Author: Ben Tolkin and Julian Xiao
Editor: Will Shortz
Across
| “Ciao” |
TATA |
| Out-of-focus effect in photography, from the Japanese for “blur” |
BOKEH |
| Stunt for three, six or 10 people, typically |
HUMANPYRAMID |
| Olympic bars? |
NATIONALANTHEM |
| Doesn’t come out all at once |
OOZES |
| Deft |
AGILE |
| It’s a big deal |
ACE |
| Most tongue-in-cheek |
WRYEST |
| Pop-___ (some visits) |
INS |
| One might get a lead |
STAR |
| Surrealist filmmaker Buñuel |
LUIS |
| Possible side effect of using steroids |
ACNE |
| Long division? |
AISLE |
| Certain pseudoscience, for short |
ESP |
| Lead-in to rock |
PROG |
| Director Lee |
ANG |
| “Bad plan!,” in Southern slang |
THATDOGDONTHUNT |
| “Here hung those lips that I have kiss’d I know not how ___”: Hamlet |
OFT |
| Cells that handle low-light vision |
RODS |
| “___ man can tether time or tide”: Burns |
NAE |
| Some score marks |
RESTS |
| Ones who tell each other *everything* |
BFFS |
| P.A. gear |
AMPS |
| Emerald ___ |
ISLE |
| “A symptom of man’s failure as a thinking animal,” according to John Steinbeck |
WAR |
| Mystic |
OCCULT |
| Org. that maintains a museum in Annapolis Junction, Md. |
NSA |
| California’s San ___ County |
MATEO |
| Troubadours’ instruments |
LUTES |
| Show with an hourglass in its opening title sequence |
DAYSOFOURLIVES |
| Performance-based paycheck |
YEARENDBONUS |
| They change colors |
DYERS |
| Spot |
SITE |
Down
| Pupils |
TUTEES |
| Off |
AMISS |
| “___: The Watercourse Way” (Alan Watts book) |
TAO |
| Fashion designer Sui |
ANNA |
| Author credit |
BYLINE |
| Exams you don’t need a pencil for |
ORALS |
| “Citizen ___” |
KANE |
| First responder, for short |
EMT |
| Drum kit components with pedals |
HIHATS |
| Unfiltered brew |
HAZYIPA |
| Comment after a revealing moment |
PAGINGDRFREUD |
| Sticker on a model, e.g. |
DECAL |
| “Take your time!” |
NORUSH |
| Only |
MERE |
| Baby covered in fluffy down |
OWLET |
| Fool’s deck |
TAROT |
| [Aw, jeez!] |
SIGH |
| Small part of a system |
COG |
| Carpenters, maybe? |
ANTS |
| Many downloads |
PDFS |
| “Thus …” |
ANDSO |
| Lug |
TOTE |
| “That’s rough, buddy” |
OOF |
| Prepares to speak, in a modern meeting |
UNMUTES |
| Where pizza is said to have been invented |
NAPLES |
| Finals, but not semifinals |
TESTS |
| Twist of a screwdriver? |
RIND |
| Part of many 34-Down |
ESSAY |
| Impressed greatly, as at a drag show |
SLAYED |
| They’re relayed in a relay |
BATONS |
| Big name in contact lenses |
ACUVUE |
| Thin slice of silicon at the heart of an integrated circuit |
WAFER |
| American soccer icon ___ Dempsey |
CLINT |
| Glutton’s constant desire |
MORE |
| Spheres |
ORBS |
| “Suppose …” |
SAY |
| Pascal’s law? |
LOI |