Author: Will Pfadenhauer
Editor: Will Shortz
Across
| Caterpillar, e.g. |
LARVA |
| Owns |
HAS |
| Paintballs and water balloons, at times |
AMMO |
| Seal the win, so to speak |
ICEIT |
| Tuck away |
HIDE |
| Bank offering |
LOAN |
| Xenomorph |
ALIEN |
| Actress Fisher of “Wedding Crashers” |
ISLA |
| Sorry situations |
ILLS |
| Behave uncontrollably |
RUNWILD |
| “Give ___ rest!” |
ITA |
| Not yet determined: Abbr. |
TBA |
| Exclamation of mild surprise |
GEE |
| Kind of bikes for stunt riders |
BMX |
| “You’re as cuddly as a cactus, you’re as charming as an ___, Mr. Grinch” |
EEL |
| Stagger with unexpected news, maybe |
CATCHOFFBALANCE |
| Take ___ at (besmirch) |
ASHOT |
| Share again, as a story |
RETELL |
| Gender-neutral pronoun |
THEM |
| Semiconductor device |
DIODE |
| Croft of the “Tomb Raider” franchise |
LARA |
| Toy shooters |
BBGUNS |
| Word after life or time |
SAVER |
| Cause to malfunction |
THROWOUTOFWHACK |
| Gardener’s tool |
HOE |
| Manning of ESPN’s “ManningCast” |
ELI |
| Busyness representative? |
BEE |
| Creation (and rhyme) of 48-Across |
ROW |
| ___ to pick |
NIT |
| Eccentric sort … or a “sport” where one might make the plays at 19-, 27- and 44-Across? |
ODDBALL |
| th or 15th days, on the Roman calendar |
IDES |
| John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt, for one |
NAME |
| Sits and waits |
IDLES |
| Drive |
FIRE |
| Mardi ___ |
GRAS |
| Dance with a series of spins |
SALSA |
| The “T” of 57-Down |
TEST |
| New York Giant known as “Master Melvin” |
OTT |
| Big hotel chain |
HYATT |
Down
| One spewing hogwash |
LIAR |
| “Because freedom can’t protect itself” org. |
ACLU |
| Pull (in) |
REIN |
| YouTube unit |
VIEW |
| When Santa and the tooth fairy are most active |
ATNIGHT |
| What’s-___-face |
HIS |
| Went off-script |
ADLIBBED |
| Someone with an equal claim to your armrest, perhaps |
SEATMATE |
| Wepner’s 1975 opponent in the ring |
ALI |
| Progressive rock? |
MOLTENLAVA |
| Full-bodied red wine |
MALBEC |
| Like Christmas lights after December 25, often |
ONSALE |
| Digitally crisp, informally |
HIDEF |
| Constellation whose mane and shoulders are known as “the Sickle” |
LEO |
| Rod in a hot rod |
AXLE |
| Edgar Allan Poe owned a black one, appropriately |
CAT |
| Wood once used for hockey sticks |
ASH |
| Team with a sausage race at every home game |
THEBREWERS |
| Burger, fries and a drink at a special price, e.g. |
COMBO |
| Poet who taught at Amherst College |
FROST |
| God, in Islam |
ALLAH |
| Learning app with an owl mascot |
DUOLINGO |
| Walrus ivory is one traditional medium for it |
INUITART |
| “Parks and ___” (NBC sitcom, to fans) |
REC |
| Sanctuary against extinction |
ARK |
| Singer Stefani |
GWEN |
| Like krona coins |
SWEDISH |
| Prudence with money |
THRIFT |
| Article of cool-weather wear |
HOODIE |
| Orchestral group pitched to C |
OBOES |
| Stoked |
FED |
| Candle-lighting occasion, in brief |
BDAY |
| Penne ___ vodka |
ALLA |
| In case |
LEST |
| Exam for a future A.G. |
LSAT |
| Solidify |
SET |
| It might say “Welcome” |
MAT |
