NetWord Crossword Answers October 25, 2022

Author: by Billie Truitt

Across

First part of a play
ACTI
Coconut tree
PALM
Complete makeovers
REDOS
Totally wreck
RUIN
Utilizes
USES
Apply, as influence
EXERT
Placing in the exact middle
CENTERING
Parish priest
VICAR
Surprise police actions
RAIDS
Women’s small clothing size
PETITE
Deep regret
REMORSE
Go astray
ERR
Morning moisture on grass
DEW
“It wasn’t me!”
IDIDNT
Woodwind instrument
OBOE
Dollar-sign shape
ESS
Restaurant’s list
MENU
Just __ the corner (close by)
AROUND
Of minor importance
NICKELANDDIME
In a spooky way
EERILY
Government agents, for short
FEDS
That guy
HIM
__ and nays (legislative votes)
YEAS
“That’s cheating!”
NOFAIR
High card in poker
ACE
Computers that aren’t Apples: Abbr.
PCS
Bonds firmly
CEMENTS
On a winning streak
REDHOT
Seat for an office desk
CHAIR
More formal “Me too”
ASDOI
Four times a year
QUARTERLY
Beautician’s shop
SALON
Soft French cheese
BRIE
Short memo
NOTE
Cleaned the floor with a broom
SWEPT
Drop in the mail
SEND
Try out
TEST

Down

Rainbow shape
ARC
Signal for an actor
CUE
Soft metal for baking pans
TIN
Present formally
INTRODUCE
Stickler for tradition
PURIST
“All kidding __ . . .”
ASIDE
Camera’s eye
LENS
Flavor enhancer initials
MSG
Title for a pastor
REVEREND
Leave the premises
EXIT
Make a choice
DECIDE
Makes a speech
ORATES
Scatters around
STREWS
Be worthy of
EARN
__ as a peac*ck (vain)
PROUD
Canyon’s edge
RIM
Genesis paradise
EDEN
Short skirt
MINI
Black hardwood
EBONY
Face-to-face exams
ORALS
Pseudonym
ALIAS
Not at all the same
DIFFERENT
Important detail
KEYPOINT
Build, as a skyscraper
ERECT
Intend (to)
MEAN
Revise for publication
EDIT
Students that are graduating: Abbr.
SRS
Bother repeatedly
HARASS
Tool for cutting a frozen lake
ICESAW
Mind someone else’s business
MEDDLE
Approached
NEARED
Forget to include
OMIT
__-link fence
CHAIN
Basketball target
HOOP
Medical remedy
CURE
NFL play-callers
QBS
Fish eggs
ROE
Sgts.’ superiors
LTS
So far
YET