Author: Jeremy Newton
Editor: Will Shortz
Across
| Delights |
JOYS |
| Seesaw-powered vehicle on railroad tracks |
HANDCAR |
| They may be wireless |
BRAS |
| Mass approvals |
AMENS |
| Bay Area start-up mecca |
PALOALTO |
| Powered (by) |
FUELED |
| Where Lords Byron and Tennyson studied |
CAMBRIDGEUNIVERSITY |
| Site of a claw machine |
ARCADE |
| Private meeting |
ONEONONE |
| Add, as cilantro to guacamole |
MASHIN |
| “___ of course!” |
BUT |
| Alternative to Google |
BING |
| Failed web venture, in slang |
DOTBOMB |
| Previously, in poetry |
ERE |
| Biggest club in Vegas? |
ACE |
| Flabbergast |
ASTOUND |
| Real dump |
STY |
| Features of Russian Orthodox churches |
DOMES |
| Trekker to Mecca |
HAJI |
| Org. that employed W.W. II-era Donald Duck as a spokesperson |
IRS |
| Murals or graffiti, e.g. |
URBANART |
| How one might sing an R&B ballad |
SOULFULLY |
| It might make your hair stand on end |
MOUSSE |
| Whales swim in them |
PODS |
| Declaration upon arrival |
IMADEIT |
| Mormon Church inits. |
LDS |
| Sensational reading material |
PULP |
| ___-repeated |
OFT |
| Longstanding rivalries |
FEUDS |
| Stir up |
ROIL |
| Expansive |
AMPLE |
| Recreational ___ |
USE |
| Steinbeck novella |
OFMICEANDMEN |
| Pedicure target |
TOE |
| Count on one hand? |
SIXTY |
| Airer of the morning show “Get Up” |
ESPN |
| Do the bare minimum |
COAST |
| Olive in old comics |
OYL |
| “You!?,” whimsically |
ETTU |
| Former M.L.B. left-handed pitchers Jackson and Leiter |
ALS |
| Like the moon in a solar eclipse |
REARLIT |
| Malicious Mr. of fiction |
HYDE |
| A regular in Italian clubs? |
SALAMI |
| hit song for No Doubt |
HELLAGOOD |
| Cry for a spell? |
ALAKAZAM |
| Angsty and brooding |
EMO |
| Significant piece |
OPUS |
| In the heart of, poetically |
MIDST |
| Due ÷ due |
UNO |
| Fast-food chain with a sunrise in its logo |
DELTACO |
| Call in a ring, for short |
TKO |
| Dweller in a tree hollow |
OWL |
| Obnoxiously fratty sort |
DUDEBRO |
| “Allow me to demonstrate?” |
MAYI |
| Be an ambassador for, in brief |
REP |
| “It all makes sense now” |
OHISEE |
| Like some economies and moisturizers |
OILBASED |
| Left-wing protest group |
ANTIFA |
| Past disagreements that are no longer of concern … or each block of shaded squares in this puzzle? |
WATERUNDERTHEBRIDGE |
| Don’t give up on |
KEEPAT |
| How ancient mariners relied on the stars |
ASAGUIDE |
| Actress Witherspoon |
REESE |
| Sport |
WEAR |
| Apt word spelled from this puzzle’s “covered” letters, top to bottom |
BYGONES |
| Office monitor, in brief |
OSHA |
Down
| Son of Isaac |
JACOB |
| Citizen neighboring 3-Down |
OMANI |
| Nation across the Bab el-Mandeb Strait from Djibouti |
YEMEN |
| Make out, in London |
SNOG |
| Must |
HAVETO |
| Drink from the tap? |
ALE |
| Negative connector |
NOR |
| They often need new suits for work, for short |
DAS |
| Move up |
CLIMB |
| “___ girl!” |
ATTA |
| “Succession” TV family |
ROYS |
| Left jobs on bad terms, say |
BURNEDBRIDGES |
| Remote button |
REC |
| Home of the Rosa Parks Museum |
ALABAMA |
| Siren, for one |
SEDUCER |
| Space heater? |
SUN |
| Alternative to a cab |
PINOT |
| “Sounds reasonable” |
FAIR |
| Abominate |
DETEST |
| Go-aheads |
NODS |
| “Hi there, friend” |
HEYBUD |
| Practices diplomacy |
BUILDSBRIDGES |
| How Reubens are made |
ONRYE |
| O.R. V.I.P.s |
MDS |
| Suffer |
AIL |
| Put together |
SUM |
| Fad figurine with colorful unkempt hair |
TROLLDOLL |
| What takes a toll? |
ONEPM |
| Chooses sidewalk over subway, say |
HOOFSIT |
| Long story short? |
ABRIDGEDTEXT |
| Au ___ (menu phrase) |
JUS |
| Dum-dum |
ASS |
| Life partner |
SPOUSE |
| It’s a lot for a lord to manage |
FIEF |
| “I mean … uh … it’s just …” |
UMUM |
| Don Juan |
LADIESMAN |
| Adler who outwitted Sherlock Holmes |
IRENE |
| Worn ___ frazzle |
TOA |
| “Go ahead and decide” |
UPTOYOU |
| Co-star of “Airplane!” and “Hot Shots!” |
LLOYDBRIDGES |
| Left quickly, with “out” |
PEELED |
| “The Crown” actress Claire |
FOY |
| How some Cajuns converse |
INCREOLE |
| Crumb lugger |
ANT |
| Required E.M.T. skill |
CPR |
| Much of it is junk |
MAIL |
| “Cómo ___ usted?” |
ESTA |
| Mastodons’ defenses |
TUSKS |
| Taking after |
ALA |
| Lapis ___, blue gem pulverized for paint during the Renaissance |
LAZULI |
| “Arabian Nights” prince |
AHMED |
| s school dance |
HOP |
| Over the line, so to speak |
ABRIDGETOOFAR |
| Texter’s “To me …” |
IMO |
| Sludge |
GOO |
| Operator of the Texas Eagle and Southwest Chief |
AMTRAK |
| Perfectly refurbished |
LIKENEW |
| Rescue dog, e.g. |
ADOPTEE |
| School email ender |
EDU |
| Some low-risk government issues, informally |
TBONDS |
| Take for ___ (bamboozle) |
ARIDE |
| Natalie with 12 Top 40 hits |
COLE |
| “Are you serious?!” |
WHAT |
| Unlink from a social media post, say |
DETAG |
| California’s San ___ County |
MATEO |
| Barbecue leftovers |
ASHES |
| “Hoo-boy!” |
YEESH |
| Brainstorm |
IDEA |
| Lowly deckhand |
SWAB |
| What one star may mean |
EASY |
| [shiver] |
BRR |
| Bitter brew, in brief |
IPA |
| Cause of a swollen head |
EGO |
| Air … or chair |
RUN |
| Illegal car maneuver, often |
UIE |
