Author: by Drew Schmenner
Across
Runner’s speed PACE
Swedish furniture giant IKEA
Mo. of Indigenous Peoples’ Day OCT
Carpentry tool with an apt first letter CLAMP
Defunct Swedish automaker SAAB
Nibble (on) GNAW
18-wheelers SEMIS
Comets’ paths ARCS
“Umbrella” singer, to fans RIRI
Where pork producers live? CITYBYTHEBACON
Type of artist or game CON
Innies and outies NAVELS
Chicken from Alabama, Mississippi, etc.? SOUTHPOULTRY
Insects in cocoons PUPAE
Hailey Bieber, ___ Baldwin NEE
Part of a tot’s bedtime routine BATH
“Thunderstruck” band ACDC
Skate effortlessly GLIDE
Seis + dos OCHO
Attempted to make a basket SHOT
Cereal grain OAT
Hay bundle maker BALER
Words of affection for albacore? ILOVEYOUTUNA
Like chai SPICED
Choose OPT
Scratching out a living … and a phonetic hint to this puzzle’s theme MAKINGENDSMEET
Sicilian lava producer ETNA
Grammy winner India.___ ARIE
Planet’s path ORBIT
Mufasa or Simba LION
Paper factory MILL
Where the Dolphins play MIAMI
What AAA can provide TOW
Scratches (out) EKES
They see things EYES
Down
Dells and Lenovos PCS
Obi-Wan Kenobi portrayer Guinness ALEC
Sleeveless undergarment, briefly CAMI
Give off EMIT
“In my opinion, we shouldn’t” ISAYNO
Mario ___ (racing game) KART
Apiece EACH
Type of ballot ABSENTEE
Like champagne in a bucket ONICE
Song sung in December CAROL
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, e.g. TWINS
The id, superego and ego, to Freud PSYCHE
Thanksgiving vessel GRAVYBOAT
___ It! (party game) BOP
Where to start a tab BAR
Resorts with hot springs SPAS
“Yeow!” OUCH
Common hairstyle for a bridesmaid UPDO
Keen political strategist, say TACTICIAN
Bring together UNITE
Helmed LED
Org. defending the Bill of Rights ACLU
“What happened next …” THEN
Jewish wedding dance HORA
“You played well” GOODGAME
Loo LAV
Whiny kid’s plea to a certain parent BUTMOM
Dance legend Goodman LEN
Alpine melodies YODELS
Covert ___ OPS
Process, as ore SMELT
Courtyard PATIO
“Already heard about that” IKNOW
Heat coach Spoelstra ERIK
Africa’s longest river NILE
A Great Lake ERIE
Its first item sold was a broken laser pointer EBAY
What a clock keeps TIME
“‘___ the season …” TIS
