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Recent entries

16 Dec 2025 (Tue)

ABC
Epitome of simplicity
ABORT
Cancel, as a space launch
AKIN
Roughly equivalent (to)
AKIRA
Groundbreaking 1988 Japanese animated action film
ALE
It may be blond or pale
AMYS
Ryan and Adams of Hollywood
APPS
Insta and Snap
AREAS
Places
ASCII
Computer acronym since the 1960s
ASOF
Words before a date
ASP
Symbol of divine authority in hieroglyphics
AUS
Down Under land: Abbr.
BAGCHECK
Last stop before security, often
BAND
Genesis or Yes
BEGIN
Start
BOOK
Library acquisition
BRAH
Homie
BUSYBEE
Active and enthusiastic sort
CHICO
Brother to Groucho
CROAT
Neighbor of a Slovene
DEKES
Hockey feints
EFILE
Pay taxes via the internet
ENDS
After 1-Across, shelf accessories ... or what can be placed "around" the halves of 18-, 36-, 45- and 62-Across to make new phrases?
ERS
Hosp. hot spots
ESCHER
Artist known for his "impossible staircases"
EST
Approx.
ETA
Air traveler's info
EWER
Decorative pitcher
EXCOP
Mike in "Breaking Bad," for example
EXECS
C-suite types
FAIRPLAY
Turnabout, they say
FIEFS
Lords' lands
GEEKY
Like someone who knows everything about a niche subject, maybe
GEO
Prefix with cache or tag
GROSS
Disgusting
INRE
Memo heading
IOWA
The Hawkeye State
ITEM
Couple, in gossip
KNEEL
Prepare to be knighted
LATER
Procrastinator's mantra
LEND
Give temporarily
LIAR
Person in hot pants?
NEYO
Grammy-winning R&B artist whose stage name is said to have been inspired by "The Matrix"
NINE
What shares a key with "(" on a keyboard
NOBEL
Name on a prestigious award
OBOE
Orchestra-tuning instrument
OHGEE
"Aw, shucks!"
OINK
Barnyard sound
OKIE
Many a character in "The Grapes of Wrath"
OTOH
Texter's "Then again ..."
PAVE
Lead (the way)
PROGROCK
Genre for Genesis or Yes, informally
RAISINET
One in a box at the theater?
RATS
Tells (on)
REF
Whistle blower or flag thrower
REMISS
Negligent
RENT
Penalty in Monopoly
RKO
Golden Age studio known for many Astaire/Rogers films
SEDATES
Tranquilizes
SEEYA
"Take it easy!"
SEIZE
Grab control of
SHEENS
Glossy finishes
SIGH
You might heave a big one
SKIFF
Shallow boat with a square stern
SODAS
Drinks served at fountains
SSNS
Govt. IDs
STAN
Show extreme fandom for, in slang
TESLA
Inventor Nikola
TRACE
Tiny amount
UMHI
Tentative greeting
USONE
Maine-to-Florida hwy.
WAILS
Mournful cries
WECARE
Words of communal support
ZANY
Wacky

15 Dec 2025 (Mon)

ALI
Thrilla in Manila boxer
APT
Suitable, as a unit in a bldg.?
AREA
Side's length squared, for a square
ARESO
"You ___ right!"
ARI
Singer Grande, to fans
ARTOO
"Star Wars" droid, familiarly
ASA
Cool ___ cucumber
ASIMOV
Sci-fi writer Isaac
BADSEED
One who's rotten from the start
BANC
Judge's seat, from the French
BUNKBEDS
Camp sleeping spots ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters
CARUSO
Opera great Enrico
CHIN
Location for a goatee or soul patch
COUPE
Two-door auto
DAS
Karl Marx's "___ Kapital"
DDAY
Turning point in W.W. II
DDE
Prez before 10-Across
DEEPSEA
Beyond the continental shelf, say
DICK
Comic actor Van Dyke
DISROBED
Prepared to bathe
DOVER
Capital of Delaware
DRY
Funny in a subtle way
EARED
Dog-___ (like the pages in some books)
EBB
Be on the wane
EMOTE
Show feelings onstage
ENYA
One-named Grammy winner from Ireland
FALA
"Deck the Halls" syllables
FLEEK
On ___ (looking great, in slang)
HERBERT
President Hoover
HUNTS
Outings for foxhounds
IMO
"If you ask me ...," to texters
INE
Suffix with Benedict or elephant
IUD
Alternative to the pill, in brief
JABBA
Sluglike "Star Wars" crime boss
JFK
N.Y.C. airport
KIDD
Colonial-era pirate captain
LIES
"Balderdash!"
LORE
Tales of yore
NEON
Like bright signs on the Las Vegas Strip
NESS
Loch ___ monster
NOT
"I'm kidding!!," in "Wayne's World"
NTSB
Crash-investigating org.
OBOE
Orchestral woodwind
ODD
Unconventional
ODE
Many a Wordsworth poem
PELE
One-named Brazilian soccer star
PETER
___ Cottontail
PIBB
Mr. ___ (Dr Pepper competitor)
POD
Pea holder
RED
Like a ripe strawberry
RES
Lo-___ graphics
RESTUP
Recharge one's batteries
RIB
Part of a barbecue rack
SAINT
___ Nicholas
SARAH
Wife of Abraham, in the Bible
SEIZESUP
Suddenly stops working, as an engine
SOAK
Good, long bath
SUBBED
Filled in (for), for short
TBAR
Lift on the slopes
THO
But, briefly
TOP
Do one better than
TOUCAN
Big-beaked tropical bird
TOULOUSE
Artist Henri de ___-Lautrec
TRUSS
Bridge support
TSE
When doubled, an African fly
TUBB
Ernest in the Country Music Hall of Fame
UNABLE
Lacking the capacity
UNITE
Join in marriage
WALZ
Gov. Tim ___, 2024 running mate
YESWEDO
"You take credit cards?" response

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