Author: by Steve Mossberg %26 Brooke Husic
Across
| Backtalk |
SASS |
| Closes completely |
SEALS |
| Parts of some Disney headbands |
EARS |
| FAMU or N.C. A&T |
HBCU |
| Not illuminated |
UNLIT |
| Follow a gluten-free ___ |
DIET |
| Woodwind with a 2.5-octave range |
OBOE |
| Biryani side |
RAITA |
| Strongly encourage |
URGE |
| Birds that communicate with rhythmic drumming |
WOODPECKERS |
| Christmas tree type |
FIR |
| Say |
UTTER |
| Not wordy |
TERSE |
| Eggs on sushi |
ROE |
| A perfect Pac-Man score is 3,333,360 (Abbr.) |
PTS |
| “___ alive!” |
ITS |
| Indigenous Caribbean |
TAINO |
| Sun Devils’ sch. |
ASU |
| Talk and talk |
GAB |
| Jazz guitarist Montgomery |
WES |
| Comic book series following five girls’ adventures at scout camp |
LUMBERJANES |
| Word before “Habit” in a Steve Lacy song title or “Habits” in an Ed Sheeran song title |
BAD |
| Worked as a pilot |
AVIATED |
| ___ trap (Bad Bunny genre) |
LATIN |
| Part of a seatbelt |
STRAP |
| Molecule with a charge |
ION |
| Promoting an album, perhaps |
ONTOUR |
| Hang down like a jhumka earring |
DANGLE |
| Beethoven’s “___ to Joy” |
ODE |
| Boots associated with hip-hop culture |
TIMBERLANDS |
| Samosa veggies |
PEAS |
| Japanese poetry form |
HAIKU |
| Nearly all |
MOST |
| British noble |
EARL |
| Long part of a flower |
STEM |
| Chapters of history |
ERAS |
| Responsibility |
DUTY |
| Some magazine employees (Abbr.) |
EDS |
| Drops on morning grass |
DEW |
Down
| Be there for someone |
SHOWUP |
| “___ Elementary” |
ABBOTT |
| Slides over a bit |
SCOOTS |
| Velvety leather |
SUEDE |
| Confident |
SURE |
| Makes into law |
ENACTS |
| Similar |
ALIKE |
| Soda bottle size |
LITER |
| Constellation components |
STARS |
| Ending of a student email address |
EDU |
| Makes crisp (but not greasy) with a kitchen device |
AIRFRIES |
| Areas |
REGIONS |
| Boombox |
STEREO |
| Object that separates light |
PRISM |
| Good to go |
SET |
| Big brass instrument in banda music |
TUBA |
| Wowed |
AWED |
| Video’s counterpart |
AUDIO |
| Strength of character |
GRIT |
| Almost shut |
AJAR |
| Yoruba percussion instruments |
BATADRUMS |
| Barista’s foam drawing |
LATTEART |
| Gasless cars (Abbr.) |
EVS |
| Tibet’s neighbor |
NEPAL |
| Strapless top |
BANDEAU |
| ___ in (on the email chain) |
LOOPED |
| Pecan or pistachio |
NUT |
| Don’t pay attention to |
IGNORE |
| Familiar saying |
OLDSAW |
| Ovenbirds make theirs on forest floors |
NESTS |
| “Anti” singer, to fans |
RIH |
| Identified |
NAMED |
| Opposite of “menos” |
MAS |
| Quick snack |
BITE |
| ___ by (just barely made it) |
EKED |
| Sneaky |
SLY |