Author: by Amanda Rafkin
Across
| Gear parts | COGS |
| Filming device, for short | CAM |
| Group of eight | OCTET |
| Plays an IRL fantasy game | LARPS |
| Full-bodied beer | ALE |
| Make sense of | PARSE |
| Really bugged | ATEAT |
| Comic-___ | CON |
| Best of the best | ELITE |
| Question from a person looking for travel tips | WHERESHOULDIGO |
| ID needed to get a U.S. passport | SSN |
| Common Thanksgiving dessert | PIE |
| Top-left computer key | ESC |
| Hen’s enclosure | COOP |
| Pulled up a chair | SAT |
| Palindromic name | OTTO |
| Driver’s “Oops, I’m going the wrong way” maneuver | UTURN |
| Come next | ENSUE |
| Moved out of sight | HID |
| New Orleans event with floats | MARDIGRASPARADE |
| Water filtration brand | PUR |
| Feature of a personality | TRAIT |
| Bar mitzvah and Shichi-Go-San, e.g. | RITES |
| Eyelid issue | STYE |
| Class that might teach idioms (Abbr.) | ESL |
| Terrible ___ | TWOS |
| Pastrami sandwich bread | RYE |
| “Well, well, well!” | OHO |
| Ungraceful person | OAF |
| Say “I swear I was totally clueless” | PLEADIGNORANCE |
| Dog | POOCH |
| “Your heart is true, you’re a ___ and a confidant” | PAL |
| City official | MAYOR |
| Verve | GUSTO |
| “Te ___” (“I love you”) | AMO |
| Defleeced | SHORN |
| “Am not!” retort | ARESO |
| Morning moisture | DEW |
| Catches some rays | SUNS |
Down
| Cat features that need to be clipped | CLAWS |
| Sacred vows | OATHS |
| Thai dish made with chilis | GREENCURRY |
| Practice boxing | SPAR |
| Hidden stash | CACHE |
| ___ gobi | ALOO |
| Drink list | MENU |
| Opinion columns | OPEDS |
| 58-Down in which players make quilts to attract cats | CALICO |
| Calc prereq | TRIG |
| Spanish for “this” | ESTO |
| Top named for its shape | TEE |
| “Let’s pick up the pace!” | STEPONIT |
| Small taste of coffee | SIP |
| Become less severe | LETUP |
| Chicago airport inits. | ORD |
| SpongeBob’s pet Gary is one | SNAIL |
| Helper (Abbr.) | ASST |
| “Sorry, but not my fault whatsoever” | THATSONYOU |
| Ocean’s rise and fall | TIDE |
| “___ to Lithium” (Shira Erlichman book) | ODES |
| Softball officials | UMPS |
| Not slack | TAUT |
| The ___ Tour | ERAS |
| Songs that get lodged in your brain | EARWORMS |
| Desire for excess | GREED |
| ___ de Janeiro | RIO |
| Builds | ERECTS |
| However, in a text | THO |
| Google or Bing alternative | YAHOO |
| Set to simmer | ONLOW |
| Nut that looks like it’s wearing a little hat | ACORN |
| Common houseplants | FERNS |
| Serve a drink | POUR |
| Come in last | LOSE |
| Apple tablet | IPAD |
| The Isle of Cats or Cat Lady, e.g. | GAME |
| Oohs and ___ | AAHS |
| Golf org. | PGA |
