Author: by Willa Angel Chen Miller
Across
| 2.54 centimeters, roughly |
INCH |
| Was tickled, perhaps |
HADALAUGH |
| Draped garment |
SARI |
| “That’s my own fault” |
IDESERVEIT |
| Las Vegas WNBA team |
ACES |
| Shrewdly conducted exchange |
HORSETRADE |
| “I figured it out!” |
AHA |
| Give a heads-up |
WARN |
| 122 square miles, for Malta |
AREA |
| Jam alternative |
COMPOTE |
| TV award |
EMMY |
| Gentlemen |
SIRS |
| Android Cupcake or Froyo |
VERSION |
| Smell skunky |
STINK |
| Identity-concealing name |
ALIAS |
| Dynasty before the Tang |
SUI |
| Play place with a kitchen |
PICKLEBALLCOURT |
| Oft-torn knee part: Abbr. |
ACL |
| Many OPEC meeting attendees |
ARABS |
| Momentary lack |
LAPSE |
| Hard-to-convince sort |
SKEPTIC |
| Group with the most widely circulated magazine in the U.S. |
AARP |
| Chive’s relative |
LEEK |
| Date for an event |
PLUSONE |
| Up the ___ (raise the stakes) |
ANTE |
| Back muscles, for short |
LATS |
| Act immorally |
SIN |
| Paragons of unfairness |
LOADEDDICE |
| Message such as “plz call me” |
TEXT |
| Person making Fluffy fluffy |
PETGROOMER |
| The “U” in UI |
USER |
| Is very disoriented |
SEESSTARS |
| Main part of an essay |
BODY |
Down
| Asimov who defined the Three Laws of Robotics |
ISAAC |
| Cheesy chip |
NACHO |
| Frozen orange treat |
CREAMSICLE |
| That guy’s |
HIS |
| Foot-operated cymbals |
HIHATS |
| Love a lot |
ADORE |
| Laura of “Big Little Lies” |
DERN |
| Total jerk |
ASS |
| Juneteenth advocate Opal |
LEE |
| Creative output |
ART |
| Invisible beams that can clean |
UVRAYS |
| Reverse or drive |
GEAR |
| Something to do when “it” counts |
HIDE |
| Meaning of “cha” in “matcha” |
TEA |
| Stay for overtime pay, perhaps |
WORKLATE |
| Singer whose name is often stylized with an exclamation mark |
PINK |
| Bad things |
EVILS |
| Serving between snacks |
MEAL |
| Woman living at the 90th parallel north |
MRSCLAUS |
| “Hmm, yeah” |
ISUPPOSESO |
| Belonging to us |
OURS |
| “Nick at ___” |
NITE |
| Massage spots |
SPAS |
| Watch sound |
TICK |
| Taken ___ |
ABACK |
| Breed with yellow and chocolate varieties, for short |
LAB |
| Smallest Great Lake, by volume |
ERIE |
| Crew equipment |
OARS |
| Promise |
PLEDGE |
| Changes |
ALTERS |
| The NBA’s Reggie Miller, e.g. |
PACER |
| Vetoed |
NIXED |
| What a general admission ticket grants |
ENTRY |
| The Matterhorn or the Lagginhorn |
ALP |
| “Not in a million years” and “When pigs fly” |
NOES |
| British gallery name |
TATE |
| Peruvian capital |
LIMA |
| Triage places: Abbr. |
ERS |
| Cinco menos tres |
DOS |
| “Polka” follower |
DOT |
| But spelled in reverse? |
TUB |