Author: by Rafael Musa
Across
| HGTV’s “Fixer ___” | UPPER |
| Laundry detergent brand | TIDE |
| Little lie | FIB |
| Strong suit? | PLATEARMOR |
| Tuscaloosa school, for short | BAMA |
| Movement to a Celia Cruz tune | SALSADANCE |
| Supply chain’s subj. | ECON |
| Look over | EYE |
| First James Bond movie | DRNO |
| Demon | FIEND |
| “And here it is!” | TADA |
| Precollege test scored out of 36 | ACT |
| Fruit soda brand | FANTA |
| 1984 Madonna hit about her desire for affluence | MATERIALGIRL |
| Bite gingerly | NIBBLE |
| Sicilian volcano | ETNA |
| (Hi, I’m a cow!) | MOO |
| Cybercommerce | ETAIL |
| ___ guzzler | GAS |
| Has a hunch | FEELS |
| Toward the back of a ship | AFT |
| Mouthy? | ORAL |
| Pointer in a gauge | NEEDLE |
| “We’re gonna have to wait and see” | TIMEWILLTELL |
| Clay figure in Jewish folklore | GOLEM |
| “I’ll do it!” | YES |
| Freelancer’s guideline, briefly | SPEC |
| Diced | CUBED |
| Fill with food | SATE |
| Wall climber | IVY |
| Congressman Swalwell | ERIC |
| Genre often played at nightclubs | HOUSEMUSIC |
| Shoulder muscle, for short | DELT |
| Got in one’s birthday suit | BAREDITALL |
| Suffix with “Japan” | ESE |
| Hematite and magnetite, e.g. | ORES |
| Not relaxed | TENSE |
Down
| Unexpected win | UPSET |
| ___ del Carmen, Mexico | PLAYA |
| Looked bad, in comparison | PALED |
| Otherwordly beings, for short | ETS |
| ___ between the lines | READ |
| Semiconscious state | TRANCE |
| “Well, maybe …” | IMNOTREALLYSURE |
| OB-GYN, e.g. | DOC |
| Old-timey “before” | ERE |
| Video-chatted, maybe | FACETIMED |
| Comment after successive successes | IMONAROLL |
| Rainbow Kitten Surprise or U2 | BAND |
| High cost for a Super Bowl spot | ADRATE |
| “Are you ___ serious?!” | BEING |
| Fried ball in a pita | FALAFEL |
| Prefix meaning “both” | AMBI |
| Admirer | FAN |
| Permitted | ALLOWED |
| “___ no biggie” | ITS |
| Misplace | LOSE |
| Opposite of messy | NEAT |
| “That’s no surprise” | ITFIGURES |
| Vehicle parked at Wayne Manor | BATMOBILE |
| Actress Gadot | GAL |
| Fish such as Flotsam and Jetsam in “The Little Mermaid” | EELS |
| Outer edge | RIM |
| Like a loop within a loop, in programming | NESTED |
| Put in office | ELECT |
| Picks on | TEASES |
| Resident of the Leaning Tower’s city | PISAN |
| Atrocities | EVILS |
| Observe Bike to Work Day, say | CYCLE |
| Formally give up | CEDE |
| Radiate | EMIT |
| Premium cable channel | HBO |
| Pole for steering a boat | OAR |
| Four Corners tribe | UTE |
