Author: by Evan Kalish
Across
“Poor me” ALAS
Fraud SHAM
“What disappointing news!” AWMAN
Lean TILT
Yarn you can’t knit with TALE
“Fingers crossed” IHOPE
McDonald’s slogan IMLOVINIT
Kind of lens for close-ups MACRO
Meals delivered via curbside pickup, e.g. TOGOORDERS
Word after “stretched” or “wore” THIN
Inventor Whitney ELI
Inbox zero NOEMAILS
Sensitive ID SSN
Chief prosecutors, for short DAS
Installed, as a carpet LAID
“Go ahead” signals NODS
1996 Demi Moore film based on a Carl Hiaasen novel STRIPTEASE
Something working as it’s supposed to, contrary to intuition AFEATURENOTABUG
“Time to leave!” PARTYSOVER
Like a three-hour movie LONG
Played with, as a dreidel SPUN
The “S” of CST: Abbr. STD
Letters before “Enterprise” or “Constitution” USS
Super modern, in a retro way SPACEAGE
Poet’s “frequently” OFT
Savior HERO
They keep workers up at night LATESHIFTS
Filmmaker Kurosawa AKIRA
Afro-Jamaican religion RASTAFARI
Tablets or teaspoons, e.g. DOSES
Minuscule amount MITE
MBA program subject ECON
“What a pain in the keister!” YEESH
Serena ___ (tennis feat) SLAM
Solidifies SETS
Down
Working hard ATIT
Car with sideways-facing seats LIMO
Like some bathrooms ALLGENDER
Seat that might have three legs STOOL
Use a mixing spoon STIR
___-holding HAND
Extraterrestrial ALIEN
Routes shown on some transit maps METROLINES
Axe-throwing skill AIM
“I’d be foolish NOT to buy this!” WHATADEAL
Chewy Japanese rice cake MOCHI
Earth Day’s month APRIL
Safety vest hues, e.g. NEONS
Invalidate VOID
Cargo ship’s stop SEAPORT
Catcher’s glove MITT
Two-finger sound SNAP
Seat seen in “Sons of Anarchy”? SOFA
Unsurprisingly ASUSUAL
Intimidates to get one’s way STRONGARMS
Increasingly optional parts of college applications SATSCORES
Make noise at a red light, say REV
Order leading to quick turnarounds? ABOUTFACE
Phoenix hoops squad SUNS
Some donated cells EGGS
Category TYPE
2022 FIFA World Cup’s city DOHA
Disreputable SHADY
Black tea variety PEKOE
Crop up ARISE
Digital counterpart to brick-and-mortar sales ETAIL
Flutes in military bands FIFES
“Como ___ usted?” ESTA
Thorn locale STEM
Gait faster than a walk TROT
“Deadly” septet SINS
Fireplace remnant ASH
