Author: Daniel Grinberg
Editor: Will Shortz
Across
Pink, purple and blue Pride display, familiarly |
BIFLAG |
Hound |
NAG |
Kind of opening |
JOB |
Frontwoman for the Pussycats |
JOSIE |
Nipple rings |
AREOLAE |
Target of an inventory scan |
BARCODE |
Acting like |
APING |
Fault line? |
GUILTYASCHARGED |
Qualifier for a date |
CIRCA |
Olaf’s creator in “Frozen” |
ELSA |
Nickname that drops “An-“ |
DRE |
A gig has a thousand of these |
MEGS |
Permitted |
OKAYED |
Permitted |
LET |
Fine line? |
CANTCOMPLAIN |
Atomic number of neon |
TEN |
Preserves things? |
JARS |
Shaped like a kiwifruit |
OVATE |
Processes |
DIGESTS |
___ attachment |
EMAIL |
Anatomical stabilizer |
TOE |
The Green Hornet’s assistant |
KATO |
Not down, in a way |
SIP |
Fishing line? |
TELLMEIMPRETTY |
Mediterranean morsel |
OLIVE |
Get just right |
NAIL |
Long-running police procedural, for short |
NCIS |
Catalan artist Joan |
MIRO |
Thought the world of |
ADORED |
“To Kill a Mockingbird” setting |
ALABAMA |
Match well with |
BEFIT |
First color TV manufacturer |
RCA |
Subway line? |
SIXINCHORFOOTLONG |
Tittle |
DOT |
s-’80s Supreme Court justice ___ F. Powell Jr. |
LEWIS |
Scams |
RIPSOFF |
With an eager spirit |
GAMELY |
Landed |
ALIT |
Flying formations |
VEES |
March ___ |
HARE |
South American grassland |
LLANO |
Assembly line? |
PLEASEBESEATED |
Variety |
ILK |
Boxing stats |
TKOS |
Celestial shape |
ORB |
British bottoms |
ARSES |
Ladybugs and fireflies |
BEETLES |
Some sports car features |
TTOPS |
Currency replaced by the euro |
MARK |
North American fish with toxic roe |
GAR |
Power line? |
YOURETHEBOSS |
Simple card game |
WAR |
Groundskeeping equipment |
MOWERS |
It’s signed after a break |
CAST |
Otherworldly creatures, for short |
ETS |
Z, to Zeno |
ZETA |
Illegal offering |
BRIBE |
Subject line? |
GODSAVETHEQUEEN |
Passage of rite? |
AISLE |
Two outs left, in baseball |
ONEAWAY |
Performed really badly |
STUNKAT |
Timetable: Abbr. |
SCHED |
“There’s more to the story, right?” |
AND |
“The Shining” prop |
AXE |
Quakes |
SEISMS |
Down
There’s a hole in one |
BAGEL |
Gloater’s cry |
IRULE |
One-named indie singer with the 2007 hit “1234” |
FEIST |
Kinks hit that starts “I met her in a club down in old Soho” |
LOLA |
Neighbor of Ctrl |
ALT |
Sense of orientation |
GAYDAR |
Peacock parent |
NBC |
Exclamation of amazement |
AAH |
Alternative to nana |
GRAMMA |
Shake slightly |
JOGGLE |
Ukraine’s third most populous city |
ODESA |
Where a lot of lying happens |
BED |
Item in a trunk |
JACK |
Post-surgery prescription |
OPIATE |
Private line? |
SIRYESSIR |
Motivator |
INCENTIVE |
“Crikey!” |
EGAD |
Brings in |
EARNS |
Moved like a cat burglar |
CREPT |
Word after dead or data |
SET |
Volunteer’s declaration |
ONIT |
Soothe |
CALM |
Communal housing arrangements |
COOPS |
/, in math |
OVER |
Director Lupino |
IDA |
Co-founder of the Joining Forces initiative, with Michelle Obama |
JILLBIDEN |
One role in a classic interrogation trope |
GOODCOP |
Zoomed |
SPED |
World Heritage Site in Sicily |
ETNA |
Ground grain |
MEAL |
Dame Edna, for Barry Humphries |
ALIAS |
“Enough! I get the picture already!” |
TMI |
Capital of Japan until 1868 |
KYOTO |
Hostile state |
ENMITY |
Volunteer’s declaration |
ICAN |
Like many retired professors |
EMERITA |
Petty arguments |
TIFFS |
TLC or Run-D.M.C. |
TRIO |
Person of interest? |
LOANSHARK |
HBO comedy about a sports agent |
ARLISS |
Salamander named after an Aztec deity |
AXOLOTL |
___ knife |
BOWIE |
Gives a hand? |
CLAPS |
Hot spot |
HELL |
Genealogist’s chart |
TREE |
Kids and nannies |
GOATS |
Liberated |
FREE |
N.S.A. agents, e.g. |
FEDS |
Superficial, in a way |
GLIB |
Rich with metaphor |
ALLEGORIC |
Party line? |
MAKEAWISH |
What might lead to a bridge |
VERSE |
Subside |
EBB |
Second-year: Abbr. |
SOPH |
Bunny ___ (photo prank) |
EARS |
Janitor’s ringful |
KEYS |
Spanish “bear” |
OSO |
Kind of clef |
TREBLE |
Switched |
TRADED |
Actress Thompson of “Westworld” |
TESSA |
Canadian Tulip Festival location |
OTTAWA |
Light-headed sorts? |
MOTHS |
Selling points |
ASSETS |
School name that sounds like a Canadian territory |
UCONN |
Hip Hop Awards channel |
BET |
Gestational metric |
WEEKS |
First-stringers |
ATEAM |
Posts in a rage, perhaps |
RANTS |
Degrees for C.F.O.s |
MBAS |
Bog plant |
REED |
New Mexican tribe |
ZUNI |
___-courtin’ |
GOA |
Shot in the arm, slangily |
VAX |
Word after stink or pink |
EYE |
What’s what in Oaxaca |
QUE |