Author: Thomas Joseph
Across
| Grotto sound | ECHO |
| Air pipe | DUCT |
| Bias | SLANT |
| Routine | USUAL |
| More tender | SORER |
| On-ramp sign | MERGE |
| Wrap up | END |
| Inform | APPRISE |
| Beginners | NEWBIES |
| Owned by us | OUR |
| Virtuous one | SAINT |
| Nile reptiles | ASPS |
| Reading and others: Abbr. | RRS |
| Cal. column | FRI |
| Barney’s buddy | FRED |
| Lures | BAITS |
| Guitarist Paul | LES |
| Held up | DELAYED |
| Hot breakfast | OATMEAL |
| Biol. or geol. | SCI |
| Geometry class challenge | PROOF |
| Patriot Allen | ETHAN |
| Start a set | SERVE |
| Nary a soul | NOONE |
| Some bucks | DEER |
| Makes a choice | OPTS |
Down
| German steel city | ESSEN |
| Genetic copies | CLONES |
| Stocker of nuts | HARDWARESTORE |
| Low digit | ONE |
| Jettisons | DUMPS |
| Manual reader | USER |
| Stocker of knickknacks | CURIOSITYSHOP |
| Touches base | TAGSUP |
| Readies for the game | TRAINS |
| Lusty looks | LEERS |
| Fido or Fluffy | PET |
| Rail or quail | BIRD |
| Diva’s piece | ARIA |
| Collapsed | FALLEN |
| Producers’ worries | FLOPS |
| Brought up | REARED |
| Arthur of TV | BEA |
| Cosine’s reciprocal | SECANT |
| Put off | DEFER |
| Has a banquet | DINES |
| Chess turn | MOVE |
| Overly | TOO |
