Author: by Erik Agard
Across
| “Cut it out!” | STOP |
| Prepared like latkes | FRIED |
| Start of a URL | HTTP |
| Prefix for “normal” or “legal” | PARA |
| Happen again | RECUR |
| State whose three largest cities all start with C | OHIO |
| Slightly | ABIT |
| Mirror ___ (reflection) | IMAGE |
| Flimsy | WEAK |
| Like a movie that feels like it could be a documentary | CLOSETOREALLIFE |
| Snakelike fish | EEL |
| Round building | ROTUNDA |
| Curtain holder | ROD |
| Adolescent | TEEN |
| Suffix for “Vietnam” | ESE |
| The – in 🙂 | NOSE |
| Chest bone | RIB |
| Piece of biathlon equipment | SKI |
| Fashion icon who wrote the 2020 memoir “The Chiffon Trenches” | ANDRELEONTALLEY |
| Drama lovers in astrology | LEOS |
| Strongly ___ (survey response) | AGREE |
| Part of a phrase similar to “blah blah blah” | YADA |
| “Young man . . .” | SON |
| Two-wheeled transport | SCOOTER |
| First word in some rappers’ names | LIL |
| “Hold on a moment” | ONESEC |
| Sailor with a skull-and-crossbones flag | PIRATE |
| Innocent expression | DOEEYEDLOOK |
| Look closely | PEER |
| ___ Dame | NOTRE |
| Eighteen-wheeler | SEMI |
| Sound of a jet engine | ROAR |
| Ballet skirts | TUTUS |
| Cast-___ skillet | IRON |
| Merely | ONLY |
| Male sheep | RAM |
| “NBA Today” channel | ESPN |
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| Common sci-fi setting | SPACE |
| Water purification aid | TABLET |
| Baltimore bird | ORIOLE |
| Light touches | PATS |
| Corn chip whose name means 5-Across | FRITO |
| Channel-changer | REMOTE |
| Character in Greek myth whose wax wings melted | ICARUS |
| Oregon city | EUGENE |
| Really not look forward to | DREAD |
| “Sing” like a husky | HOWL |
| That person’s | THEIRS |
| Tennis star Frances | TIAFOE |
| Prodded | POKED |
| Bert and ___ | ERNIE |
| Sri ___ | LANKA |
| Gets it wrong | ERRS |
| Greasy | OILY |
| Something a white rapper might be criticized for using | BLACCENT |
| Church towers | STEEPLES |
| “Plus . . .” | ALSO |
| Gas in some lights | NEON |
| Finalized agreement | DONEDEAL |
| Alter ___ | EGO |
| Gold, in Spanish | ORO |
| Trampoline safeguard | NET |
| California NBA team | LALAKERS |
| Proofreader’s suggested change | EDIT |
| College in New Haven | YALE |
| “The thing is . . .” | SEE |
| Brazilian city, for short | RIO |
| “Come again?” | SORRY |
| Fanhouse co-founder Nguyen | ROSIE |
| Part of FYI | YOUR |
| “At Last” singer ___ James | ETTA |
| Instrument with a kick variety | DRUM |
| Con’s counterpart | PRO |
| Long period of time | EON |
| Tool for washing floors | MOP |
| Last word in some motel names | INN |
