Author: by Daniel Bodily
Across
They have 36 black keys | PIANOS |
Pepper’s partner | SALT |
“The Amazing Race” network | CBS |
Lead by the arm, say | ESCORT |
___ vera juice | ALOE |
Chop (off) | LOP |
Kind of sauce with a repetitive name | TARTAR |
Yaks | GABS |
Water quality org. | EPA |
Mister Rogers’ cozy garment | SWEATER |
Bottom-line profit | NETGAIN |
Drying cloth | TOWEL |
Word before “coat” or “car” | SPORTS |
Childbirth process | LABOR |
Prefix for “favor” | DIS |
Cereal box stat | RDA |
Friend in battle | ALLY |
Decision | CHOICE |
Doe or sow | SHE |
Dec. 2020 debut for Airbnb | IPO |
Honest course, or a hint to reading as well as interpreting each starred clue’s answer | UPANDUP |
Game dev’s alteration, or ’60s slang for “chic” | MOD |
___ Jones | DOW |
Muscle attached to the humerus, informally | TRICEP |
Cougar | PUMA |
Cage fighting inits. | MMA |
___ the day | RUE |
Cable or DSL device | MODEM |
Show to the door | SEEOUT |
Association rule | BYLAW |
Ticked away | ELAPSED |
Have humble pie | EATCROW |
What a coxswain doesn’t do | ROW |
Sine’s math class | TRIG |
Emotional shock | TRAUMA |
Hoppy drink: Abbr. | IPA |
Dot in the ocean | ISLE |
Lumberjack’s warning | TIMBER |
“Bossypants” author Tina | FEY |
Name within “Prunella” | NELL |
Use, as energy | EXPEND |
Down
*Meet a challenge | PETS |
“No need to describe that” | ISAW |
Land measure | ACRE |
Plastic bag warning | NOTATOY |
Big talker? | ORATOR |
Scatter around | STREW |
*Fill the tank | SAG |
Moonwalker Shepard | ALAN |
Piercings’ places | LOBES |
Use for flash cards, study guides, etc. | TESTPREP |
Simile for opaqueness | CLEARASMUD |
Hasbro toy you can hit | BOPIT |
*Grabs immediately | SPANS |
Colorful trait for roughly 10% of Ireland’s population | REDHAIR |
Zeus or Thor | GOD |
Source of pride for the pride? | LIONCUB |
*Like an outdated internet connection | LAID |
Dog treat brand | ALPO |
“I’m waiting to be impressed!” | BLOWMEAWAY |
Judgmental glance | SIDEEYE |
EMT’s specialty | CPR |
Trophy shape | CUP |
Plate that’s hard to steal | HOME |
*Imaginary | EDAM |
Longhorns’ Lone Star State sch. | UTAUSTIN |
Louie is freed from one in “Unbroken” | POWCAMP |
Perform a floor routine? | MOP |
Array of numbers | MATRIX |
*Makes energized | SERIF |
Run off to wed | ELOPE |
To the point | TERSE |
Foamy coffee order | LATTE |
Pickle variety | DILL |
___ Goldberg machine | RUBE |
It’s a sign! | OMEN |
*Draft, as a contract | WARD |
*Slight advantage | GEL |