Author: by Sally Hoelscher %26 Wendy L. Brandes
Across
| Sound-boosting gear |
AMPS |
| “Back in Black” group |
ACDC |
| Stealthily includes on an email |
BCCS |
| Body part a fortuneteller may read |
PALM |
| Hammer or saw |
TOOL |
| Novelist Dessen |
SARAH |
| Heartfelt request |
PLEA |
| Delicate fabric |
LACE |
| Ridiculous |
INANE |
| / |
SLASH |
| Got up from a chair |
STOOD |
| “Little piggy” |
TOE |
| Polytheistic religion originating from Japan |
SHINTO |
| Relatively new |
RECENT |
| Cheese puff that turns fingers orange |
CHEETO |
| Kickball material |
RUBBER |
| Told an untruth |
LIED |
| Places to get facials |
SPAS |
| Astronaut Ochoa |
ELLEN |
| “___ Be Around” (Spinners song) |
ILL |
| Most tidy |
NEATEST |
| “___ Maria” |
AVE |
| Vehicle that taxis before takeoff |
PLANE |
| Microbe |
GERM |
| Twist |
SKEW |
| Bubbled rapidly, like water |
BOILED |
| Mammals that hold hands while sleeping |
OTTERS |
| Inconsistent |
SPOTTY |
| “Bald” bird |
EAGLE |
| “Back of My Mind” singer |
HER |
| Natural fence |
HEDGE |
| Easy to understand |
CLEAR |
| Wipe from a whiteboard |
ERASE |
| Dancing and singing |
ARTS |
| Posh |
LUXE |
| Soda bottle measurement |
LITER |
| List with drinks and appetizers |
MENU |
| Base x height, for a rectangle |
AREA |
| Rode in a 42-Across |
FLEW |
| Line of stitching |
SEAM |
| Throw some dice |
ROLL |
Down
| Libby and TikTok |
APPS |
| Place for a food court |
MALL |
| “Kindly tell me more . . .” |
PLEASEELABORATE |
| Like the avocado on some avocado toast |
SMASHED |
| Georgia’s capital (Abbr.) |
ATL |
| Shoreline |
COAST |
| Highest level of academic achievement |
DOCTORATEDEGREE |
| Artist and poet Wade |
CLEO |
| Forbid |
BAN |
| Centerpiece of Oregon’s only national park |
CRATERLAKE |
| Printer brand |
CANON |
| One might be worn to an Anything But Clothes party |
SHEET |
| Secondary wager |
SIDEBET |
| Popular song |
HIT |
| Round object |
ORB |
| “___ goes” (“Not it”) |
NOSE |
| Animation frame |
CEL |
| Apt rhyme for “snip” |
CLIP |
| Sledding spot |
HILL |
| Person entering a password |
USER |
| “Bridgerton” actor Rege-Jean |
PAGE |
| “Did I ___ tell you . . .” |
EVER |
| Info about current events |
NEWS |
| Nor’s partner |
NEITHER |
| Pollution in the sky |
SMOG |
| “___ Your Barbie Girl” (Ava Max song) |
NOT |
| Extraordinary |
STELLAR |
| Substance used to cure olives |
LYE |
| Doting attention, briefly |
TLC |
| Place to display knick-knacks |
SHELF |
| Danger |
PERIL |
| Insurer named for a volcano |
AETNA |
| Beavers’ creations |
DAMS |
| Italian currency |
EURO |
| Figure skating leap |
AXEL |
| Not imaginary |
REAL |
| Make a skirt, perhaps |
SEW |
| Dim ___ |
SUM |