NetWord Crossword Clues and Answers February 26, 2024
Author: by Doug Peterson
Across
| Boulder or pebble | ROCK |
| Hotter than cool | WARM |
| Stopped sleeping | WOKE |
| Maui or Oahu | ISLE |
| Herbal burn soother | ALOE |
| Indy 500 competitor | RACER |
| Substance to make potting soil more fertile | PLANTFOOD |
| Say aloud | UTTER |
| __ sauce (Japanese condiment) | SOY |
| Payments to landlords | RENTS |
| Fishing pole spool | REEL |
| Peel, as potatoes | PARE |
| Small fruit pies | TARTS |
| Heading for puzzle clues | ACROSS |
| __ con carne | CHILI |
| Cozy diner seating | BOOTH |
| Homeowner’s document | DEED |
| Christen | NAME |
| Form a clump | CLOT |
| Hopping Easter animal | BUNNY |
| Shine softly | GLOW |
| “Half” prefix for circle | SEMI |
| Parts of a play | ACTS |
| Suffix for “stetho” | SCOPE |
| Baby birds’ homes | NESTS |
| Vermont and Virginia | STATES |
| Right __ (90-degree shape) | ANGLE |
| Read, as a bar code | SCAN |
| Just adequate | SOSO |
| Commit a theft | STEAL |
| Gorilla or chimp | APE |
| Bend down low | STOOP |
| Lattices for vines | TRELLISES |
| Bert’s Sesame Street pal | ERNIE |
| Any assistant | AIDE |
| Canvas covering for rain | TARP |
| Christmas carol | NOEL |
| Throw softly | TOSS |
| Whirled around | SPUN |
Down
| Tears (apart) | RIPS |
| Norway’s capital | OSLO |
| Sculptor’s moldable material | CLAY |
| Barbie’s boyfriend | KEN |
| Thin cookies | WAFERS |
| Unaccompanied | ALONE |
| Cheer for a team | ROOT |
| Prescriptions, for short | MEDS |
| Handheld sprinkling container | WATERINGCAN |
| Eight-person band | OCTET |
| __ over (topples) | KEELS |
| Make a mistake | ERR |
| From farm country | RURAL |
| Dumpster filler | TRASH |
| Dirt used in a garden | POTTINGSOIL |
| Neat and orderly | TIDY |
| Reading basics | ABCS |
| __ slaw (cabbage side dish) | COLE |
| Kitchen or den | ROOM |
| Fractions of a dollar | CENTS |
| Egg-laying chickens | HENS |
| Ventilation shaft | DUCT |
| Plenty (of) | ALOT |
| Sulk | MOPE |
| Mothers of lambs | EWES |
| Military outpost | BASE |
| Intentionally delay | STALL |
| Wed secretly | ELOPE |
| Machines for weighing | SCALES |
| Houston ballplayer | ASTRO |
| Nary a soul | NOONE |
| Morsels in a bird feeder | SEEDS |
| Number in a spreadsheet | STAT |
| Threesome | TRIO |
| Right away, in a memo | ASAP |
| Land where llamas live | PERU |
| Sports cable channel | ESPN |
| Any of 100 DC legislators: Abbr. | SEN |
| “__ now or never!” | ITS |