Author: by Spencer Leach
Across
“Everything ___ Changed” (Taylor Swift song) HAS
University in Houston RICE
“Goodness gracious!” EGAD
Mont Blanc and the Matterhorn ALPS
Org. that approves hard hats OSHA
Investigate PROBE
Seizure of power COUPDETAT
Chip away at ERODE
Nairobi’s land KENYA
Asian food store HMART
___ instinct GUT
Sia hit with the lyric “Baby, I don’t need dollar bills to have fun tonight” CHEAPTHRILLS
Put a fresh coat on REPAINT
Covered in grease OILY
Too formal PRIM
Female deer DOE
Runs away FLEES
Tonic’s partner GIN
Common stir-fry green BOKCHOY
French fashion monogram YSL
Rim shot drum SNARE
Band’s booking GIG
“Relative” of Bigfoot YETI
So bad that it’s good, in Gen Z slang CAMP
Future syrup, perhaps TREESAP
Sentry’s question WHOGOESTHERE
“You’ve got mail” co. AOL
Cognizant (of) AWARE
“Fingers crossed!” IHOPE
Word before “saw” or “smoker” CHAIN
Natural sounds that the starts of 16-, 23-, 37- and 49-Across resemble BIRDCALLS
Great praise KUDOS
Words per minute, for one RATE
“Read ’em and ___!” WEEP
Country found inside Romania? OMAN
Commotions ADOS
___ Jose SAN
Down
Break into, digitally HACK
Soothing succulent ALOE
Created, as yarn from wool SPUN
Fish eggs ROE
Request for consent ISTHATOK
Winner, casually CHAMP
Go to, as a restaurant EATAT
Screw up ERR
Craft items that roll easily? GOOGLYEYES
Pop star Paula ABDUL
Specifics, slangily DEETS
Surveillance device, for short SPYCAM
Become stone PETRIFY
Indian yogurt DAHI
Greek letter used to represent density RHO
Prefix with “skeleton” ENDO
Not well ILL
Dungeons & Dragons and Undertale: Abbr. RPGS
Ireland, in old poems ERIN
Drink that might come with a paper umbrella PINACOLADA
Certain heart reading, for short ECG
“Como ___ usted?” ESTA
What someone might do on a banana peel SLIP
Laments BEMOANS
Until now HITHERTO
Shrek, for one OGRE
Cloth scrap RAG
Bull-riding cheer YEEHAW
Church bench PEW
Carle who wrote “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” ERIC
Off-the-wall WACKO
Unexciting HOHUM
Big name in hummus SABRA
B-D-F or C-E-G, in music TRIAD
Bullfight cheers OLES
“Guilty” or “not guilty” PLEA
“Monday Night Football” channel ESPN
OH- or NH4+ ION
___ Moines DES
