Author: Thomas Joseph
Across
| Nurse, e.g. | CARER |
| Extreme | ULTRA |
| Pueblo material | ADOBE |
| Stuck in the mud | MIRED |
| California golf resort | PEBBLEBEACH |
| Quarterback Manning | ELI |
| Had lunch | ATE |
| Phone bill addition | FEE |
| Capitol worker | SENATOR |
| Fragrant tree | FIR |
| Signing need | PEN |
| Seedy joint | DIVE |
| TV’s Philbin | REGIS |
| Spiked clubs | MACES |
| Fencing sword | EPEE |
| “The Rise of Skywalker” heroine | REY |
| Light metal | TIN |
| Accessory for the Penguin | MONOCLE |
| Top card | ACE |
| — Dhabi | ABU |
| Crude abode | HUT |
| Tree with shiny leaves | PURPLEBEECH |
| DVR option | ERASE |
| In the know | AWARE |
| Sub shops | DELIS |
| Drive off | REPEL |
Down
| Lighthouse settings | CAPES |
| “Skyfall” singer | ADELE |
| Gotham City hero | ROBIN |
| Flow out | EBB |
| Feels empathy | RELATES |
| Brown shade | UMBER |
| Tell whoppers | LIE |
| Lateness excuse, often | TRAFFIC |
| Take in | RECEIVE |
| Sticks | ADHERES |
| School near Windsor | ETON |
| “… baked in —” | APIE |
| Harry Belafonte hit | DAYO |
| Wrapped again, as an ankle | RETAPED |
| Food fancier | EPICURE |
| Army bigwig | GENERAL |
| Computer screen sight | MENUBAR |
| Lounging attire | ROBE |
| Bulls and rams | MALES |
| Low-priced | CHEAP |
| Moolah | LUCRE |
| One of the Kennedys | ETHEL |
| Letter before omega | PSI |
| Ram’s mate | EWE |
