Author: Thomas Joseph
Across
| Eastern monk | LAMA |
| Subject | TOPIC |
| “The end of —” | ANERA |
| Texas mission | ALAMO |
| Awaited | BIDED |
| Maryland players, for short | TERPS |
| Running bird | EMU |
| CEO’s deg. | MBA |
| Take a load off | SIT |
| Dog star | LASSIE |
| Reduced amount | LESS |
| First lady from Texas | LAURABUSH |
| Inform against | RATON |
| First lady from New Jersey | JILLBIDEN |
| Refuse | DENY |
| “Twelfth Night” heroine | OLIVIA |
| — pro nobis | ORA |
| Chopping tool | AXE |
| Fall mo. | OCT |
| Enter a password, say | LOGIN |
| Austrian poet | RILKE |
| Correct, as text | EMEND |
| Goalie’s stat | SAVES |
| Office sights | DESKS |
| Dissolve | MELT |
Down
| Record company | LABEL |
| Zoo resident | ANIMAL |
| One of the Gorgons | MEDUSA |
| Verb for you | ARE |
| “See ya!” | TATA |
| Bullring cry | OLE |
| Examines sentences | PARSES |
| Mischievous | IMPISH |
| Goes for | COSTS |
| Navy bigwig | ADMIRAL |
| Vocally imitate a drum machine | BEATBOX |
| Bad-tempered | SURLY |
| Monday, in Marseilles | LUNDI |
| Basement fixtures | BOILERS |
| Composer Kern | JEROME |
| For a long time | INAGES |
| Change over time | EVOLVE |
| Site of Jefferson’s portrait | NICKEL |
| Meted out | DOLED |
| “This is only —” | ATEST |
| “No ifs, —, or buts” | ANDS |
| Squid’s squirt | INK |
| Descartes’s conclusion | IAM |
