Author: Nate Cardin
Editor: Will Shortz
Across
Cinnamon or cardamom SPICE
Big-ticket ___ ITEM
From the beginning ANEW
Hot drink with marshmallows COCOA
Foal’s mother MARE
Sweeping tale SAGA
Signs that it’s time to take out the trash ODORS
“Toy Story” dachshund with a springy body SLINKYDOG
This emoticon: 😉 WINKYFACE
Gather together AMASS
___ Vegas Aces (W.N.B.A. team) LAS
Assistance AID
Spot for a card skimmer, in brief ATM
L.A. winter clock setting PST
Pressed one’s luck PUSHEDIT
“Defend the rights of all people nationwide” org. ACLU
Vegetarian street food known for its distinct smell STINKYTOFU
Pork portion LOIN
Oscar winner Mahershala ALI
Singer Diana with two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame ROSS
Tony Award-winning musical with the song “Sex Is in the Heel” KINKYBOOTS
“Don’t worry about me!” IMOK
One with unselfish motivations ALTRUIST
Trojans’ sch. USC
Condition that may involve repetitive behavior, for short OCD
Variety ILK
“Mamma ___!” MIA
Follow, as a package TRACK
Little finger adornment PINKYRING
Small-time RINKYDINK
Basil-based sauce PESTO
Target for salicylic acid ACNE
A single time ONCE
Eroded, with “away” EATEN
A school one starts in the fall YEAR
Top part HEAD
In a sneaky way SLYLY
Down
Disapproving look SCOWL
Speakers’ platforms PODIA
Revered celebrities ICONS
Champagne stopper CORK
Classes that are hard to fail EASYAS
🙁 IMSAD
After-bath powder TALC
Great Lake with a vowel-heavy name ERIE
“It’s Raining ___” MEN
Like a dress with a diagonal hemline, say ASYMMETRIC
Nothing, in Mexico NADA
“Me, me, me” attitudes EGOS
Moves excitedly, like a puppy’s tail WAGS
“Misery” co-star Bates KATHY
“If the shoe ___ …” FITS
Inquire ASK
Hard-edged, anticorporate musician PUNKROCKER
Cockpit figure PILOT
Liter or meter UNIT
Gloom’s partner DOOM
“Assuming that’s true …” IFSO
Walrus feature TUSK
___-Seltzer ALKA
Spring’s shape COIL
Bellybutton buildup LINT
New Mexico art community TAOS
Gross YUCKY
Make an offer at an auction BID
Wallow moodily SULK
Makes a certain video call SKYPES
Tatted INKED
Like areas around waterfalls MISTY
Spy’s gathering INTEL
Ecstasy’s opposite AGONY
Cafeteria food holder TRAY
Serving with chop suey RICE
Elsa’s sister in “Frozen” ANNA
Christmas tree, often PINE
Machu Picchu resident INCA
Not fake REAL
Homer Simpson exclamation DOH
