Crossword: by Mark McClain
Across
Imaginative pursuit |
ART |
Snapshot setting |
FSTOP |
Freight carrier |
SCOW |
Needing a battery charge |
DEAD |
Furlough |
LEAVE |
Quick stick |
POKE |
Handywoman’s special |
FIXERUPPER |
Maraud |
RAID |
Novelist Zola |
EMILE |
Common coffee-break time |
TEN |
Magnet ends |
POLES |
Basic nature |
ESSENCE |
French affirmation |
OUI |
Playground staple |
TEETERTOTTER |
Scattered about |
STREWN |
Vane venue |
ROOF |
Big little name in WWII headlines |
IKE |
Low digits |
TOES |
Possum habitat |
SWAMP |
Did some weeding |
HOED |
Poetic preposition |
ERE |
Flue stuff |
SOOT |
Rids of errors |
EMENDS |
Maker of miracles |
WONDERWORKER |
Lob’s path |
ARC |
Breakfast bar ingredient |
OATBRAN |
Fancy neckwear |
ASCOT |
Picnic discard |
COB |
Eat into |
ERODE |
In __ (fully) |
TOTO |
Totally awesome |
SUPERDUPER |
German auto |
OPEL |
180 |
UTURN |
Circular highway |
BELT |
High degrees |
PHDS |
“Personal” records |
BESTS |
Paris’ Avenue __ Champs-Élysées |
DES |
Down
Cost of a commercial |
ADFEE |
Champagne region city |
REIMS |
Prepares for takeoff |
TAXIS |
Seasonal bug |
FLU |
Swans, in a Christmas song |
SEPTET |
First-aid kit item |
TAPE |
Place for pizza |
OVEN |
According to |
PER |
Pop out of the ground |
SPROUT |
Short-term alliance |
COALITION |
Sooner |
OKIE |
Gets hitched |
WEDS |
Gets rid of |
DELETES |
Freshen up |
RENEW |
“Just like that!” |
POOF |
Bleep out |
CENSOR |
Muse of poetry |
ERATO |
__-com (film genre) |
ROM |
Midwestern capital |
TOPEKA |
Scratched (out) |
EKED |
Some house wines |
REDS |
Hearty dinner |
STEW |
“Rancho” beast |
TORO |
Staged an historic battle |
REENACTED |
“That’s amazing!” |
WOW |
Flavor added to a roast |
HERBRUB |
Faction of a faith |
SECT |
Doled (out) |
METED |
Displays overeagerness |
DROOLS |
Parliamentary procedure pro |
ROBERT |
Enticed, with “in” |
ROPED |
One-named British singing star |
ADELE |
Old-fashioned oath |
NERTS |
Perched on |
ATOP |
New sorority member, perhaps |
SOPH |
Overly clever |
CUTE |
Sonata designation |
OPUS |
Temp |
SUB |
Temp monitors |
RNS |