Author: by Rebecca Goldstein and Rafael Musa
Across
| P.F. ___’s | CHANG |
| Metaphorical hurdle to jump through | HOOP |
| Unleashes (on) | SICS |
| Edmonton NHL player | OILER |
| ___ child (person without siblings) | ONLY |
| Have down pat | KNOW |
| Suds that may be sudsy | SHOWERBEER |
| Cambodia’s continent | ASIA |
| Cutesy name for the pads on feline paws | TOEBEANS |
| Eighth of a circle | OCTANT |
| Excited about something | INTOIT |
| Cooped (up) | PENT |
| Liability’s counterpart | ASSET |
| “Come again?” | BEGPARDON |
| Moans and groans? | NOISES |
| “Aye aye, ___!” | SIR |
| Meh | SOSO |
| Word before “joke” or “bod” | DAD |
| ET of ’80s TV | ALF |
| Kin, for short | FAM |
| Operation Phone Home org. | USO |
| Design detail, briefly | SPEC |
| Blunder | ERR |
| ___ chocolate cake | MOLTEN |
| Utter delight? | OOHANDAAH |
| En ___ (all together) | MASSE |
| Places | PUTS |
| Bidirectional | TWOWAY |
| Move from the bar to a table, say | RESEAT |
| Performance for RuPaul | DRAGSHOW |
| Pretentiously cultured | ARTY |
| “Been there!” | ICANRELATE |
| Powerful wind | GALE |
| Meat spread | PATE |
| Caramel-filled chocolates | ROLOS |
| Cotton swabs have many | USES |
| Tiff | SPAT |
| Like sugar | SWEET |
Down
| Expense | COST |
| “The Farmer in the Dell” syllables | HIHO |
| ___ vera | ALOE |
| Beginners | NEWBIES |
| Hot drink with a colorful name | GREENTEA |
| Schmooze | HOBNOB |
| Babies’ bodysuits | ONESIES |
| World Cup cheer | OLE |
| Fire-related prefix | PYRO |
| They may do triple axels | SKATERS |
| Tricks of the trade | INSANDOUTS |
| Fifty-fifty flips | COINTOSSES |
| Buzzer beater? | SWAT |
| Rodent first sent to space in 1961 | RAT |
| Tax pro | CPA |
| “Weekend, here I come!” | TGIF |
| “Therefore …” | ANDSO |
| Shows heavily represented at the Daytime Emmys | SOAPOPERAS |
| Source of extra income | SIDEHUSTLE |
| Stroller in Stratford | PRAM |
| Nary a soul | NOONE |
| Vehicle for sand or snow | SLED |
| Greek life group | FRAT |
| Portmanteau for some parents of child stars | MOMAGERS |
| Feline makeup that Taylor Swift draws “sharp enough to kill a man” | CATEYES |
| Numbers to be crunched | RAWDATA |
| Avoids the spotlight | LAYSLOW |
| Secretive org. | NSA |
| Yellow jacket relative | HORNET |
| “It’s ___!” (“Oh, it’s on!”) | WAR |
| Pasta sauce brand | RAGU |
| Pointers | TIPS |
| Robust | HALE |
| Central Plains people | OTOE |
| Egypt-to-Libya direction | WEST |
| Mushroom’s top | CAP |
