Author: Victor Barocas
Editor: Will Shortz
Across
| Book after II Chronicles |
EZRA |
| Stone on a set |
EMMA |
| Heat almost to the point of boiling |
SCALD |
| Bad person to trust |
LIAR |
| Close at hand |
NEAR |
| Actress Shire of “Rocky” |
TALIA |
| *Large container for cinnamon or coriander? |
SPICEDRUM |
| Sign up for, as a contest |
ENTER |
| Good qualities |
ASSETS |
| *Gist of a Dear John letter? |
LOVEDONE |
| Able is he and he is Elba |
IDRIS |
| Depend (on) |
RELY |
| Number for John Tyler (or Alexander Hamilton) |
TEN |
| Tiny matter? |
ATOM |
| Place back on the market, say |
RELIST |
| Not yet up |
INBED |
| Laundry unit |
LOAD |
| Pot starter |
ANTE |
| *Play matchmaker? |
FORGEDALLIANCES |
| Lose steam |
FLAG |
| Cookie in a Dairy Queen Blizzard |
OREO |
| Perfect |
IDEAL |
| Seasonal workers in red suits |
SANTAS |
| Recovers some yards? |
SODS |
| Deal that protects company secrets, for short |
NDA |
| Midmonth date |
IDES |
| Boneless steakhouse order |
FILET |
| *Tinkling racket on a windy day? |
CHIMEDIN |
| Jog the memory of |
REMIND |
| Positive Instagram responses |
LIKES |
| Change a map of southern England? … or, when parsed differently, what you need to do to the answers to the starred clues |
MOVEDOVER |
| Unconcealed |
OVERT |
| Grp. that Qatar left in 2019 |
OPEC |
| Rapper Wyclef |
JEAN |
| Pick on, in a way |
TEASE |
| On deck |
NEXT |
| Analogy words |
ISTO |
Down
| Woman’s name that’s also the first four letters of a Central American country name |
ELSA |
| Closes, as a fly |
ZIPS |
| Kellogg’s cereal with a purple box |
RAISINBRAN |
| Followed a curved path |
ARCED |
| Breaks off a relationship |
ENDSIT |
| Lead-in to maid or man |
MER |
| Viciously attack |
MAUL |
| Brink’s truck feature |
ARMOR |
| s TV role for Brosnan |
STEELE |
| Game with Lollipop Woods and Gumdrop Mountains |
CANDYLAND |
| Kind of sax |
ALTO |
| Lender’s security |
LIEN |
| Have the courage |
DARE |
| Online financial company |
ETRADE |
| “Il Trovatore” composer |
VERDI |
| Like some panels and flares |
SOLAR |
| Dust-ups |
TIFFS |
| “___ Holmes” (streaming film about Sherlock’s sister) |
ENOLA |
| Earthworm hunters |
MOLES |
| Deal sweeteners |
INCENTIVES |
| Stand in good ___ |
STEAD |
| Automaker with a Cybertruck |
TESLA |
| Kitchen counters? |
EGGTIMERS |
| Standoffish |
ALOOF |
| Gave a shot, say |
DOSED |
| Designed with passageways |
AISLED |
| “___ Fideles” |
ADESTE |
| To the point |
DIRECT |
| “Simple” nursery rhyme character |
SIMON |
| Nontext component of a text |
EMOJI |
| Form lumps |
CLOT |
| Bee complex |
HIVE |
| Retail giant whose first store opened in Älmhult, Sweden |
IKEA |
| “Uh-uh” |
NOPE |
| Lacking clutter |
NEAT |
| Foe of Mr. Bond |
DRNO |
| Cause trouble for |
VEX |