Code Letter Answers November 22, 2023
Crossword: by Fred Piscop
Across
| Right __ (90-degree shape) | ANGLE |
| Pond fish | CARP |
| __ and don’ts | DOS |
| Lo-cal salad-dressing phrase | NOOIL |
| Lyft competitor | UBER |
| Wistful sound | SIGH |
| Had some water | DRANK |
| Batman or Spider-Man | SUPERHERO |
| Reduced-price event | SALE |
| Winter hrs. in Maryland | EST |
| On a couch | SEATED |
| New Mexico cultural center | TAOS |
| Worked undercover | SPIED |
| Fruity frozen dessert | SHERBET |
| Most peculiar | ODDEST |
| Lone Ranger’s sidekick | TONTO |
| Long part of a vacuum cleaner | HOSE |
| Lingering mark | SCAR |
| German conjunction | UND |
| Olympics dueler | EPEEIST |
| Luau instrument | UKE |
| Beverage served on tap | BEER |
| Folk knowledge | LORE |
| Judges’ attire | ROBES |
| Tapped into, as expertise | DREWON |
| Overlook, as faults | SEEPAST |
| Very small amounts | MITES |
| Unwanted lawn plant | WEED |
| “It’s about time!” | ATLAST |
| Cocktail cooler | ICE |
| Go on horseback, say | RIDE |
| Person harvesting honey | BEEKEEPER |
| Auctioneer’s hammer | GAVEL |
| Sprinter’s path | LANE |
| Be nomadic | ROVE |
| Entries on a list | ITEMS |
| CPR expert | EMT |
| Slow-cooker meal | STEW |
| Not long-winded | TERSE |
Down
| “No ifs, __, or buts” | ANDS |
| Romance novelist Roberts | NORA |
| Hockey player guarding the net | GOALTENDER |
| Pen-and-ink drawings | LINEART |
| Reindeer relative | ELK |
| “Ornery” fellow | CUSS |
| Borders on | ABUTS |
| Person on commission, for short | REP |
| Chairs a meeting | PRESIDES |
| Meal plan | DIET |
| Storybook brute | OGRE |
| Wearing loafers or sneakers | SHOD |
| Shields from the sun | SHADES |
| Swamp stalk | REED |
| Suffix for language names | ESE |
| Woodwind instrument | OBOE |
| Small bouquets | POSIES |
| Theater ticket remnant | STUB |
| Sharpened, as a skill | HONED |
| Ideal partner | THEONE |
| Underwater explorer | SCUBADIVER |
| Walks off with | TAKES |
| “__ the ramparts . . .” | OER |
| Take a break | REST |
| Conspirators | PLOTTERS |
| Genealogy diagram | TREE |
| New version of a movie | REMAKE |
| Run, as machinery | OPERATE |
| Showing good judgment | WISE |
| Lamb’s mother | EWE |
| Kitchen strainer | SIEVE |
| Fit for the task | ABLE |
| Any sports squad | TEAM |
| Gave temporarily | LENT |
| Ship’s staff | CREW |
| JFK and FDR | DEMS |
| Other than that | ELSE |
| Flower holder | POT |
| “Vamoose!” | GIT |