Author: by Shannon Rapp
Across
Cook with high heat SEAR
“___ Skirt/Long Jacket” (2001 Cake song) SHORT
Fantasy novel diagram MAP
Pay for a poker hand ANTE
Social no-no TABOO
Need to repay OWE
Partially joking HALFSERIOUS
Mesh part of a soccer goal NET
Reddit Q&A sesh AMA
Dragon roll fish EEL
Three-legged camera stands TRIPODS
Signal boost to one’s followers RESHARE
Cease STOP
Joy Oladokun’s vocal range ALTO
Boyz II ___ MEN
Bother a bedmate SNORE
Voting day (Abbr.) TUE
Jazz guitarist Montgomery WES
___bake (seafood feast with Wampanoag origins) CLAM
“How have things been lately?” WHATSNEWWITHYOU
Off-the-ground tricks AERIALS
Group of three TRIO
Assign stars to RATE
“Obamacare” initials ACA
Composition assignment ESSAY
WNBA scoreboard stat PTS
Document-duplicating machine COPIER
The Guardians, on MLB scoreboards CLE
Cecile Pin novel about a Vietnamese refugee family WANDERINGSOULS
Diet that avoids dairy PALEO
Orange drink mix TANG
Fruit used to make Umeshu PLUM
Head off AVERT
Lake south of Niagara Falls ERIE
High pony, for one UPDO
Mexican money PESOS
Changed the color of DYED
Tulip’s support STEM
Down
Largest hot desert SAHARA
Coating on some Dutch ovens ENAMEL
“Finally!” ATLAST
NBA official REF
Direct a go-kart STEER
“___ Shuffle” (Colson Whitehead novel) HARLEM
Belt worn with a yukata OBI
Orange part of a carrot plant ROOT
Sightseeing trips TOURS
Board game with a thimble token MONOPOLY
Blown away AWED
House cats, for example PETS
Caribbean or Mediterranean SEA
Pops a squat SITS
Disposable raincoats PONCHOS
Good-looking person HOTTIE
“That’s gross!” EWW
Small salamander NEWT
“Avatar” actor Dileep RAO
Bird whose eggs can weigh 2 pounds EMU
Simone Biles’ Olympic team USA
Intertwine ENLACE
Polite term of address SIR
“Time ___” (“The Rocky Horror Picture Show” song) WARP
Stretch of ultra-warm weather HEATWAVE
Gallery events ARTSALES
Went with ESCORTED
Wedding cake layers TIERS
Collection of beehives APIARY
Make art from clay SCULPT
Make a reference ALLUDE
Kid’s obedient reply YESMOM
Bellybutton type INNIE
Pelted with yolky ammo EGGED
“Fiddling” Roman emperor NERO
Braille symbols DOTS
Numbered musical work OPUS
___ smear PAP
