Author: Katie Hoody
Editor: Joel Fagliano
Across
| “It can’t be!” |
THATSIMPOSSIBLE |
| Blissful stretch |
HONEYMOONPERIOD |
| “Nobody can do this alone” |
ITTAKESAVILLAGE |
| Put down |
SHAMED |
| Make an example of |
CITE |
| First name in classic horror films |
LON |
| Brother of Lech and Czech in Slavic lore |
RUS |
| ___ Thai (Vietnamese fruit cocktail) |
CHE |
| Set against? |
NAYS |
| Letters on old kopecks |
CCCP |
| “Well, I’ll be darned!” |
GEEWHIZ |
| Word before “tip” or after “top” |
HAT |
| Chickpea, e.g. |
SEED |
| Liszt’s “Transcendental ___” |
ETUDES |
| “Is it just me …?” |
AMINUTS |
| Direct flight? |
BEELINE |
| Boil down |
DECOCT |
| Lubricants used in oil drilling |
MUDS |
| Zest for life: Abbr. |
SYN |
| Lofty passages |
SKYWAYS |
| Future D.O.’s exam |
MCAT |
| Disgruntled grunts |
UGHS |
| Legal V.I.P.s |
AGS |
| Invite qualifier, for short |
BYO |
| Good point |
PRO |
| What flashers do |
WARN |
| Takes for a ride |
DRIVES |
| Unable to make progress, say |
HITTINGADEADEND |
| Verbally backpedaling |
EATINGONESWORDS |
| “See?” |
WHATDIDITELLYOU |
Down
| See 51-Down |
THIS |
| Ice planet in “The Empire Strikes Back” |
HOTH |
| Like Mount Terror and Mount Terra Nova |
ANTARCTIC |
| Ally |
TEAMUP |
| Co-creator and co-star of Netflix’s “The Upshaws” |
SYKES |
| Had a side convo on Zoom, e.g. |
IMED |
| Approaches, briefly |
MOS |
| Took in a bad way |
POACHED |
| Displayed |
ONVIEW |
| Narrow peninsula |
SPIT |
| Insectoid moon dwellers in H.G. Wells’s “The First Men in the Moon” |
SELENITES |
| Texter’s “off-line” |
IRL |
| Polish roll |
BIALY |
| Corporate figures |
LOGOS |
| Blissful patch |
EDEN |
| Pair of accessories? |
CEES |
| Un color on El Salvador’s flag |
AZUL |
| Lake ___, body of water spanning four African countries |
CHAD |
| Made it |
CAME |
| L.A. museum, with “the” |
GETTY |
| Takes to heart |
HEEDS |
| Doesn’t breathe easy |
SUCKSWIND |
| Find |
DISCOVERY |
| Grammy-winning singer who has recorded in several fictional languages |
ENYA |
| No longer being drafted, say |
SENT |
| Satisfy a midday craving |
NOSH |
| Is persuaded of |
BUYS |
| Anna ___, first Italian to win an acting Oscar |
MAGNANI |
| Mars, e.g. |
WARGOD |
| Melodramatic cry of appreciation |
MYIDOL |
| Character played by Kieron Moore in “David and Bathsheba” (1951) |
URIAH |
| Can’t not, informally |
GOTTA |
| Donnybrook |
BRAWL |
| “Just made it!” |
PHEW |
| Online home services marketplace |
ANGI |
| Plural form of 1-Down, in dialect |
DESE |
| Mountain biking move akin to a front wheelie |
ENDO |
| Calif. school less than an hour’s ride from Tijuana |
SDSU |
| Little warbler |
TIT |
| Lead follower: Abbr. |
DET |