Crossword: by Steve Mossberg
Across
| Starter pack |
ATEAM |
| Many a golf course |
PATH |
| Not a good deal |
SCAM |
| “Brain’s Scriptwriter” per Johns Hopkins |
BROCASAREA |
| Go blue |
MOPE |
| Fall plant |
BANANAPEEL |
| One of a holy twelve |
IMAM |
| Half the time |
AMS |
| Oh-so, so to speak |
TRES |
| First Cuban dance with worldwide popularity |
BOLERO |
| Rocket |
SOAR |
| Commands |
BEHESTS |
| Professional poker |
ACUPUNCTURIST |
| Secluded |
LONE |
| Many a movement |
RONDO |
| “Like Wind __”: Rubaiyat |
IGO |
| Certain spore source |
MOLD |
| Sews up, say |
DARNS |
| “Righteous” man mentioned in Matthew |
ABEL |
| Rhythm with riffs and shuffles |
SKA |
| How some toothpicks are made |
MINTY |
| How some stoveware is made |
CLAD |
| Call for caution |
WHOAEASYTHERE |
| Takes the risk out of? |
DEFANGS |
| What’s seen at the end of the line |
LURE |
| A bit seedy? |
OVULAR |
| Got rubbed down |
WORE |
| Tut’s relative |
TSK |
| Support for a sash |
SILL |
| Pet program |
ADOPTATHON |
| Helen Keller cofounded it |
ACLU |
| Serving in the Vatican |
MINESTRONE |
| One of Milton’s “baleful streams” |
STYX |
| Firms up |
SETS |
| What suits many soldiers |
SERGE |
Down
| Group with a 2022 London concert residence |
ABBA |
| Amusement park ride |
TRAM |
| What mountains form over |
EONS |
| 111th US Congress passage |
ACA |
| Steamed bun from China |
MANTOU |
| Japanese restaurant decor |
PAPERCRANES |
| Father of Rome’s founder |
ARES |
| Stick named for its shape |
TEE |
| Swiss Guard weapons |
HALBERDS |
| Beams |
SMILES |
| OK to put away |
COMESTIBLE |
| Not touching |
APART |
| Some check writing |
MEMOS |
| Make for after-dinner |
SARAN |
| Where Ivory Soap was born |
OHIO |
| Flew |
SPED |
| Runs not very fast |
BUNNYSLOPES |
| Pillar of Islam subject |
ALMS |
| Easter Island visitor (1774) |
COOK |
| In a bad way |
UNLAWFULLY |
| Sweet cake in Milan or Montevideo |
TORTA |
| Second or third |
GEAR |
| Dated long ago |
OLDE |
| Manual art |
DIAGRAMS |
| Really long”” |
ACHE |
| Marge’s mother-in-law |
MONA |
| Biggest little piggy |
HALLUX |
| Offgrid Dwellings offering |
YURTS |
| Covers all |
TREATS |
| Rice crepes of India |
DOSAS |
| Verb from the Latin for “conquer” |
EVICT |
| Regular practice |
WONT |
| Legendary chariot driver |
THOR |
| Work done in bars |
SONG |
| One seen around calves |
KNEE |
| Strauss opera article |
DIE |
| “I __ Moschettieri” |
TRE |