| Clues |
Answers |
| ___ noches! |
BUENAS |
| ___ salts |
EPSOM |
| [Birds] + [Bees] = P.R. campaign goal |
TWITTERBUZZ |
| [Cellphone] + [Bubble] = Edible accessory |
RINGPOP |
| [Cow] + [Thunder] = Snake eyes, e.g. |
LOWROLL |
| [Lightsaber] + [Impatient fingers] = Boring |
HUMDRUM |
| A key to what’s underneath? |
DOWNARROW |
| A, on a timeline |
ANNO |
| AAA part: Abbr. |
ASSOC |
| Academy Awards category eliminated in 2021 … or a hint to interpreting four clues in this puzzle |
SOUNDMIXING |
| Acqua ___ (cause of annual flooding in Venice) |
ALTA |
| Apollo Theater’s locale |
HARLEM |
| Be struggling, say |
AIL |
| Blown away |
AWED |
| Bobby who sang “Mack the Knife” |
DARIN |
| Calif. school that’s about 20 miles from the Mexican border |
SDSU |
| Certain tributes (although they may not seem like them) |
ROASTS |
| Colleague |
PEER |
| Common prom coif |
UPDO |
| Contraction that drops an “i” |
TIS |
| Copy-right? |
EDIT |
| Decant |
POUR |
| Dumb ___ (buffoons) |
OXES |
| Dwells tiresomely (on) |
HARPS |
| Far from fastidious |
LAX |
| Fictional business on TV frequently targeted by prank calls |
MOES |
| Flips (through) |
PAGES |
| Former Chinese premier Jiabao |
WEN |
| Former N.Y.C. mayor Beame |
ABE |
| From the start |
ANEW |
| Go-___ |
KART |
| Goes underground |
HIDES |
| Grammy winner India.___ |
ARIE |
| Great relief |
BALM |
| Hagar the Horrible’s pooch |
SNERT |
| Half of a 1960s folk rock group |
PAPAS |
| Hold forth |
ORATE |
| Ingratiate oneself with |
COZYUPTO |
| It’s often included in a good deal |
ACE |
| Keeps thinking “Grrrr!” |
STEWS |
| Legal drama with Jimmy Smits |
LALAW |
| Like soil that combines sand, silt and clay |
LOAMY |
| Major Chinese internet company |
BAIDU |
| Many flash drives, familiarly |
USBS |
| My parents are gonna kill me! |
IMTOAST |
| Neat analogy? |
ASAPIN |
| O.R. lines |
IVS |
| P.O.’ed |
IRATE |
| Painter’s kit |
ARTSET |
| Performer’s grand slam, in modern parlance |
EGOT |
| Place to live and learn |
DORM |
| Pregnancy hormone |
RELAXIN |
| Prime spot at a music festival |
MAINSTAGE |
| Private student |
TUTEE |
| Put down |
DIS |
| Rep. Cheney of Wyoming |
LIZ |
| Response to a doubter |
YESIDO |
| Sch. in Baton Rouge |
LSU |
| Shopkeeper’s “Sorry, none left” |
IMALLOUT |
| Shrivel from age |
WIZEN |
| Skin malady |
ECZEMA |
| Small hill |
KNOLL |
| Spanish for “sweet” |
DULCE |
| Sport ___ (all-terrain vehicle) |
UTE |
| Tail … or one with a tail |
DOG |
| Temporarily suspended |
ONICE |
| Tests that are very hard to cheat on |
ORALS |
| Turpentine ingredient |
SAP |
| United way? |
PLANERIDE |
| Up and about |
ASTIR |
| Verdi opera |
AIDA |
| Watch it! |
VIDEO |
| Website overseer |
ADMIN |
| Winner of over 125 Pulitzer Prizes, for short |
NYT |
| Word with party or balloon |
ANIMAL |
| Worker searching for patterns in the statistical noise |
DATAMINER |
