Star Tribune Puzzle Answers December 19, 2023
Author: Boatload Puzzles
Across
| Average (hyph.) | Soso |
| Postage sticker | Stamp |
| Bubble ____ | Bath |
| A Baldwin brother | Alec |
| Theater employee | Usher |
| Pang | Ache |
| Bog fuel | Peat |
| Digging tool | Spade |
| True | Real |
| Musical works | Sonatas |
| Knife or fork | Utensil |
| Habit wearer | Nun |
| Sailing | Asea |
| Slalom participant | Skier |
| Carry | Transport |
| Coal measure | Ton |
| Brood | Fret |
| Musician ____ Wonder | Stevie |
| Soften | Ease |
| Deport | Exile |
| Cushions | Pads |
| Warns of danger | Alerts |
| Valise | Case |
| Permit | Let |
| Fabrics | Materials |
| Sloppy | Messy |
| Doing nothing | Idle |
| Noise | Din |
| Fragment | Snippet |
| Sewing guide | Pattern |
| Attractive | Cute |
| Not as old | Newer |
| Medicinal herb | Aloe |
| Fruit drinks | Ades |
| Box | Crate |
| Capri or Man | Isle |
| Office note | Memo |
| Road bends | Esses |
| Sly glance | Leer |
Down
| Tree fluids | Saps |
| Margarine | Oleo |
| Penn or Connery | Sean |
| Gasoline rating | Octane |
| Actress ____ Sarandon | Susan |
| Chef’s units (abbr.) | Tsps |
| Exclamation of triumph | Aha |
| Snake-haired woman | Medusa |
| False ____ | Pretenses |
| Hayloft locale | Barn |
| High cards | Aces |
| Bangkok native | Thai |
| Hades | Hell |
| Grass | Turf |
| West’s opposite | East |
| Newspaper story | Article |
| Iron setting | Steam |
| Australian marsupial | Koala |
| Map detail | Inset |
| ____-Mex cuisine | Tex |
| Animation | Pep |
| Track shapes | Ovals |
| Goes by taxi | Rides |
| Irritable | Testy |
| Domicile | Residence |
| Poet’s “before” | Ere |
| “Leaving ____ Vegas” | Las |
| Stumble | Trip |
| Send out | Emit |
| Changes | Alters |
| Involve | Entail |
| Challenges | Dares |
| Sting | Scam |
| Unclothed | Nude |
| Gossip bit | Item |
| Mexican money | Peso |
| Singer ____ Seeger | Pete |
| Different | Else |
| ____ model | Role |
| Not ever, poetically | Neer |
| Used to be | Was |