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Across
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Dude, slangily | BRAH |
| Toaster Swirlz brand | EGGO |
| Country singer Haggard | MERLE |
| Lhasa ___ (dog breed) | APSO |
| Metallic fabric | LAME |
| “___: Legacy” (sci-fi sequel) | TRON |
| Hymn of joy | PAEAN |
| Loud thudding sound | CRUMP! |
| Shot in the dark | UNEDUCATED GUESS |
| Get to the point? | TAPER |
| Steps up? | RUNGS |
| Court plea, in brief | NOLO |
| Winner’s sign | VEE |
| Alternative to a blitz | SIEGE |
| False start? | PSEUDO- |
| Improved version of an existing product | BETTER MOUSETRAP |
| Skipping syllables? | TRA-LA |
| Reward for a big hit, say | RBI |
| Two-legged stand | BIPOD |
| Fix for a bald spot | HAIR IMPLANT |
| Shock | APPALL |
| Oscar-winning Hanks role of 1994 | GUMP |
| Tiny bits | ATOMS |
| By-way connection | … THE … |
| Voice mail prompt | TONE |
| Hasbro game requiring increasingly quick reflexes | BOP IT |
| Tiny bit | MITE |
| Mensch | GOOD SORT |
| Meals with Haggadah readings | SEDERS |
| Award to wear | STAR |
| Real deal | GENUINE ARTICLE |
| Like cabernet sauvignon | RED |
| Go over | SPAN |
| Start of many Portuguese place names | SAO … |
| Be angry | BURN |
| Suffix with age | -ISM |
| Highly resistant elastomer | SILICONE RUBBER |
| Skyscraper support | I-BAR |
| Like some ballots | MAIL-IN |
| Breakfast drink sans creamer | CAFE NOIR |
| Ill-advised move | NO-NO |
| Intangible qualities | AURAS |
| Do | COIF |
| Anonymous surname | DOE |
| Causes of pocket buzzes | TEXTS |
| Loud, sharp sound | CLAP! |
| Like Golden Raspberry-“winning” films | PANNED |
| Detectives | PRIVATE EYES |
| Whispered sweet nothings | COOED |
| It’s a sign | CUE |
| Unsmiling | STERN |
| Like some roller chains and ball bearings | SELF-LUBRICATING |
| Leaves zip for a tip | STIFFS |
| One given orders around the house | ALEXA |
| Tract of land | LOT |
| Nickname for the Wildcats of the Pac-12 | ZONA |
| Smut | FILTH |
| Collection on Facebook | ALBUM |
| Shot in the dark | LAST-DITCH EFFORT |
| Three-time American League M.V.P. of the 1950s | BERRA |
| Varsity | A-TEAM |
| Hurt badly | MAIM |
| Disneyland transport | TRAM |
| Bill blockers | NAYS |
| Ta-tas | CIAOS |
| Polishes off | EATS |
| Fore-and-aft-rigged sailboat with two masts | YAWL |
Down
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Photo mishap | BLUR |
| Amassed | RAN UP |
| Congregational chorus | AMENS |
| Tools for landscapers | HEDGE TRIMMERS |
| “You get the idea”: Abbr. | ETC |
| Food found in some bars | GRANOLA |
| Most-often-used | GO-TO |
| Net wt. of many pasta packages | ONE LB |
| Sticker stat | MPG |
| It’s water under le pont | EAU |
| Teller of the third tale in “The Canterbury Tales” | REEVE |
| Surgical tool | LASER |
| Like some casts | ENSEMBLE |
| Makes a scene | ACTS UP |
| “Hallelujah!” | PRAISE TO GOD! |
| Marvelous | SUPER-DUPER |
| ___-3 | OMEGA |
| Slice and dice, say | PREP |
| Takes over (from) | USURPS |
| More than just a talker | DOER |
| Indian lentil dish | DAL |
| “No info yet,” on a schedule | TBA |
| Carefully avoid | TIPTOE AROUND |
| Heating option | OIL |
| Composer Bruckner | ANTON |
| Unlikely Oscar winners | HAMS |
| Fighting | AT IT |
| Tiny bit | IOTA |
| G | THOU |
| Opening for a computer technician? | PORT |
| Pro fighter? | ANTI |
| Swampy stretch | MIRE |
| V.A. concern, for short | PTSD |
| Phenomenon by which electrons radiate from a heated filament, so named for a famous observer | EDISON EFFECT |
| “You can’t be a real country unless you have a ___ and an airline”: Frank Zappa | BEER |
| Mil. leader | GENL |
| Catch | SNARE |
| Arc on a music score | SLUR |
| Investment goal | GAIN |
| Trucker on a radio | CBER |
| Pitchfork-shaped letters | PSIS |
| When the first “Peanuts” comic appeared | NINETEEN FIFTY |
| Apple on the teacher’s desk? | IMAC |
| Literature Nobelist Bellow | SAUL |
| Innovation in push-ups | MIRACLE BRA |
| It can represent a folder | ICON |
| First offer? | CAIN |
| “I touched your nose!” sound | BOOP! |
| Coffin frames | BIERS |
| Squarish | BOXY |
| A jokester might say “And the pot thickens” after one | ANTE |
| One of the friends on “Friends” | ROSS |
| Very easy living | LAP OF LUXURY |
| French explorer who founded Detroit | CADILLAC |
| Duty | TARIFF |
| According to | PER |
| Bad P.R. for a celeb, maybe | DUI |
| Baseball announcer’s cry | IT’S A HIT! |
| One doing a Spot check? | VET |
| Whom the Secret Service dubbed Renegade and Renaissance | OBAMAS |
| Mike who served as a Wyoming senator from 1997 to 2021 | ENZI |
| Longtime Swedish automaker | SAAB |
| ___ Johnson Sirleaf, Africa’s first elected female head of state | ELLEN |
| Mammal found in the Andean cloud forest | COATI |
| Utterly lost | AT SEA |
| “I’m baffled” | GOT ME |
| Botanist’s study | FLORA |
| A sucker for milkshakes, say | STRAW |
| ESPNU covers its games | NCAA |
| Web file format, for short | HTML |
| The natural order of the universe | TAO |
| Chats over Twitter, briefly | DMS |
| Grp. mobilized by a 911 call | EMS |