Author: by Matthew Stock
Across
Marker lids | CAPS |
Actress Kurylenko | OLGA |
Dip often served with tortilla chips | SALSA |
Black-white-black cookie | OREO |
Position of leadership | HELM |
“Arrival” or “Signs” creature | ALIEN |
Making mistakes | MESSINGUP |
Very tall | LOFTY |
Mammal that sleeps hanging upside down | BAT |
Piece of outerwear | COAT |
Fill up | SATE |
Buckwheat noodle | SOBA |
Lukewarm | TEPID |
“Golden Girls” co-star Arthur | BEA |
“Do ___ others . . .” | UNTO |
“Brrrr!” | ITSCOLD |
Hard-to-find bespectacled man in children’s books | WALDO |
Jiro in “Jiro Dreams of Sushi” | ONO |
Chopped-up side dish | HASH |
Basketball club in Australia’s largest city | MELBOURNEUNITED |
Chum | PAL |
“You make a good point” | TRUE |
2,000 pounds | TON |
Visual representation of data | GRAPH |
Direction 180 degrees from NNW | SSE |
Confirmation class leader | RABBI |
Job for Ryan Gosling’s Ken in “Barbie” | BEACH |
Ticked off | MAD |
Looong time | EON |
“Right away!” | PRONTO |
Smaller alternatives to lectures | SEMINARS |
Money to be repaid | LOAN |
Liter or kilogram, e.g. | METRICUNIT |
Grand Ole ___ | OPRY |
Talks big | BRAGS |
NFL analyst Kimes | MINA |
Tied the knot | WED |
Swamp-dwelling baddies | OGRES |
Whimper for a treat | BEG |
Down
Hot ___ (hairstyling tool) | COMB |
Realms | AREAS |
Green pasta sauce | PESTO |
“Help us pls!” | SOS |
“Gulp!” | OHNO |
Opposite of staccato | LEGATO |
Butt muscle | GLUTE |
Electric violin attachment | AMP |
Dishes served with dressing | SALADS |
Loads | ALOT |
Emergency craft that might respond to a 4-Down | LIFEBOAT |
All ready | SET |
“Do you have ___ idea where we are?” | ANY |
“Let me handle it” | ICANDOTHAT |
Decline to participate | SITOUT |
Light ___ | BULB |
___ nut (3-Down ingredient) | PINE |
Otherwise | ELSE |
Neurodevelopmental condition (Abbr.) | ADHD |
Sightseeing excursion | TOUR |
Xi’an’s country | CHINA |
Have on | WEAR |
“Everyone get on the train!” | ALLABOARD |
Some binary code digits | ONES |
Fuel efficiency stat | MPG |
Hurry | RUSH |
Like Swedes and Danes | NORDIC |
One-cent coin | PENNY |
Come out | EMERGE |
Brimless hat | BEANIE |
Not interesting | BORING |
Photo-sharing app, for short | INSTA |
Small jazz group | COMBO |
Not quite right | AMISS |
Tool pulled by oxen | PLOW |
Lasso, e.g. | ROPE |
Constellation component | STAR |
Without feeling | NUMB |
Rowing machine, for short | ERG |