Code Letter Crossword Answers October 09, 2023
Crossword: by Gail Grabowski
Across
| Mall tenants | SHOPS |
| Touches on the shoulder | TAPS |
| British fellow | CHAP |
| 10% donation | TITHE |
| Oil cartel letters | OPEC |
| Leaning Tower city | PISA |
| Make changes to | ALTER |
| “__ Sir or Madam . . .” | DEAR |
| First part of a play | ACTI |
| Get very angry | BLOWAGASKET |
| Aunts and uncles | KIN |
| Get nosy | PRY |
| Classify | ASSORT |
| Los Angeles baseballer | DODGER |
| One pitching a tent | CAMPER |
| Fake name | ALIAS |
| Big marching-band instrument | TUBA |
| Sailor’s “yes” | AYE |
| Untidiness | MESS |
| Planetary path | ORBIT |
| Break sharply | SNAP |
| “No talking!” | SHH |
| Dog’s paws | FEET |
| Residence | HOUSE |
| Devoured, with “down” | WOLFED |
| “Big game” tracker | HUNTER |
| Theater platforms | STAGES |
| Suffix for super | IOR |
| “My country, __ of thee” | TIS |
| Flash of lightning | THUNDERBOLT |
| Honolulu’s island | OAHU |
| Whitish gemstone | OPAL |
| Google rival | YAHOO |
| Metallic rocks | ORES |
| “Garfield “dog | ODIE |
| The Teamsters, for one | UNION |
| Take a risk | DARE |
| Spilled the beans | TOLD |
| Unskilled workers | PEONS |
Down
| Wild guess | STAB |
| Small mountain | HILL |
| “Beetle Bailey” bulldog | OTTO |
| “That was close!” | PHEW |
| Mexican shawls | SERAPES |
| At present | TODAY |
| Gorillas and chimps | APES |
| Mountaintop | PEAK |
| Bawl out | SCREAMAT |
| Tax form expert: Abbr. | CPA |
| Pecan cousin | HICKORYNUT |
| Up and about | ASTIR |
| Work with watercolors | PAINT |
| Angry dog’s sound | GRR |
| Sugar measurement: Abbr. | TSP |
| Winter or summer | SEASON |
| River blocker | DAM |
| Bullring cheers | OLES |
| Kitchen appliance | DISHWASHER |
| Fuel-guzzling auto | GASHOG |
| Shaped like dice | CUBED |
| Just __ (slightly) | ABIT |
| Maple or mahogany | TREE |
| Make less difficult | EASE |
| Outgrowth | OFFSHOOT |
| Part of mph | PER |
| “Get a move on!” | HURRYUP |
| Allow | LET |
| Ground-breaking farm tool | HOE |
| Got out of a chair | STOOD |
| Beauty pageant crown | TIARA |
| Ran in neutral | IDLED |
| Off-the-neck hairstyle | UPDO |
| Hammer’s target | NAIL |
| Ruination | BANE |
| Cleveland’s state | OHIO |
| Lake bird | LOON |
| Heavy weights | TONS |
| Take advantage of | USE |