Author: by David Litman
Across
Chilled | COOLED |
Many a one-pot meal | STEW |
Be behind on payment | OWE |
Stick (to) | ADHERE |
Farmland unit | ACRE |
Name hidden in “Thanks a lot” | SAL |
Sleep poorly | TOSSANDTURN |
Film FX used in Marvel movies | CGI |
Love god with a bow | EROS |
“Two silkworms were in a race. It ended in a ___” (punny joke) | TIE |
Cafeteria platters | TRAYS |
Proven to work | TRIEDANDTRUE |
Appalled | AGHAST |
They might put you to sleep | BORES |
Had big hopes | DREAMT |
“Call of ___” (video game) | DUTY |
The Red Cross, e.g., briefly | NGO |
Type of diagram with overlapping circles | VENN |
Demolition letters … and a hint to 17-, 24-, 47- and 57-Across | TNT |
The “F” on a gas gauge | FULL |
“Call Me Maybe” singer Carly ___ Jepsen | RAE |
Cartoon explorer | DORA |
Inserted music accessory | EARBUD |
Headwear for a white tie event | TIARA |
Not moving | ATREST |
Every possible obstacle | THICKANDTHIN |
Kooky | WACKO |
Text usually answered with a time | ETA |
“A Sunday Kind of Love” singer James | ETTA |
“Race” actor Goree | ELI |
Various things | THISANDTHAT |
Camper vans, for short | RVS |
Frantic way to run | AMOK |
“Certainly, madame!” | OUIOUI |
Teacher’s favorite | PET |
Phoenix ballers | SUNS |
Plague insect | LOCUST |
Down
“Tar” actress Blanchett | CATE |
Axe target? | ODOR |
Very, very | OHSO |
< | LESSTHAN |
Segment of history | ERA |
Canine specialist? | DENTIST |
Having no room for dessert | SATED |
Fort Worth sch. | TCU |
Make an oopsie | ERR |
Ran out of water | WENTDRY |
Some award season slights | OSCARSNUBS |
Pricey Japanese beef | WAGYU |
Beethoven’s “Fur ___” | ELISE |
Eating plan | DIET |
GPS course: Abbr. | RTE |
Linda and Paul McCartney album with a sheep on the cover | RAM |
Border on | ABUT |
“This is ___ a drill!” | NOT |
What “pi times the radius squared” measures | AREA |
Scientist studying 32-Down | GENETICIST |
Device for taping shows | DVR |
Double-helix molecule | DNA |
Overabundance | GLUT |
Outdated | OLD |
Actress Kelly Marie ___ | TRAN |
Wildly uncontrolled | FRENETIC |
Pair of states named after an Indigenous people | DAKOTAS |
“Want to grab dinner ___ drink?” | ORA |
Renewable fuel option | ETHANOL |
Melber of MSNBC | ARI |
“Gross!” | ICK |
Roti flour | ATTA |
Pesky type | TWERP |
Split evenly | HALVE |
Classroom surfaces | DESKS |
What you used to be? | THOU |
Greek Ts | TAUS |
Working hard | ATIT |
“My DMs are open” | HMU |
Charged particle | ION |
Couple | DUO |