Author: Boatload Puzzles
Across
| Easy gait | Lope |
| Football cheers | Rahs |
| Bicycle part | Pedal |
| Concluded | Over |
| Radiate | Emit |
| Sports stadium | Arena |
| Fierce fish | Barracuda |
| Expressed anger | Raged |
| Graceful tree | Elm |
| Gobi, for one | Desert |
| Bastes | Sews |
| Went by train | Rode |
| Prayer word | Amen |
| Be ambitious | Aspire |
| Redoes the kitchen | Remodels |
| Telegraph inventor | Morse |
| Embankment | Levee |
| Edge | Rim |
| Bassoon’s relative | Oboe |
| Intense beam | Laser |
| Papa’s partner | Mama |
| Fishing snare | Net |
| Agreements | Pacts |
| ____ Pan | Peter |
| Small bombs | Grenades |
| Nab | Arrest |
| ____ phone | Cell |
| Merriment | Glee |
| Bonnets | Hats |
| Get free | Escape |
| Become old | Age |
| Select group | Elite |
| Proposed as a candidate | Nominated |
| Lagoon’s boundary | Atoll |
| Portent | Omen |
| Completed | Done |
| Pitches | Tones |
| “Wish You ____ Here” | Were |
| Store sign | Open |
Down
| Ear part | Lobe |
| Face shape | Oval |
| Salon treatment | Perm |
| Miscalculate | Err |
| Ebb | Recede |
| Entertain | Amuse |
| Skin | Hide |
| Celebrity | Star |
| Golf norm | Par |
| Deleted | Erased |
| Go downhill | Degenerate |
| Again | Anew |
| Young boys | Lads |
| Cherish | Adore |
| More docile | Tamer |
| Ascend | Rise |
| “Simpsons” bartender | Moe |
| Amid | Among |
| Not tipsy | Sober |
| Defense | Protection |
| Takes it easy | Rests |
| December 24 and 31 | Eves |
| Citrus fruits | Limes |
| Clever | Smart |
| Delicate fabric | Lace |
| Large spoon | Ladle |
| Insignificant | Mere |
| Buddy | Pal |
| Groom | Preen |
| Cuddle | Nestle |
| Like Swiss mountains | Alpine |
| Player | Gamer |
| Miami team | Heat |
| Female singer | Alto |
| Winter flakes | Snow |
| Show up | Come |
| Above | Atop |
| Actor ____ Hackman | Gene |
| Biblical locale | Eden |
| Overhead trains | Els |
| Stir | Ado |
