NetWord Crossword Answers October 23, 2023
Author: by Doug Peterson
Across
BBs, for an air rifle | AMMO |
Church benches | PEWS |
Back-of-book alphabetical listing | INDEX |
Intend (to) | MEAN |
Overcast sky’s color | GRAY |
Easily deceived | NAIVE |
“Picture” souvenirs that are mailed | POSTCARDS |
Highest digits in sudoku | NINES |
Horse-stopping shout | WHOA |
Person who alters clothes | TAILOR |
“Single” prefix for cycle | UNI |
Philadelphia’s state, for short | PENN |
Souvenirs that stick to a metal door | FRIDGEMAGNETS |
Lifesaving technique: Abbr. | CPR |
Shed a __ (weep) | TEAR |
Four-door car | SEDAN |
Resounding victory | ROUT |
Despise | ABHOR |
Singer Turner or comedian Fey | TINA |
Criminal’s false name | ALIAS |
All over again | ANEW |
Small amount of sugar: Abbr. | TSP |
Souvenirs that pry off caps | BOTTLEOPENERS |
Colored part of the eye | IRIS |
Make a knot | TIE |
Container for an apple-filled dessert | PIEPAN |
College transcript numbers: Abbr. | GPAS |
End-of-sportscast summary | RECAP |
Souvenirs that hold door inserts | KEYCHAINS |
Stood up | AROSE |
Smooth out | EVEN |
Revered celebrity | IDOL |
Piano technician | TUNER |
University official with a “list” | DEAN |
Wet with dawn moisture | DEWY |
Down
Band’s sound-boosting box | AMP |
Cat’s cry | MEOW |
Crush, as potatoes | MASH |
Traveling, as a rock band | ONTOUR |
Group for expert putters: Abbr. | PGA |
Make a blunder | ERR |
Big bundle of dollars | WAD |
Methodical procedure | SYSTEM |
Baseball game divisions | INNINGS |
Hammer’s target | NAIL |
T. Rex, for short | DINO |
Hardly __ (rarely) | EVER |
Crosses (out) | XES |
“Hush up!” | CANIT |
Get __ (do great on a test) | ANA |
Creative thought | IDEA |
Maybe | PERHAPS |
Apricot or papaya | FRUIT |
Chatter on and on | GAB |
Tennis court barrier | NET |
Polishes for publication | EDITS |
Light brown shades | TANS |
Break like a twig | SNAP |
Lobster relative | CRAB |
Team sport on horseback | POLO |
Body art, informally | TAT |
Smallest digit in sudoku | ONE |
Payment to a landlord | RENT |
After-bath footwear | SLIPPER |
Measure with a scale | WEIGH |
Historical period | ERA |
Grunted like a pig | OINKED |
Settled a debt | REPAID |
Lima’s country | PERU |
Computer symbol to click on | ICON |
Make simpler | EASE |
Office assistant | AIDE |
Blizzard stuff | SNOW |
Long-tailed rodent | RAT |
Adam and __ | EVE |
Vote like “aye” | YEA |
Atlanta-based news channel | CNN |
Cunning | SLY |