Author: by Erik Agard
Across
“Cut it out!” | STOP |
Prepared like latkes | FRIED |
Start of a URL | HTTP |
Prefix for “normal” or “legal” | PARA |
Happen again | RECUR |
State whose three largest cities all start with C | OHIO |
Slightly | ABIT |
Mirror ___ (reflection) | IMAGE |
Flimsy | WEAK |
Like a movie that feels like it could be a documentary | CLOSETOREALLIFE |
Snakelike fish | EEL |
Round building | ROTUNDA |
Curtain holder | ROD |
Adolescent | TEEN |
Suffix for “Vietnam” | ESE |
The – in 🙂 | NOSE |
Chest bone | RIB |
Piece of biathlon equipment | SKI |
Fashion icon who wrote the 2020 memoir “The Chiffon Trenches” | ANDRELEONTALLEY |
Drama lovers in astrology | LEOS |
Strongly ___ (survey response) | AGREE |
Part of a phrase similar to “blah blah blah” | YADA |
“Young man . . .” | SON |
Two-wheeled transport | SCOOTER |
First word in some rappers’ names | LIL |
“Hold on a moment” | ONESEC |
Sailor with a skull-and-crossbones flag | PIRATE |
Innocent expression | DOEEYEDLOOK |
Look closely | PEER |
___ Dame | NOTRE |
Eighteen-wheeler | SEMI |
Sound of a jet engine | ROAR |
Ballet skirts | TUTUS |
Cast-___ skillet | IRON |
Merely | ONLY |
Male sheep | RAM |
“NBA Today” channel | ESPN |
Down
Common sci-fi setting | SPACE |
Water purification aid | TABLET |
Baltimore bird | ORIOLE |
Light touches | PATS |
Corn chip whose name means 5-Across | FRITO |
Channel-changer | REMOTE |
Character in Greek myth whose wax wings melted | ICARUS |
Oregon city | EUGENE |
Really not look forward to | DREAD |
“Sing” like a husky | HOWL |
That person’s | THEIRS |
Tennis star Frances | TIAFOE |
Prodded | POKED |
Bert and ___ | ERNIE |
Sri ___ | LANKA |
Gets it wrong | ERRS |
Greasy | OILY |
Something a white rapper might be criticized for using | BLACCENT |
Church towers | STEEPLES |
“Plus . . .” | ALSO |
Gas in some lights | NEON |
Finalized agreement | DONEDEAL |
Alter ___ | EGO |
Gold, in Spanish | ORO |
Trampoline safeguard | NET |
California NBA team | LALAKERS |
Proofreader’s suggested change | EDIT |
College in New Haven | YALE |
“The thing is . . .” | SEE |
Brazilian city, for short | RIO |
“Come again?” | SORRY |
Fanhouse co-founder Nguyen | ROSIE |
Part of FYI | YOUR |
“At Last” singer ___ James | ETTA |
Instrument with a kick variety | DRUM |
Con’s counterpart | PRO |
Long period of time | EON |
Tool for washing floors | MOP |
Last word in some motel names | INN |