NetWord Answers January 29, 2024
Author: by Doug Peterson
Across
| Smartphone downloads | APPS |
| Boxing judge, for short | REF |
| Vatican leader | POPE |
| New __ (capital of India) | DELHI |
| Company VIP, for short | EXEC |
| Swedish furniture chain | IKEA |
| Hurricane or tornado | STORM |
| October’s season | FALL |
| Historical time spans | ERAS |
| Where books are borrowed | PUBLICLIBRARY |
| Prefix meaning “earth” | GEO |
| Tex-Mex folded tortilla | TACO |
| “Now I get it!” | AHA |
| Perform a role | ACT |
| Heavenly musical instruments | HARPS |
| Where judges hear cases | COURTHOUSE |
| Woes | ILLS |
| Not at all polite | RUDE |
| College transcript number: Abbr. | GPA |
| Be unsuccessful | FAIL |
| Great Lake bordering Ohio | ERIE |
| Where stamps are sold | POSTOFFICE |
| Powered by the sun | SOLAR |
| Big Aussie bird | EMU |
| Moisture on a lawn | DEW |
| Favoritism | BIAS |
| Unruly child | IMP |
| Where cops take statements | POLICESTATION |
| Surprise attack | RAID |
| Plant stalk | STEM |
| Nary a soul | NOONE |
| “This is terrible!” | OHNO |
| Mouse-catching device | TRAP |
| Lumps of whipped cream | GLOBS |
| Sword fight | DUEL |
| Authorizes, for short | OKS |
| Kid’s jacket fastener | SNAP |
Down
| “Classified” listings | ADS |
| Canary or collie | PET |
| Raindrop sound | PLOP |
| “I’ve no idea” shoulder gesture | SHRUG |
| Mortgage adjustment, briefly | REFI |
| Precise | EXACT |
| Guy, familiarly | FELLA |
| Boat’s docking place | PIER |
| Gumbo veggie | OKRA |
| Bartlett or Bosc fruit | PEAR |
| Uncomplicated | EASY |
| “What a tiring day!” | IMBEAT |
| Overused expression | CLICHE |
| The __ Ness monster | LOCH |
| “Constrictor” snake | BOA |
| Farmland measure | ACRE |
| 60-minute periods | HOURS |
| Broadcast’s sound part | AUDIO |
| How a takeout lunch is ordered | TOGO |
| Repeated musical phrase | RIFF |
| Kilt’s pattern | PLAID |
| Piece of pizza | SLICE |
| Fishing pole’s spool | REEL |
| __ and downs | UPS |
| Fill to excess | SATE |
| Whole lot (of) | SLEW |
| Sermon speaker | PRIEST |
| Don’t include | OMIT |
| Seething with anger | FUMING |
| Start of the alphabet | ABC |
| “Outer space” prefix for -naut | ASTRO |
| Sirloin or T-bone | STEAK |
| Places to swim at hotels | POOLS |
| Give a nudge to | PROD |
| Honolulu’s island | OAHU |
| Row of a poem | LINE |
| Object of worship | IDOL |
| Electric guitar boosters | AMPS |
| Midday | NOON |
| Tall guys’ sports league: Abbr. | NBA |
| Sixth-sense letters | ESP |
