Author: by Adrian Johnson
Across
Past the deadline LATE
“Just the opposite,” nonverbally WINK
“The ___ is up!” JIG
It might read “Happy Birthday!” ICING
Soccer star Sullivan ANDI
Mountain lion PUMA
*Feline that enjoys the yard, say OUTDOORCAT
“And make it snappy!” ASAP
To the ___ degree NTH
Pesticide in a 1972 EPA ban DDT
Whistler in the kitchen KETTLE
Appear that way SEEMTO
Having three dimensions SPATIAL
*DEN and SEA, for two AIRPORTCODES
Sauce made with chocolate and chiles MOLE
Taproom selections ALES
Genre for Common and Noname RAP
“Not in a million years!” NEVER
“2 funny” LOL
Atlanta university EMORY
Mature, like fine wine AGE
Sleeveless top, for short CAMI
Atlas pages MAPS
*Scarce HARDTOCOMEBY
Get clean, with “up” FRESHEN
___ crackers (s’mores ingredients) GRAHAM
“The Price Is Right” game PLINKO
Like Alan Turing and Alvin Ailey GAY
Veiled promise? IDO
Curtain holders RODS
Crafty press agent, or a hint to the word scrambled in each starred clue’s answer SPINDOCTOR
Hockey Hall of Famer Willie OREE
Voice actress Strong of “Rugrats” TARA
Brazilian dance SAMBA
More, in Spanish MAS
Crunchy BBQ side dish SLAW
Skin treatment at a spa PEEL
Down
Detroit NFL team LIONS
Like sharp pain ACUTE
Give to the church TITHE
“The Low ___ Theory” (A Tribe Called Quest album) END
Bump on a toad WART
LLC relative INC
Confidentiality contract, for short NDA
Give them a break! KITKATS
The smallest amount JUSTADROP
“You have my attention” IMALLEARS
Look gobsmacked GAPE
Of the highest level, informally GODTIER
Backyard cookout spot PATIO
Wrestling room stench ODOR
“… you get the gist”: Abbr. ETC
Stallion or rooster MALE
___ Islands (country in Oceania) SOLOMON
Early tourney round PRELIM
Buckingham ___ PALACE
Secret stealer SPY
Particularly large plants MEGAFLORA
Declares invalid OVERRIDES
“Pass” NAH
Early life forms? EMBRYOS
Poet Angelou MAYA
Emceeing partners COHOSTS
Tightly packed DENSE
Vowelless cluck TSK
“Zounds!” EGAD
“Another card, please” HITME
Pueblo brick ADOBE
Word before “compass” or “duty” MORAL
Teen’s big dance PROM
Chew like a beaver GNAW
Buddy PAL
Savings plan letters IRA
Mushroom part that may be stuffed CAP
