Author: by Wendy L. Brandes and Hoang-Kim Vu
Across
| Dividing line? | SLASH |
| ’90s music holders | CDS |
| Currency in Cape Town | RAND |
| Florida city near St. Petersburg | TAMPA |
| Apply WD-40 to | OIL |
| “Same with me” | SODOI |
| *Meal prep task that makes you teary? | ONIONDUTY |
| Cockatoo’s claw | TALON |
| Toenail service, familiarly | PEDI |
| “___ is a line around your thoughts” (Klimt) | ART |
| I, in chemistry | IODINE |
| *SPF, for one? | LOTIONNUMBER |
| Black ___ (secret missions) | OPS |
| Suggestion, for short | REC |
| Clued in about | ONTO |
| Color gradation | SHADE |
| Bonobo, e.g. | APE |
| Discover alternative | VISA |
| *Drills for ancient Roman army units? | LEGIONEXERCISES |
| Was in arrears | OWED |
| Grand ___ Opry | OLE |
| String instrument for Jacqueline du Pre | CELLO |
| Wine region hidden in “Castile” | ASTI |
| Charade | ACT |
| Keebler mascot | ELF |
| *Doubt your partner’s feelings, say? | QUESTIONLOVE |
| Prepare to repot | UPROOT |
| What you breathe | AIR |
| Hairstyle for Angela Davis | AFRO |
| Even a little | ATALL |
| What’s indicated by a caret, or a two-word theme hint | INSERTION |
| Riveter of note | ROSIE |
| Path in Chinese philosophy | TAO |
| Like flexible straws | BENDY |
| Pranked with Cottonelle, maybe | TPED |
| Sensitive ID | SSN |
| ___ finger (digit for pointing) | INDEX |
Down
| ___-and-go traffic | STOP |
| Pool path | LANE |
| Surrounded by | AMID |
| Turn bad | SPOIL |
| Solo who loved Leia | HAN |
| Newsperson Katie | COURIC |
| “Same here!” | DITTO |
| Like a trickster | SLY |
| Film such as “Thelma & Louise” | ROADMOVIE |
| Improvised line | ADLIB |
| Cheeky response to “Who’s there?” | NOONE |
| Casual restaurant | DINER |
| Dark beer | STOUT |
| See romantically | DATE |
| Word before “tube” or “child” | INNER |
| Cookie used in mud pie crusts | OREO |
| “Uh-uh” | NOPE |
| Home of Norway’s Viking Ship Museum | OSLO |
| “What a nail-biter!” | PHEW |
| Herb in a cleansing ritual | SAGE |
| Performed a big favor | DIDASOLID |
| Body spray brand | AXE |
| The Valley ___ (nickname for Maui) | ISLE |
| Successfully persuade | SELL |
| Beginning on | ASOF |
| Untagged, in a game | NOTIT |
| Role for Timothee in “Call Me by Your Name” | ELIO |
| Video surveillance, for short | CCTV |
| Fancy wrap | STOLE |
| Brie of “GLOW” | ALISON |
| Plank’s target, at the gym | CORE |
| Four cups | QUART |
| “High five!” | UPTOP |
| Clear, as a chalkboard | ERASE |
| Multiple grams? | NANAS |
| Consumed | EATEN |
| Ctrl+F | FIND |
| Took a taxi, e.g. | RODE |
| Black gem | ONYX |
| “___ complicated” | ITS |
| Stat for a Nat | RBI |
