Author: Nate Cardin
Editor: Will Shortz
Across
| “Stat!” |
ASAP |
| Like most Italian nouns ending in -o: Abbr. |
MASC |
| Volcanic residue |
ASH |
| /26.2 of a marathon |
MILE |
| SiriusXM medium |
RADIO |
| Cheek swab material |
DNA |
| *Number of copies requested by a publisher |
PRINTORDER |
| Howard who narrates “Arrested Development” |
RON |
| *Barriers that slide in and out of a wall |
POCKETDOORS |
| Shriveled |
SHRANK |
| Temporary relief |
RESPITE |
| Ship’s backbone |
KEEL |
| Roast beef au ___ |
JUS |
| Texter’s sign-off |
TTYL |
| Actor McKellen who played Gandalf |
IAN |
| “Mayday!” |
SOS |
| Org. with a Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list |
FBI |
| *Stereotypical literary persona |
STOCKCHARACTER |
| Hardwood tree |
OAK |
| One side in checkers |
RED |
| Longoria of “Desperate Housewives” |
EVA |
| “Dancing Queen” group |
ABBA |
| “Golly!” |
GEE |
| “Right away, boss!” |
ONIT |
| Skin spot |
FRECKLE |
| Tight undergarment |
GIRDLE |
| *Designer’s collection |
FASHIONLINE |
| Picnic pest |
ANT |
| Irritable … or how you might describe all the words in the answers to the starred clues? |
OUTOFSORTS |
| Wedding words |
IDO |
| Pie-in-the-face sound |
SPLAT |
| Diamond Head’s island |
OAHU |
| Heed the coxswain |
ROW |
| Sharp and shrewd |
KEEN |
| Staircase part |
STEP |
Down
| Bit of concert equipment |
AMP |
| What the Portuguese “senhor” means |
SIR |
| Actor Mahershala of “Moonlight” |
ALI |
| Snail-mail correspondent |
PENPAL |
| Swindler’s victim |
MARK |
| Some venomous snakes |
ADDERS |
| Dos + cinco |
SIETE |
| Bungee cables, for example |
CORDS |
| Skillful |
ADROIT |
| Like high-strung horses |
SNORTY |
| Fairy tale brother |
HANSEL |
| Mountaineering enthusiast, in slang |
ROCKJOCK |
| Boatload |
TON |
| Fiber-___ cable |
OPTIC |
| Hits the slopes |
SKIS |
| Track meet event |
HEAT |
| City mentioned at the start of the Grateful Dead’s “Friend of the Devil” |
RENO |
| Show people to their seats, informally |
USH |
| Genre for the 1990s band Sublime |
SKA |
| Something you don’t have to pay for, redundantly |
FREEGIFT |
| Rotten |
BAD |
| Ted Lasso, for one |
COACH |
| “___ we there yet?” |
ARE |
| Maintain, as a bar |
TEND |
| Rotten |
EVIL |
| Give stars, say |
RATE |
| Common plot point on a soap opera |
AFFAIR |
| “The Godfather” Oscar winner |
BRANDO |
| Present, as a prize |
BESTOW |
| Having a light touch |
GENTLE |
| Cookie-flavored breakfast cereal |
OREOOS |
| Merchant’s booth |
KIOSK |
| Jeweler’s lens |
LOUPE |
| Helpful connections |
INS |
| Student ___ forgiveness |
LOAN |
| Smallest of the Chinese zodiac animals |
RAT |
| Fill-in-___-blank |
THE |
| “How’s it goin’?” |
SUP |
