Author: Grace Warrington and Greg Warrington
Editor: Will Shortz
Across
| Put down |
ABASE |
| Help (out) |
BAIL |
| Life phases, in social media lingo |
ERAS |
| Katey of “Married … With Children” |
SAGAL |
| International chain whose name can be a prefix |
OMNI |
| Weather the storm |
LAST |
| Not take any chances |
PLAYITSAFE |
| “No ___” |
DICE |
| Disavowed MI6 agent in the “Mission: Impossible” franchise |
ILSA |
| ___ buco |
OSSO |
| Sister of Castor and Pollux |
HELEN |
| They’re done on the fly |
RUSHJOBS |
| Didn’t beat |
LOSTTO |
| Prefix with -gram |
EPI |
| Connection between names |
AKA |
| “Listen …” |
GETTHIS |
| “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” e.g. |
CULTCLASSIC |
| In the nick of time |
NONETOOSOON |
| Series that begins on the ice planet Pagodon, with “The” |
MANDALORIAN |
| Possible (but extremely unlikely) setting for a double albatross |
PARFIVE |
| Sign |
INK |
| Nutrition fig. |
RDA |
| How salmon is served in nigiri sushi, but not in sashimi |
ONRICE |
| Large wine cask |
HOGSHEAD |
| Something a rival may throw |
SHADE |
| Set of rounds |
BOUT |
| “Alas!” |
OHME |
| Tiny scrap |
IOTA |
| Big ticket purchase? |
SEASONPASS |
| The Phoenix of the N.C.A.A. |
ELON |
| Noble figure |
EARL |
| Pioneer in I.Q. testing |
BINET |
| Muralist who was a colleague of Dalí |
SERT |
| Boy’s name consisting of an English word followed by its Spanish equivalent |
ANDY |
| Take |
ANGLE |
Down
| Shoot for the moon |
ASPIRE |
| Crumple |
BALLUP |
| Writer of the 2009 autobiography “Open” |
AGASSI |
| “Open wide” |
SAYAH |
| Man’s name that’s an anagram of 9-Down |
ELI |
| Video game climax |
BOSSBATTLE |
| Collect |
AMASS |
| Modern lead-in to mania |
INFO |
| “Of course, I remember you!,” perhaps |
LIE |
| Heir to the throne, traditionally |
ELDESTSON |
| Very slender |
RAILTHIN |
| Hedonist’s opposite |
ASCETIC |
| Workers who must be quick with their hands |
STENOS |
| Experienced a pregnant pause? |
TOOKLEAVE |
| Relaxing baths |
HOTSOAKS |
| Affliction treated in newborns with phototherapy |
JAUNDICE |
| Giving quarters, say |
LEASINGTO |
| How one might emerge with a victory |
GLORIOUSLY |
| Secret lover? |
CONFIDANT |
| Murmur |
COO |
| Character who’s heard but not seen |
NARRATOR |
| Way down below? |
MANHOLE |
| Floral arrangements |
POSIES |
| Fix in a museum, maybe |
REHANG |
| ___ bug (long-limbed predatory insect) |
DAMSEL |
| Start of a Christmas hymn |
ADESTE |
| Collect, collect, collect |
HOARD |
| Pickup line |
HOPIN |
| Hit on the noggin |
BEAN |
| Word with power or change |
SEA |
| Org. concerned with traveling |
NBA |