Author: by Paul Coulter
Across
| Rey, for one | JEDI |
| “Quantum Leap” network | NBC |
| Herzegovina’s partner | BOSNIA |
| “Preach!” | AMEN |
| Water, in French | EAU |
| They put you in your place | USHERS |
| Payment, forward and backward? | MONEYPIT |
| Makes chicken noises | CLUCKS |
| Shows to a chair | SEATS |
| Shoes, slangily | KICKS |
| Like diet soda | LOWCAL |
| Container, forward and backward? | TANKTOP |
| Four quarters | YEAR |
| Less cordial | ICIER |
| “if u ask me” | IMO |
| Critical care M.D. | ERDOC |
| Apply to | USEON |
| Unagi, at a sushi bar | EEL |
| Circle, forward and backward? | WHIRLPOOL |
| Cooking meas. | TSP |
| “I wish I could ___ that” (“Ick”) | UNSEE |
| Abounds | TEEMS |
| Here, to Henri | ICI |
| Hauls around | TOTES |
| Carpet layer’s calculation | AREA |
| Wintry, forward and backward? | COLDWAR |
| Hairsplitter | PEDANT |
| Front wheel alignment | TOEIN |
| Japanese verse | HAIKU |
| Be there | ATTEND |
| Capture, forward and backward? | TAKEPART |
| Skewer | PIERCE |
| Uno e due | TRE |
| Pad kee mao cuisine | THAI |
| Cash in | REDEEM |
| Afterthought to an afterthought, for short | PPS |
| Feed bag contents | OATS |
Down
| Improvise, musically | JAM |
| Mood music? | EMO |
| Cubs’ home | DEN |
| Pending payment, perhaps | INESCROW |
| Like the Sherpa Tenzing Norgay | NEPALI |
| Something used to attract prey | BAIT |
| Unfairly moves ahead in line | CUTS |
| Cowboy | BUCKAROO |
| “Hold Me” Grammy winner K.T. | OSLIN |
| Open, as an oyster | SHUCK |
| Obligatory office attire for men, once | NECKTIE |
| Exasperating | IRKSOME |
| Balaam’s biblical beast | ASS |
| Favorable vote | YEA |
| Chemical used in making pretzels | LYE |
| “___ the fields we go” | OER |
| Large amount of cash | WAD |
| One spelling for a Great Plains home | TEEPEE |
| PAC beneficiary | POL |
| Computer blinker | CURSOR |
| Speck in the ocean | ISLET |
| “Crazy Rich Asians” director Jon M. | CHU |
| “As if!” | NOT |
| Together | INTANDEM |
| Precede | LEADUPTO |
| Behavioral quirk | TIC |
| Short dog, for short | SCOTTIE |
| Steered the plane | PILOTED |
| Pitcher stat | ERA |
| Chess pieces | MEN |
| Survived a game of musical chairs | SAT |
| Sudden increases | SPIKES |
| Name on combine harvesters | DEERE |
| Pained reaction | WINCE |
| Barely get, with “out” | EKE |
| Start of many addresses | HTTP |
| Group that combats age discrimination | AARP |
| First 30-day mo. | APR |
| “Bingo!” | AHA |
| Backstabber | RAT |
| Sonneteer’s contraction | TIS |
