Author: Thomas Joseph
Across
| Small error | LAPSE |
| First letter | ALPHA |
| Flynn of films | ERROL |
| Low nobleman | BARON |
| Stood up | AROSE |
| In the middle of | AMONG |
| Plop down | SIT |
| Toward the stern | AFT |
| Coffee, in slang | JOE |
| Second person | EVE |
| Once called | NEE |
| Mess up | ERR |
| Region | SECTOR |
| Deck toppers | ACES |
| Deluge | TORRENT |
| Pack and send | SHIP |
| High jinks | ANTICS |
| Status — | QUO |
| Trickery | ART |
| Middle-earth baddie | ORC |
| Ensign’s org. | USN |
| Army address | SIR |
| “The Matrix” hero | NEO |
| Crooked | ATILT |
| Bee-related | APIAN |
| Historic riveter | ROSIE |
| Rap entourage | POSSE |
| ATM button | ENTER |
| Places | SITES |
Down
| Tenants’ papers | LEASES |
| Come in | ARRIVE |
| Import opponent | PROTECTIONIST |
| Sinking signal | SOS |
| Franklin’s wife | ELEANOR |
| Let up | ABATE |
| Hurried flight | LAM |
| Theater worker | PROJECTIONIST |
| Writer Balzac | HONORE |
| Ticks off | ANGERS |
| Car racer Enzo | FERRARI |
| Spinning toy | TOP |
| Leaf carrier | ANT |
| Snares | ENTRAPS |
| Cube face | SQUARE |
| “The Maltese Falcon” director | HUSTON |
| Fold | CREASE |
| Treats with tea | SCONES |
| Fall flower | ASTER |
| Fiction | LIE |
| Luau dish | POI |
