Author: August Lee-Kovach
Editor: Joel Fagliano
Across
| Fed the kitty, perhaps |
CATSAT |
| Salve |
BALM |
| #1 pal |
BFF |
| Hercule’s creator |
AGATHA |
| One who might make a comeback? |
ALUM |
| Hebrew name meaning “my God” |
ELI |
| Much ado about some punctuation? |
PERIODDRAMA |
| No pro |
CON |
| It’s often gained by knocking |
ENTRY |
| Only city that entirely surrounds a country |
ROME |
| Request from Oliver Twist |
MORE |
| Nutrition fig. |
RDA |
| Anger over a grammatically incorrect sentence? |
RUNONFUMES |
| She served on the court with Antonin and Anthony |
SANDRA |
| Silky fabrics |
SATINS |
| Hunting cap feature |
EARLAP |
| s vice president John ___ Garner |
NANCE |
| Harsh words regarding the past and the present? |
TENSEEXCHANGE |
| Harbor sights |
BOATS |
| Take off |
DEPART |
| Commercial success? |
ADSALE |
| Shipmate of Capt. Kirk |
LTSULU |
| Brawl over what to call a piece of writing? |
TITLEFIGHT |
| Toddler’s need, maybe |
NAP |
| Grassy expanses |
LEAS |
| Regarding |
INRE |
| Build, as a relationship |
FORGE |
| Possibilities |
IFS |
| Punny summary of the battle between editor and writer seen in 17-, 24-, 35- and 46-Across? |
ALTERCATION |
| Ornamental pond fish |
KOI |
| Cross paths |
MEET |
| Pill bug, e.g. |
ISOPOD |
| The Middle Ages or the Renaissance |
ERA |
| ___ Nublar, fictional setting of “Jurassic Park” |
ISLA |
| Ending point of the first marathon |
ATHENS |
Down
| Sprinkling on a lox bagel |
CAPERS |
| What is to be done? |
AGENDA |
| Pattern of intersecting stripes |
TARTAN |
| Use a spoon, say |
STIR |
| What Alexander Graham Bell suggested as the standard telephone-answering greeting |
AHOY |
| Thomas Lincoln, familiarly |
TAD |
| Industry mogul |
BARON |
| Don’t you forget it! |
ALAMO |
| Light units |
LUMENS |
| Violent sport, for short |
MMA |
| Flattering, as clothing |
BECOMING |
| First city in Europe with paved streets (1339) |
FLORENCE |
| Touch |
FINESSE |
| Gru’s twin brother in the “Despicable Me” franchise |
DRU |
| Blue lobsters and white tigers, e.g. |
MUTANTS |
| Half-baked? |
RARE |
| Drawings that might encounter problems with intellectual property law |
FANART |
| Consonants articulated with the tongue against the upper teeth |
DENTALS |
| Do some grapplin’ |
RASSLE |
| Was up |
LED |
| Big feller? |
AXE |
| Drug also called “rocket fuel” or “ozone,” for short |
PCP |
| Absolutely amazing |
TODIEFOR |
| One side of a perpetual war in Orwell’s “Nineteen Eighty-Four” |
EASTASIA |
| “Stop right there!” |
HALT |
| Tall and pointy, as ears |
BATLIKE |
| Uses TurboTax, perhaps |
EFILES |
| Green, say |
UNRIPE |
| Scenic spot to snorkel |
LAGOON |
| Overturns |
UPENDS |
| Dirt |
INTEL |
| Climate activist Thunberg |
GRETA |
| Billy Joel’s “Tell ___ About It” |
HER |
| Observe Ramadan, in a way |
FAST |
| “Then again …,” in a text |
OTOH |
| Bon ___ |
AMI |
| K.G.B. rival during the Cold War |
CIA |