Author: Grant Boroughs
Editor: Joel Fagliano
Across
| Site for a light bite |
CAFE |
| Cy Young winners, e.g. |
ACES |
| Dog leg terminus |
PAW |
| Like many Keats works |
ODIC |
| Swahili honorific |
BWANA |
| “Lucy and ___” (2022 documentary) |
DESI |
| Instrument panels |
WASHBOARDS |
| Landed |
ALIT |
| Sweatshirt style |
HOODIE |
| Syllables of laughter |
HAHHAH |
| Word on a nutrition label |
FAT |
| “Educated insolence,” per Aristotle |
WIT |
| Gesture of reassurance |
PAT |
| Long time span |
AGE |
| Subject to damages |
LIABLE |
| Trademark of deadpan stand-ups |
WRYHUMOR |
| Lou Grant’s wife on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” |
EDIE |
| Bugs, perhaps |
SPIESON |
| Areas that are lower than their surrounding terrain |
WELLS |
| “I’m flexible” |
ANY |
| Toss out |
SCRAP |
| Like the femur, among all bones in the body |
LARGEST |
| Quiet period |
LULL |
| What lies before you, with “the” |
WAYAHEAD |
| Not ruling out |
OPENTO |
| Black ___ |
ICE |
| Stopover |
INN |
| What makes a sticker stickier? |
ANI |
| Do some garden work |
SOW |
| Dance floor lighting option |
STROBE |
| Text massager |
EDITOR |
| Ungulate feature |
HOOF |
| Author’s concern that, when parsed as four parts, provides a hint to this puzzle’s theme |
WORDCHOICE |
| Sufficient, informally |
ENUF |
| Bold, energetic and ambitious type, it’s said |
ARIES |
| Speed |
ZOOM |
| Collector’s goal |
SET |
| Give, but expect back |
LEND |
| Words to a betrayer |
ETTU |
Down
| Major food source animal |
COD |
| Computing pioneer Lovelace |
ADA |
| Swerve wildly from side to side, as a car |
FISHTAIL |
| ___ Park, neighborhood of Los Angeles |
ECHO |
| Anticipate |
AWAIT |
| Mind |
CARE |
| Burnt bit of brisket |
END |
| Confidently struts |
SASHAYS |
| ___ Bay, neighborhood of the Bronx |
PELHAM |
| Italian cheese |
ASIAGO |
| Fail to act decisively in the face of a challenge |
DITHER |
| Legislative collectives |
BODIES |
| One of three in an SOS message |
DAH |
| Part of a pipe |
BOWL |
| Melancholy Musketeer |
ATHOS |
| Raced, as away from danger |
FLED |
| Right hand |
AIDE |
| Feeds (on) |
PREYS |
| “Twilight” protagonist |
BELLA |
| Lavishly regaled, in a way |
DINED |
| Scooby-Doo, to Scrappy-Doo |
UNCLE |
| Druid, e.g. |
PAGAN |
| Indian honorific |
SAHIB |
| Goes hog-wild |
RUNSRIOT |
| Prefix with cumulus |
ALTO |
| Move forward resolutely |
PLOD |
| Fountain of Youth’s promise |
RENEWAL |
| Old-timey medicines |
TONICS |
| Things listed on a wedding registry |
DISHES |
| Play opener |
ACTONE |
| “Stee-RIKE three!” follower |
YEROUT |
| Essence |
PITH |
| Put two and two together, say |
ADDED |
| Not quite right |
OFF |
| Whistle-blower Brockovich |
ERIN |
| Sludge |
OOZE |
| Rich rock |
ORE |
| Private sleeping accommodations? |
COT |
| Big bird |
EMU |