NetWord Crossword Answers March 07, 2023
Author: by Billie Truitt
Across
| Kilt, for example | SKIRT |
| Marine NCOs | SGTS |
| Do laps in the pool | SWIM |
| New staff member | HIREE |
| Jump like a kangaroo | LEAP |
| Big fuss | TODO |
| Without an escort | ALONE |
| Prefix meaning “against” | ANTI |
| Cookie with creme filling | OREO |
| Bart Simpson’s “Calm down!” | DONTHAVEACOWMAN |
| Newspaper executives: Abbr. | EDS |
| Three letters in “mammoth” | EMS |
| Packed up a moving van | LOADED |
| Stand up | RISE |
| Freight weight measure | TON |
| “Me, myself, __” | ANDI |
| Garment rip | TEAR |
| Narrow canyon | GORGE |
| Extremely obstinate | STUBBORNASAMULE |
| Tortilla chip dip | SALSA |
| Vent one’s rage | RANT |
| Cooled down with cubes | ICED |
| Choose, with “for” | OPT |
| Roster | LIST |
| Blood vessel | ARTERY |
| “School of thought” suffix | ISM |
| Untruth | LIE |
| Purchases sight-unseen | BUYSAPIGINAPOKE |
| White gemstone | OPAL |
| Father of Cain and Abel | ADAM |
| Desert caravan beast | CAMEL |
| Not very common | RARE |
| Film excerpt | CLIP |
| Fork prongs | TINES |
| Takeoff approximations: Abbr. | ETDS |
| Perfect scores for gymnasts | TENS |
| Take potshots (at) | SNIPE |
Down
| Caviar fish | SHAD |
| Metric prefix for “thousand” | KILO |
| Waffle-cooking appliance | IRON |
| Landlord’s income | RENT |
| Little laugh | TEEHEE |
| Native Czechs and Poles | SLAVS |
| DNA bit | GENE |
| “Bye-bye!” | TATA |
| Ginger and nutmeg | SPICES |
| Stores in an overhead bin | STOWS |
| Early bird’s reward | WORM |
| Brainstorm | IDEA |
| Apollo 11 destination | MOON |
| Increase, as a collection | ADDTO |
| Last Greek letter | OMEGA |
| Rodeo rope | LASSO |
| Ready to serve from a keg | ONTAP |
| Grown-up | ADULT |
| First claim, informally | DIBS |
| Charged toward | RANAT |
| Teheran’s country | IRAN |
| Cease-fire | TRUCE |
| Impolite starer | OGLER |
| Down-and-out | NEEDY |
| Makes a mistake | ERRS |
| Skip over | OMIT |
| Lightweight model wood | BALSA |
| Discolored spot on clothes | STAIN |
| Collide with | IMPACT |
| Gives feedback | REACTS |
| Dots of land in the sea | ISLES |
| Walks with difficulty | LIMPS |
| Tiresome speaker | BORE |
| __ the crack of dawn | UPAT |
| Three-foot measure | YARD |
| Not doing anything | IDLE |
| Stock market increase | GAIN |
| __ in the neck (annoyance) | PAIN |
| Prefix meaning “everything” | OMNI |
| Don’t discard | KEEP |
| “So what __ is new?” | ELSE |