“South,” in Hanoi NAM
Place to chill, paradoxically HOTTUB
Home of the Hockey Hall of Fame: Abbr. ONT
Device that works with CarPlay IPHONE
Single guy? ODDMANOUT
Executive’s acumen BUSINESSSENSE
Apt domain for basketball’s King James COURT
Scanning inits. MRI
Something to believe in CREDO
Didn’t just assume ASKED
Part of the body to slap KNEE
Queen ___ BEE
To be, in Spanish ESTAR
Easily irritated TESTY
Down
Film archive bits CLIPS
Kidney-related RENAL
Maker of the Flashback console ATARI
Lukewarm TEPID
Birds with deep booming calls EMUS
“Better Call Saul” channel AMC
Very sexy SOHOT
Texas city that’s home to Frito-Lay PLANO
Lawyer’s bundle of work CASELOAD
“___ you not entertained?” ARE
“Au contraire!” BUTNO
Cannon fodder, at times TSHIRTS
Appear that one may SEEMTO
Urgent time to start gathering tax documents: Abbr. APR
TikTok star Gray LOREN
B.Y.U.’s city PROVO
Scatter about STREW
“Here’s the thing …” SOLISTEN
A group of them is called a “crash” RHINOS
Texter’s reaction button HAHA
Post AFTER
Syrupy covering for ham MAPLEGLAZE
Protagonist in “2001: A Space Odyssey” DAVE
Crockpot filler STEW
___ Mendeleev, creator of the periodic table DMITRI
“___ All That” (1990s teen comedy) SHES
Soda shop order MALT
Vegetable often eaten without utensils SWEETCORN
Aviculture Bird :: Heliciculture
Campfire remains ASH
Out-of-this-world outfit SPACESUIT
Rikishi compete in it SUMO
Slightly ABIT
Taiwanese tech giant ACER
Pink-furred cat in “Garfield” ARLENE
Antipasto dish of tomatoes on grilled bread BRUSCHETTA
Campus military org. ROTC
Make more meaningful ENRICH
B.S., for one DEG
Letter that rhymes with the letters before and after it ETA
Direction giver’s suggestion: Abbr. RTE
Jab PROD
Tony winner Renée ___ Goldsberry ELISE
High-strung ONEDGE
Coin collection ROLL
Enclosed rhyme scheme ABBA
Cereal bit BRAN
Poet St. Vincent Millay EDNA
Creep out, perhaps SEEP
Counterpart of “Been there” DONETHAT
Sgt. or cpl. NCO
Engine parts CAMS
Bigwig NABOB
Coup d’___ ETAT
Time when most people are asleep WEEHOURS
One birthed in Perth AUSSIE
Shrug or wave GESTURE
Sekhmet, the Egyptian goddess of war, takes the form of one LION
Place in a crypt ENTOMB
Announce one’s presence, in a way KNOCK
Invisible household hazard RADON
“My luck’s bound to turn around!” IMDUE
Adorable sort CUTIE
Beginning stage ONSET
Crete’s highest point, for short MTIDA
The ones nearby THESE
Indicates “Out of my way!” HONKS
Miniature map INSET
High-maintenance, say NEEDY
Exam with “calculator” and “no calculator” math sections PSAT
G.I.’s rations MRE
Dating inits. BCE
Negative Boolean operator NOR
