Star Tribune Answers November 14, 2023
Author: Boatload Puzzles
Across
Iridescent gem | Opal |
Chows down | Eats |
Range | Scope |
Sit for an artist | Pose |
Additional | More |
Respect | Honor |
Financial officer | Treasurer |
Go in | Enter |
Gaze steadily | Stare |
Young adult | Teen |
Folding beds | Cots |
Wine valley | Napa |
Naught | None |
Actress ____ Anderson | Pamela |
Storyteller | Narrator |
Served perfectly | Aced |
____ in full | Paid |
Suspect’s story | Alibi |
Indicate agreement | Nod |
Frank and Rice | Annes |
MGM lion | Leo |
Not as wet | Drier |
Try out | Test |
Sparrow’s abode | Nest |
Careful study | Analysis |
Dwellings | Abodes |
Bottomless | Deep |
Jogging gait | Trot |
Glen | Dale |
Launder | Wash |
Fertile spots | Oases |
Inactive | Inert |
River transport of yore | Steamboat |
Like old bread | Stale |
Gull’s kin | Tern |
Volcanic rock | Lava |
African country | Kenya |
Had bills | Owed |
Squeaks by | Ekes |
Down
Picks | Opts |
Harbor | Port |
Between ports | Asea |
Figured out | Learned |
Ostrich’s kin | Emu |
Main artery | Aorta |
Family chart | Tree |
Love songs | Serenades |
That girl | She |
Hide | Conceal |
Aware of | Onto |
Verse maker | Poet |
Slips up | Errs |
Official stamp | Seal |
Likewise not | Nor |
Mama’s spouse | Papa |
Gun owners’ org. | Nra |
Chinese mammal | Panda |
Squirrel’s treat | Acorn |
Radio and newspapers, e.g. | Media |
Baseball teams | Nines |
Laid bathroom flooring | Tiled |
Fat | Obese |
Melees | Riots |
Italian appetizer course | Antipasto |
Big Dipper component | Star |
Not youthful | Elderly |
Bread choice | Rye |
Remarkable | Notable |
Baste | Sew |
Cannon sound | Boom |
Not here | There |
Floppy ____ | Disk |
Starting bet | Ante |
Tilt | Lean |
Brood | Stew |
Saturate | Soak |
Roof part | Eave |
Amtrak terminals (abbr.) | Stas |
Hot drink | Tea |
Common conjunction | And |