Author: Patrick Maher
Editor: Will Shortz
Across
| A wing for a prayer |
APSE |
| Club gig with prerecorded tracks, informally |
DJSET |
| Wambach with a 2016 ESPY Icon Award |
ABBY |
| Pioneering synthesizer brand |
MOOG |
| Tirades |
RANTS |
| Give a hoot |
CARE |
| Breathing aid demonstrated by a flight attendant |
OXYGENMASK |
| Chowder morsel |
CLAM |
| Camouflage |
CLOAK |
| Irritate |
PEEVE |
| Swindler at the pool table |
SHARK |
| Protective drape for an X-ray |
LEADAPRON |
| Mother ___ |
TERESA |
| Tenant’s payment |
RENT |
| Jazz singer Fitzgerald |
ELLA |
| Playfully bites |
NIPSAT |
| Dit’s counterpart in Morse code |
DAH |
| Principles for good prose in a classic writing guide by Strunk & White … or a hint to the wardrobe assembled at 17-, 25-, 47- and 57-Across |
ELEMENTSOFSTYLE |
| Coiffures, informally |
DOS |
| Wolflike |
LUPINE |
| Tumbling spot for Jack and Jill |
HILL |
| First, second, third or reverse |
GEAR |
| Hip-hop dance move of the 2010s |
NAENAE |
| Major-league award for fielding prowess |
GOLDGLOVE |
| Delivery person, for short |
OBGYN |
| Decorative woodwork technique |
INLAY |
| Cut from the same cloth |
ALIKE |
| ___ all-time high |
ATAN |
| Headgear designed to block psychic intrusions |
TINFOILHAT |
| Tasty treats, in memespeak |
NOMS |
| Take responsibility for something |
OWNIT |
| A red and white target, for Target |
LOGO |
| Weather-resistant wood |
TEAK |
| Polynesian Disney heroine |
MOANA |
| Eject with force |
SPEW |
Down
| ___, amas, amat … |
AMO |
| Pestilence |
POX |
| Base for tofu and tempeh |
SOY |
| Soda fountain treat that contains neither of the ingredients in its name |
EGGCREAM |
| Title Bond villain |
DRNO |
| Actor Malcolm-___ Warner |
JAMAL |
| Plumber’s drain-clearing device |
SNAKE |
| Flying saucer crew, for short |
ETS |
| Cluck of disapproval |
TSK |
| Tolerate |
ACCEPT |
| Hay-collecting machine |
BALER |
| Congratulatory-sounding letter in the NATO alphabet |
BRAVO |
| Country across a strait from Djibouti |
YEMEN |
| Fraternal order |
ELKS |
| Culottes or corduroys |
PANTS |
| Knight’s mount |
STEED |
| “Greetings!” |
HELLO |
| French setting for many van Goghs |
ARLES |
| Bad match on tinder? |
ARSON |
| Overwhelm with noise |
DEAFEN |
| Like most holidays and physicals |
ANNUAL |
| Specialist in P.C. problem-solving |
ITPRO |
| Greek letter shaped like a pitchfork |
PSI |
| Going out, as embers |
DYING |
| Ease, as worries |
ALLAY |
| Actress Mirren |
HELEN |
| Verse of mourning |
ELEGY |
| Poe poem with the line “How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle” |
THEBELLS |
| Polish city by the sea |
GDANSK |
| Isao of golf |
AOKI |
| Colossal |
GIANT |
| How a ballerina pirouettes |
ONTOE |
| Camelid sometimes used to guard sheep |
LLAMA |
| Game show co-host who could be called a “woman of letters,” familiarly |
VANNA |
| Small and pixieish |
ELFIN |
| Speck |
IOTA |
| When repeated, a kind of drum |
TOM |
| ___ Jima |
IWO |
| Use a pogo stick |
HOP |
| Ripen nicely, as wine |
AGE |
| Haul |
TOW |