Crossword: by Billie Truitt
Across
Frozen dessert chain |
TCBY |
Mideast sultanate |
OMAN |
Bellybutton |
NAVEL |
Had on |
WORE |
Prefix for copter |
HELI |
Banish |
EXILE |
Puts frosting on |
ICES |
Apple all-in-one computer |
IMAC |
Similarly |
ALIKE |
Reached land in a dinghy |
ROWEDTOSHORE |
Calf catchers |
LASSOS |
Shade tree |
ELM |
Baker’s meas. |
TSP |
Printing mistake, for short |
TYPO |
Widen, as pupils |
DILATE |
Shoot the breeze |
CHAT |
Meal for a mare |
OATS |
Cavalry sword |
SABER |
Coped with difficulties |
RODEOUTTHESTORM |
Taken __ (surprised) |
ABACK |
Appear to be |
SEEM |
Very long time |
EONS |
Uncle Sam headgear |
TOPHAT |
Knocking sounds |
RAPS |
Ft. Lauderdale clock setting |
EST |
Thumbs-up vote |
YEA |
French tower designer |
EIFFEL |
Frequent business travelers |
ROADWARRIORS |
Vision-improvement procedure |
LASIK |
Angelic ring |
HALO |
Grandma |
NANA |
Tummy trouble |
AGITA |
Distinctive smell |
ODOR |
Send forth |
EMIT |
Cash |
MONEY |
Mediocre grades |
CEES |
Colorants |
DYES |
Down
Spin |
TWIRL |
Hot winter drink |
COCOA |
Prepares coffee |
BREWS |
Approvals |
YESES |
Tepid greeting |
OHITSYOU |
Note from the boss |
MEMO |
“How sad!” |
ALAS |
Market segment |
NICHE |
Close call |
NEARMISS |
Wheel bar |
AXLE |
Seven, on a sundial |
VII |
Yellowstone grazer |
ELK |
Director Spike or Ang |
LEE |
Half of a semicolon |
DOT |
__-fashioned (quaint) |
OLD |
Impermissible |
TABOO |
Far from lenient |
STERN |
Long-lasting hairdos |
PERMS |
Butter servings |
PATS |
Mink’s cousin |
OTTER |
Past the deadline |
LATE |
Wooden box for fruit |
CRATE |
Boxcar riders |
HOBOS |
Go with the flow |
ADAPT |
PC support person |
TECH |
__ butter (moisturizer ingredient) |
SHEA |
“I heard it the first time!” |
OKAYOKAY |
Absolute rulers |
EMPERORS |
Hot drink |
TEA |
Word said with a salute |
SIR |
Kind of committee |
ADHOC |
Made to pay a cash penalty |
FINED |
Frothy |
FOAMY |
Bert’s Muppet pal |
ERNIE |
Hurdles for future attys. |
LSATS |
Solemn ceremony |
RITE |
Stroll in water |
WADE |
Natural balm |
ALOE |
Hasty escape |
LAM |
In years past |
AGO |
Transgression |
SIN |