Crossword: by Billie Truitt
Across
| Hair on an eyelid |
LASH |
| Don’t play fair |
CHEAT |
| Napper’s spot |
SOFA |
| Regarding, in memos |
ASTO |
| Mrs. George W. Bush |
LAURA |
| Located above |
OVER |
| Side __ (driver’s vision aid) |
VIEWMIRROR |
| Consider to be |
DEEM |
| In no particular order |
ATRANDOM |
| Trousers |
PANTS |
| Sheepskin boot brand |
UGG |
| On the summit of |
ATOP |
| Diploma recipients, for short |
GRADS |
| __ side (shove out of the way) |
PUSHTOONE |
| Any formal ceremony |
RITE |
| Family room |
DEN |
| Nanny from another country |
AUPAIR |
| Long __ (way back) |
AGO |
| Grenades and swords |
WEAPONS |
| Boxing match ender, for short |
TKO |
| Islamic ruler |
SULTAN |
| Annoy |
IRK |
| Are unable to do without |
NEED |
| Side-__ (very funny) |
SPLITTING |
| Concise in wording |
TERSE |
| Disorganized jumble |
MESS |
| Day after Wed. |
THU |
| Runner in the lead |
PACER |
| “Oh, really?” |
ISTHATSO |
| Triple-decker cookie |
OREO |
| __ side (bad way to get out of bed) |
ONTHEWRONG |
| __-addressed stamped envelope |
SELF |
| Goes bad, as milk |
SOURS |
| Operatic solo |
ARIA |
| Fifty percent |
HALF |
| Excessive, as force |
UNDUE |
| Allows |
LETS |
Down
| Washroom, briefly |
LAV |
| India’s continent |
ASIA |
| Editor’s “don’t delete” |
STET |
| “Very impolite!” |
HOWRUDE |
| Stick (to), as wet paper to glass |
CLING |
| Difficult |
HARD |
| Money in Italy and France |
EURO |
| Enticing smells |
AROMAS |
| Paving goo |
TAR |
| Any carbonated soft drink |
SODAPOP |
| Baker’s appliance |
OVEN |
| Twelve-inch measures |
FEET |
| Limbs inside sleeves |
ARMS |
| Periodicals, for short |
MAGS |
| Acronym for the Oval Office VIP |
POTUS |
| Show gratitude to |
THANK |
| Lawn growth |
GRASS |
| Assemble haphazardly |
RIGUP |
| Coral reef island |
ATOLL |
| Veggie in a pod |
PEA |
| Remove, as a corsage |
UNPIN |
| Wild West movie |
OATER |
| Alternatives to Reeboks |
NIKES |
| Wear away |
ERODE |
| Minor fender flaws |
DENTS |
| What fills a reservoir |
WATER |
| Nonprofit’s URL ender |
ORG |
| A few days’ break from work |
TIMEOFF |
| Not taking sides |
NEUTRAL |
| Knows all about |
ISINON |
| Start to melt |
THAW |
| The things here |
THESE |
| Luxurious |
POSH |
| Square footage |
AREA |
| Mobile phone |
CELL |
| Buttonlike earring |
STUD |
| Drive-__ window |
THRU |
| With achy muscles |
SORE |
| “Put a lid __!” |
ONIT |
| Columbus campus: Abbr. |
OSU |
| Auto fuel |
GAS |