Eugene Sheffer – King Feature Syndicate – Dec 30, 2023, Clues and Answers
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| “Hard as nails,” for one | SIMILE |
| “Okay, here goes …” | ILLTRY |
| “So be it” | AMEN |
| “West Side Story” gang | JETS |
| “— 18” (Uris novel) | MILA |
| Actor Richard | EGAN |
| Athletic shoe brand | AVIA |
| Autumnal drinks | CIDERS |
| Black birds | ANIS |
| Camper’s shelter | TENT |
| Cheeky back talk | SASS |
| Chemical suffix | ENE |
| Chimney grime | SOOT |
| Conducted | LED |
| Cream-pie flavor | BANANA |
| Director DeMille | CECIL |
| Ex-Yankee Martinez | TINO |
| Facts and figures | DATA |
| Feels unwell | AILS |
| Film fragment | CLIP |
| Flamenco cry | OLE |
| Friendly leader? | USER |
| Gag | JOKE |
| Genesis garden | EDEN |
| Glass of public radio | IRA |
| Golfer Ernie | ELS |
| Gratuity | TIP |
| Heavyweight champ Norton | KEN |
| High-five sound | SLAP |
| Infamous tsar | IVAN |
| Journalist Tarbell | IDA |
| Lane | PATH |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Leslie of “Gigi” | CARON |
| Low-calorie | LITE |
| Lucy of “Elementary” | LIU |
| Makes lace | TATS |
| Maxim | ADAGE |
| Ms. Rowlands | GENA |
| New England cape | ANN |
| New York’s — Field | CITI |
| Nursery cry | MAMA |
| Overconfident | SMUG |
| Ovid’s 53 | LIII |
| Peace goddess | IRENE |
| Petty peeve | NIT |
| Post-WWII alliance | NATO |
| Praise in verse | ODE |
| Prefix with athlete | TRI |
| Quarterback Marino | DAN |
| Ritzy | POSH |
| School grounds | CAMPUS |
| Seuss title character | YERTLE |
| Shakespeare verse | SONNET |
| Slowly, in music | ADAGIO |
| Some first responders | PARAMEDICS |
| Sony rival | RCA |
| Spring flower | IRIS |
| Texter’s chuckle | LOL |
| Tolkien creature | ENT |
| Trench | PIT |
| Unpaid TV spot | PSA |
| Urban carrier | CAB |
| Workers in a law firm | PARALEGALS |
| Zap with a beam | LASE |