NetWord Crossword January 05, 2023
Author: by Billie Truitt
Across
| Gift box attachment | CARD |
| Certain police squad | NARCS |
| “Are you serious?” | WHAT |
| Tech-support caller | USER |
| Saint Joan __ | OFARC |
| Rail-riding wanderer | HOBO |
| Teutonic two | ZWEI |
| Hebrew matriarch | SARAH |
| News piece | ITEM |
| Cappuccino consequence | CAFFEINEBUZZ |
| GM navigation subsidiary | ONSTAR |
| __-mo | SLO |
| Pekoe pouch | BAG |
| Bring in | REAP |
| El Greco’s city | TOLEDO |
| Skater’s leap | TRIPLELUTZ |
| “Sorry to interrupt . . .” | AHEM |
| Yuletide greenery | HOLLY |
| Old hand | PRO |
| Cover with cloth | DRAPE |
| “Peter and the Wolf” duck | OBOE |
| Pink stone | ROSEQUARTZ |
| Elmo’s street | SESAME |
| Cabinet dept. since 1980 | EDUC |
| Phila. winter clock setting | EST |
| Batter’s stat. | AVG |
| “You are not!” comeback | IAMTOO |
| Filled pancake | CHEESEBLINTZ |
| Dominican currency | PESO |
| Get-well program | REHAB |
| Qatar’s capital | DOHA |
| The gamut | ATOZ |
| Tangle | SNARL |
| Slow-cooker creation | STEW |
| Like polished floors | WAXY |
| Postal Service symbol | EAGLE |
| “Trillion” prefix | TERA |
Down
| Incan Empire capital | CUZCO |
| Egyptian city on the Nile | ASWAN |
| Snorkeling areas | REEFS |
| Wander aimlessly | DRIFT |
| Emphatic refusal | NOSIREE |
| “The Lady with __” (Velázquez portrait) | AFAN |
| Steak order | RARE |
| Grumps | CRABS |
| Starbucks exec Howard | SCHULTZ |
| Flashy expert | WHIZ |
| Fresh from the oven | HOT |
| Penny profile | ABE |
| Male turkey | TOM |
| Too soon | EARLY |
| Chaotic place | ZOO |
| Longtime cohost of “The View” | BEHAR |
| Masterful | ADEPT |
| Addams Family husband | GOMEZ |
| Purina rival | ALPO |
| Place for change | PURSE |
| Zhivago’s love | LARA |
| That and that | THOSE |
| Choir wear | ROBES |
| Admission of defeat | ILOST |
| Cry for help | PLEA |
| Web-__ salamander | TOED |
| Fit for a particular nobleman | DUCAL |
| Turn back | REVERSE |
| Split hairs | QUIBBLE |
| __-jongg | MAH |
| Oscar actress Davis | GEENA |
| Core | MIDST |
| Govt. debt security | TNOTE |
| None of the above | OTHER |
| Former Boston Symphony conductor | OZAWA |
| Comfy | COZY |
| Type of carpet | SHAG |
| Countess’ spouse | EARL |
| Furry foot | PAW |
| Frat letter | ETA |
| Chicago cap letters | SOX |
