Author: by Rafael Musa
Across
Group workout with exercise bikes | SPINCLASS |
They’re lit for the Mid-Autumn Festival | CHINESELANTERNS |
Expert in harnessing atomic energy | NUCLEARENGINEER |
Word before a maiden name | NEE |
Tupperware top | LID |
Slithery sea creature | EEL |
Paste made from taro | POI |
___ school (doctors’ training) | MED |
“Parks and ___” | REC |
Less risky | SAFER |
Degree held by some professors | PHD |
Leafy dish | SALAD |
Do a 180, for example | TURN |
Performs salah | PRAYS |
Part in a play | ROLE |
Rideshare stat | ETA |
Monitors carefully | KEEPSTABSON |
Contemplate | PONDER |
Dispense from a jug | POUR |
Plaything | TOY |
Family | KIN |
Matching up | SYNCING |
Crops with altered DNA | GMOS |
Furious | MAD |
Maker of K-Cups | KEURIG |
Priyanka Chopra’s husband | NICKJONAS |
Ancient Roman robe | TOGA |
Tool for splitting wood | AXE |
Piece of text after an essay | ENDNOTE |
Knife used to slice muktuk | ULU |
Steeped drink | TEA |
Aquatic animals with a bovine name | SEACOWS |
Eggy holiday drink | NOG |
Nine-digit ID no. | SSN |
Advil alternative | TYLENOL |
“___, a deer, a female deer” | DOE |
Down
Sketch show starring Bowen Yang | SNL |
Potato ___ (kitchen gadget) | PEELER |
“My response was . . .” | ISAID |
Brainy type | NERD |
Ohio city by Lake Erie (Abbr.) | CLE |
Bowling alley section | LANE |
Make furious | ANGER |
“10 Things I Hate About You” star Julia | STILES |
Capitol Hill legislator (Abbr.) | SEN |
MSNBC competitor | CNN |
Color | HUE |
Most of a slushie | ICE |
Part of a set in a workout | REP |
Prefix for “pronouns” | NEO |
___ Lanka | SRI |
“It’s Raining ___” | MEN |
Potatoes or bread | CARB |
One ___ at a time | STEP |
Not manual | AUTO |
“Channel Orange” singer-songwriter | FRANKOCEAN |
Opposite of post- | PRE |
Gleeful jig | HAPPYDANCE |
Vacuum cleaner brand | DYSON |
Fell behind | LOSTGROUND |
___ ki sabzi (Indian potato curry) | ALOO |
Neither confirm nor ___ | DENY |
“___ my last email . . .” | PER |
In need of a hint | STUCK |
Barbie’s beau | KEN |
“Brown Skin” singer India.___ | ARIE |
Computer storage medium | DISK |
Shoe with a gladiator style | SANDAL |
Cashew or almond | NUT |
Buzzing pests | GNATS |
Boxes for baking brownies | MIXES |
“___ doesn’t grow on trees!” | MONEY |
Shelter made of snow | IGLOO |
Dashboard indicator | GAUGE |
In ___ (jokingly) | JEST |
Shortly | SOON |
A couple | TWO |
Course for some future bilinguals | ESL |