Clues |
Answers |
‘Call Us What We Carry’ poet |
AMANDAGORMAN |
‘Dynamite’ K-pop band |
BTS |
‘I Wanna Be With You’ singer |
MANDYMOORE |
‘It’s simple!’ |
EASY |
‘Nah, I’ll pass’ |
COUNTMEOUT |
‘Of course, madame!’ |
OUI |
‘Rats!’ |
DARN |
‘Ready, ___ . . . ‘ |
SET |
‘___ luck!’ |
LOTSA |
‘___-ching!’ |
CHA |
And so forth (Abbr.) |
ETC |
Banquet hall platform |
DAIS |
Blown away |
AWED |
Cain’s brother |
ABEL |
California wine region |
NAPA |
Can’t do without |
NEED |
Crispy fried bread |
PURI |
Currency in Italy and Ireland |
EURO |
Dandelion part |
STEM |
Do-___ (mulligans) |
OVERS |
Early string instrument |
LUTE |
Eighth of a cup |
OUNCE |
Features of distressed jeans |
RIPS |
Fortune cookie phrases |
ADAGES |
Frolic |
ROMP |
Genuine |
LEGIT |
Get just right |
NAIL |
Get progressively narrower |
TAPER |
Give consent |
SAYYES |
Glossy bedsheet fabric |
SATEEN |
Gorilla, for example |
APE |
Indicate something subtly |
DROPAHINT |
Island near Venezuela |
ARUBA |
It can lead to arrogance |
EGO |
Japanese noodle soup |
RAMEN |
Lawn-tidying tool |
EDGER |
Like the taste of rhubarb |
SOUR |
Liquid in a dispenser near a sink |
SOAP |
Living ___ (performer who stays very still) |
STATUE |
Major essay |
TERMPAPER |
Maker of the Genesis console |
SEGA |
Metal-bearing rocks |
ORES |
Minimum ___ |
WAGE |
Next-___ technology |
GEN |
Non-___ corn flour |
GMO |
Nostalgic songs |
OLDIES |
Not yet decided, for short |
TBD |
Offended |
HURT |
Oklahoma city on the Arkansas River |
TULSA |
Olympic fencing blade |
EPEE |
Part of a louvered door |
SLAT |
Part of a song |
VERSE |
Peach pits |
STONES |
Pet’s human |
OWNER |
Pickle pieces |
SPEARS |
Precisely correct |
SPOTON |
Prefix similar to ‘uber-‘ |
ULTRA |
Regular |
USUAL |
Roofing calculation |
AREA |
Scrabble value of D or G |
TWO |
Singer’s contract manager |
AGENT |
Sixth sense |
ESP |
Social equal |
PEER |
Southwestern hills with flat tops |
MESAS |
Spanish for ‘Miss’ (Abbr.) |
SRTA |
Speak from a stand |
ORATE |
Star of the one-woman play ‘Ann’ |
HOLLANDTAYLOR |
Suitable |
APT |
Sun, in Spanish |
SOL |
Swimming competition |
MEET |
Time on a job |
STINT |
Turnips and ginger, for example |
ROOTS |
Verbalizes |
SAYS |
Viva ___ (2023 Pantone Color of the Year) |
MAGENTA |
Water, in Spanish |
AGUA |
Word aptly hidden in ‘Bavarian State Opera’ |
ARIA |
Yoga surface |
MAT |
___ Speedwagon |
REO |