Crossword: by Chris Gross
Across
| New “Today” cohost in 2018 |
KOTB |
| Shortened form, for short |
ABBR |
| Something tendered |
OFFER |
| Texter’s intro |
IMHO |
| Liz Truss, for one |
TORY |
| Actress Watts |
NAOMI |
| Gaming novice |
NOOB |
| Pronounced |
SAID |
| Evenly matched |
EQUAL |
| English horns and bassoons |
DOUBLEREEDS |
| Tell it like it isn’t |
LIE |
| Designation for all gasoline since ’96 |
LEADFREE |
| Underhanded |
SLY |
| Yakked at length |
JAWED |
| LDS HQ |
SLC |
| Former airline to Kona |
ALOHA |
| Dairies |
MILKFARMS |
| Lodge letters |
BPOE |
| Explorers’ org. |
BSA |
| Glittery mineral |
MICA |
| Weather-dependent illumination |
SOLARLAMP |
| Are fluent in |
SPEAK |
| Capital of Delaware |
DEE |
| Some babysitters |
AUNTS |
| USMC rank |
PFC |
| Certain leathers |
DOESKINS |
| Poor Richard’s preposition |
ERE |
| Counting backward |
TICKINGDOWN |
| Former First Daughter |
SASHA |
| Ex of Julia |
LYLE |
| “Understood” |
ISEE |
| At the ready |
ONTAP |
| Each |
APOP |
| Periodical for women |
ELLE |
| What the four longest Across answers each have two parts of |
SCALE |
| Subject to analysis |
TEST |
| Didn’t keep a secret |
TOLD |
Down
| Benevolent |
KIND |
| Melville novel |
OMOO |
| Grand, for short |
THOU |
| Ballpark souvenir |
BOBBLEHEAD |
| Mystified |
ATSEA |
| Advisory group |
BOARD |
| Short-winded |
BRIEF |
| U-Haul rival |
RYDER |
| What it’s usually best to be |
ONESELF |
| URL with answers |
FAQ |
| Hoops infractions |
FOULS |
| Net notes |
EMAIL |
| “The Hoosier Poet” |
RILEY |
| Mother of Castor and Pollux |
LEDA |
| Spot for a blotter |
DESK |
| Verbal criticism |
JABS |
| Purina sister brand |
ALPO |
| Australian export |
WOOL |
| Freshman fare |
CAMPUSDIET |
| Typical hedge fund hire |
MBA |
| Ideology ender |
ISM |
| Once around |
LAP |
| Nothing, in Nice |
RIEN |
| Exam with many biology questions |
MCAT |
| Upscale retail chain |
SAKS |
| Impediment to progress |
REDTAPE |
| Fifth-century pope |
LEOI |
| Sent out a tweet |
SANG |
| “Dinero” for “ocho” countries |
PESOS |
| A euro predecessor |
FRANC |
| Sporting ball basket |
CESTA |
| Ceremonial splendor |
ECLAT |
| Webcam app |
SKYPE |
| Tonne fractions |
KILOS |
| Feckless |
INEPT |
| Third-northernmost national capital |
OSLO |
| All right |
WELL |
| It might be pressing |
NEED |
| Falstaff pal |
HAL |
