Author: Carly Schuna Editor: Joel Fagliano Across Word of elaboration ALSO Fluffy toy, familiarly POM Stroll AMBLE Convincing scam video DEEPFAKE Without a compass, say AMORAL Sink feature DISPOSAL “To Kill a Mockingbird” theme RACISM Go for it, slangily SHOOTYOURSHOT Ren Faire rides STEEDS Alveoli, e.g. ...
Author: Daniel Grinberg Editor: Joel Fagliano Across Put on blast BASH Vegetable whose name comes from Igbo OKRA Bill originating in Texas PECOS It has its standards, for short OSHA -Across, for one POET Raise EXALT “On Being Brought From Africa to America” writer, 1768 PHILLISWHEATLEY ...
Author: Jeffrey Martinovic Editor: Joel Fagliano Across Pair on a schooner MASTS Last in a series NTH It may be thrown by a vaquero RIATA “Hurry with your dinner!” EATUP “Gotcha!” OHO Like an obelisk at night, maybe UPLIT Origin story in Genesis 11:1-9 THETOWEROFBABEL Colorful ...
Author: Drew Schmenner Editor: Will Shortz Across “___ Lang Syne” AULD Played the role of WAS Sights at overnight rest stops SEMIS [That’s hilarious!] SNORT Huntsville’s home: Abbr. ALA Make amends ATONE “Sex and the City” actress ___ Jessica Parker SARAH Flag-waver’s specialty SEMAPHORE Visibly in ...
Author: Andrew Kingsley and Garrett Chalfin Editor: Will Shortz Across Discontinue DROP ___ cake (dessert with a liquid chocolate core) LAVA Skewered meat dish SATAY Wander ROVE “Victory is mine!” IWIN Reply to “Grazie” PREGO A♭? APARTMENT Feeling the need to scratch ITCHY Blanc who was ...
Author: Rebecca Goldstein and Rachel Fabi Editor: Will Shortz Across Metric weight unit GRAM Water-skiing spot LAKE Train travel RAIL Dalai ___ (spiritual leader) LAMA Hat’s edge BRIM Actor Alan of “M*A*S*H” ALDA *Mattel offering with cards for making “hilarious comparisons” APPLESTOAPPLES Pescetarianism and veganism, for ...
Author: Enrique Henestroza Anguiano and Matthew Stock Editor: Will Shortz Across New dog owner’s purchase CRATE Dog adoption grp. ASPCA Pop group with an “army” BTS Setting for “Heidi” ALPS “We’re not standin’ in their way!” LETEM Pepper grinder? MOLAR Put to work USE Word with ...
Author: John Guzzetta Editor: Will Shortz Across They often come in shoeboxes DIORAMAS Key ISLE Widespread rumors, in a portmanteau INFODEMIC It’s handled at a bar STEIN Post-crisis baseline NEWNORMAL Like the second movement of Dvorak’s “New World” Symphony LARGO Family nickname GRAN “The ultimate form ...
Author: Jackson Matz Editor: Will Shortz Across Cries CLAMORS What something unexpected might do ARISE “Just give it time” WAITABIT ___ Manette, woman in “A Tale of Two Cities” LUCIE The Jonas Brothers, e.g. THREESOME Needle on a thread? TROLL Female kangaroos DOES Swarm TEEM Color ...
Author: Joe O’Neill Editor: Will Shortz Across Culture setters? LABS -Across subfield MACRO Spill the beans BLAB B-school subject ECON “___ of wisdom” (“Dalai Lama,” in translation) OCEAN Protagonist who would “just as soon kiss a Wookiee” LEIA Modern reimagining of a Robert Frost classic, part ...
Author: Brad Wiegmann Editor: Will Shortz Across Lead-in to box or bug PILL Encumbers, with “down” BOGS Gooey sandwiches, informally PBJS Weapon whose name has two accents EPEE Lighthearted refrain TRALA Surface calculation AREA Popular videoconferencing app ZOOM Machu Picchu visitor, say HIKER Knitter’s stitch PURL ...