Author: by Hoang-Kim Vu
Across
Knight’s equivalent DAME
Spanish for “gold” ORO
Bogus offers SCAMS
Visa competitor, familiarly AMEX
“Life of Pie” or “Rolling Scones” PUN
Role for Bella in “The Last of Us” ELLIE
Cowards (In this answer, note the middle three letters) WIMPS
Terminate END
Pixar robot WALLE
Backdrops for many superhero movies GREENSCREENS
Singer Rawls or Reed LOU
Like a cold stare ICY
Lose traction (… last three letters) SKID
It might provide an ETA GPS
Puff on a joint, say SMOKEGRASS
Earth: Prefix GEO
Fedora, e.g. HAT
“Heavy” music genre METAL
Lowish poker hand ONEPAIR
Hopelessness DESPAIR
Carried (… first three letters) TOTED
Tree gunk SAP
“Magic 3” rapper NAS
Three-foot measuring tools YARDSTICKS
“Go team,” quaintly RAH
Actress Taylor-Joy of “The Menu” ANYA
End of a campus address? EDU
Mineral such as bauxite ORE
Grouchy remark that could be directed at this puzzle’s youngsters GETOFFMYLAWN
Item in a quiver ARROW
Commanders’ grp. NFL
Apt for Halloween EERIE
Assess GAUGE
Futbol cheer OLE
Minor shortcomings NITS
Uzo Aduba has won three EMMYS
Green or black drink TEA
Assessment TEST
Down
___ Pound (Cleveland Browns Stadium section) DAWG
Name hidden in “steam iron” AMIR
Picture with a caption in Impact font, usually MEME
Ejects from school EXPELS
Grp. with Venezuela and Kuwait OPEC
Act wildly RUNRIOT
Next up ONDECK
Stitched SEWN
One may curate notes for an alumni mag CLASSREP
Entirely ALL
Cool figure? MIL
“Didn’t I tell you?” SEE
___-Caps SNO
Nigiri, e.g. SUSHI
Ability to discern good art EYE
Japanese sword KATANA
Book before Jeremiah ISAIAH
Modern cameras: Abbr. DSLRS
Like some salami GENOAN
Opposite of prose POETRY
Tarnish MAR
Baseball VIPs GMS
“There’s no escaping me now!” GOTYA
Practice of teaching PEDAGOGY
They pop up from time to time ADS
Quarterback Prescott DAK
___ salts EPSOM
Skirmish SCUFFLE
Holiday when li xi is given to children TET
Formal response to “Have the time?” IDONOT
Back down RELENT
Manhattan whiskey RYE
Fleecy females EWES
Pet pest FLEA
R&B’s India.___ ARIE
It’s good to have them about you WITS
What a bird builds NEST
How old you are AGE
Fleecy male RAM
Tropical spirit? RUM
