Author: Boatload Puzzles
Across
____ eclipse | Solar |
Con game | Scam |
Very inquisitive | Nosy |
Got out of bed | Arose |
Angel’s aura | Halo |
Great Lake | Erie |
Quiz choice | False |
Within | Amid |
Lincoln and Vigoda | Abes |
Comic ____ DeGeneres | Ellen |
Open to ideas | Receptive |
Paper fastener | Staple |
Stakes | Antes |
Make less tight | Loosen |
Right you ____! | Are |
Swiss peak | Alp |
The Grim ____ | Reaper |
Heavenly light | Star |
New York baseball team | Mets |
Bogged down | Mired |
Fodder tower | Silo |
Bartlett’s kin | Bosc |
Pressed | Ironed |
Head movement | Nod |
NBC’s rival | Abc |
Nullify | Negate |
Socrates’ student | Plato |
Mob scene participant | Rioter |
Renovating | Restoring |
Pares | Peels |
Lighten | Ease |
Face shape | Oval |
Spooky | Eerie |
Eternally | Ever |
Lion’s hair | Mane |
Meager | Scant |
Seines | Nets |
Begged | Pled |
Experiments | Tests |
Down
Umpire’s call | Safe |
Unwritten | Oral |
Recline lazily | Loll |
Evaluate | Assess |
Go back in | Reenter |
Musical symbol | Sharp |
Desert beast | Camel |
Wonderland girl | Alice |
Method | Mode |
Tidiness | Neatness |
Planet’s path | Orbit |
Strainer | Sieve |
Positive answers | Yeses |
Golf norm | Par |
Weak | Anemic |
Baby sheep | Lamb |
Bread spread | Oleo |
Selects | Opts |
Eager | Ardent |
Breathable stuff | Air |
Paid athlete | Pro |
Still, poetically | Een |
Vocalist ____ Turner | Tina |
Thanks ____! (2 wds.) | Alot |
Went by horse | Rode |
Disperses | Scatters |
Most profound | Deepest |
Ghost’s shout | Boo |
Athens’ country | Greece |
Primp | Preen |
Depart | Leave |
Desirable quality | Asset |
Competitor | Rival |
Foolish | Inane |
Eyed flirtatiously | Ogled |
Frolic | Romp |
Historic times | Eras |
Dryer residue | Lint |
Solidifies | Sets |