Eugene Sheffer Answers November 15, 2023
Author: Eugene Sheffer
Across
| Barn birds | OWLS |
| “Terrif!” | FAB |
| Big swig | GULP |
| Blockhead | DOPE |
| Here (Fr.) | ICI |
| Draft status | ONEA |
| Super exhausted | DOGTIRED |
| Japanese noodle | UDON |
| Bed boards | SLATS |
| Firstborn | ELDEST |
| Faucet problem | LEAK |
| Scull tool | OAR |
| Constructed | MADE |
| — Valley, Calif. | SIMI |
| Weir | DAM |
| Swelled head | EGO |
| Scrabble pieces | TILES |
| Tin Man’s need | OIL |
| Witty one | WAG |
| Sombreros and fedoras | HATS |
| Taj Mahal city | AGRA |
| Thanksgiving dessert | PIE |
| Carpet type | SHAG |
| Make numb | DEADEN |
| Leveling wedges | SHIMS |
| Nick and Nora’s pet | ASTA |
| Team leader | ALPHADOG |
| Craving | ITCH |
| Victory sign | VEE |
| Membership | SEAT |
| Manhattan area | SOHO |
| Verily | YEA |
| Makes lace | TATS |
Down
| Probability | ODDS |
| Scarf material | WOOL |
| Links org. | LPGA |
| Avoid a trial | SETTLE |
| Tall tree | FIR |
| High card | ACE |
| Wait | BIDE |
| Dutch cheese | GOUDA |
| Winner in an upset | UNDERDOG |
| Some July babies | LEOS |
| Huff and puff | PANT |
| British verb ending | ISE |
| Lane of The Daily Planet | LOIS |
| Pakistan’s continent | ASIA |
| Scottish skirts | KILTS |
| Kitten’s cry | MEW |
| Khan title | AGA |
| Li’l Abner’s locale | DOGPATCH |
| Screen material | MESH |
| Melody | AIR |
| Org. with a style manual | MLA |
| Quaker pronoun | THEE |
| Shocked | AGHAST |
| The Gem State | IDAHO |
| Fire sign? | ASH |
| Lectern locale | DAIS |
| Spanish for “this” | ESTO |
| Dark blue | NAVY |
| Notion | IDEA |
| Castle defense | MOAT |
| Pvt.’s superiors | SGTS |
| Country music star Greenwood | LEE |
| Pot pie morsel | PEA |