Frequent words

Recent entries

8 Aug 2022 (Mon)

ABATES

Dies down

AFLOAT

Not sinking

AFRO

Hairstyle that may be parted and tied into two puffs

AKA

Letters preceding an alias

ALE

Ginger ___ (soft drink)

ALTO

Soprano's choirmate

AMNESIAC

One experiencing gaps in memory

ARGO

Oscar-winning Ben Affleck film set in Iran

ARTI

Introductory drawing class

ASEC

"Just ___!" ("Hold on!")

AVE

Manhattan's Madison or Lexington: Abbr.

BRASSY

Shrill and blaring, as a trumpet

CLEANUP

Really rake it in

DEACON

Subordinate of a 6-Down

DEUS

___ ex machina

DITTO

"Same here!"

EATIT

Wipe out big-time

EDDIE

___ Bauer, clothing store chain

EGRESS

Exit door

EOS

Greek goddess of the dawn

ESPY

Award for athletic achievement

FRUTTI

Tutti-___

GREY

___ Poupon mustard

HAT

Boater or bowler

IAMB

Metrical foot in poetry

ICEDTEA

Refreshing summer beverage

IFI

"___ Were a Rich Man" (song from "Fiddler on the Roof")

IMHO

"The way I see it," to texters

INLAW

Family member acquired by marrying

IRATE

Hopping mad

ISNT

"___ It Romantic?" (Rodgers and Hart classic)

LAPP

Reindeer herder of Scandinavia

LIST

Something Santa makes (and checks twice)

LISTENS

Lends an ear

LOT

Biblical fellow with a salty wife?

MAKEUP

Reconcile after a quarrel … or a hint to the starts of 17-, 25-, 52- and 61-Across

NAAN

Flatbread served with curry

NAS

Rap's Lil ___ X

ODD

Quirky

ODE

Poem of praise

OFUSE

Handy

OPIE

Sheriff Andy Taylor's boy on 1960s TV

OPT

Choose

ORALB

Big name in toothbrushes

OWL

"Wise" bird

PAL

Buddy

PHO

Vietnamese noodle-and-broth dish

POLLEN

Source of seasonal sneezes

POOLED

Combined, as money or resources

POUT

Sulky expression

PRIEST

One officiating at communion or hearing confession

PTA

Org. sponsoring school fund-raisers

RANCHES

Cattle-raising estates

REBAR

Steel support for concrete

RON

28-Down portrayer ___ Howard

ROT

Go bad

SABRES

Buffalo's N.H.L. team

SAFE

In no danger

SAILBOAT

Catamaran, for one

SALK

Vaccine pioneer Jonas

SENIOR

Fourth-year student

SIR

Title bestowed on Mick Jagger in 2003 (although the queen refused to present the award herself)

SNOWSUIT

Toddler's winter wear

SOWS

Opposite of reaps

SPRAT

Jack who could consume no fat, in a nursery rhyme

STALEAIR

Stuffiness that lingers in an unventilated room

STEREO

Sound system

STIR

Disobey James Bond when making a martini

TBS

Atlanta-based TV channel

TIPSY

A bit buzzed

TNT

Explosive stuff, in brief

TWIT

Ninny

VESPER

Evening prayer

XTRA

More, in ads

7 Aug 2022 (Sun)

ACL

Part of the knee, for short

ADOS

Kerfuffles

AGLARE

Gleaming

AHA

"Oh, I see!"

ALLTHAT

The whole package, colloquially

AMIDST

In

ANIMAL

Bear or boar

ANISE

Licoricelike flavor

ANITA

Santa ___

ANN

___ Compton, first woman to cover the White House for a TV network

ANNUAL

Like some plants and physicals

APER

Mimic

APP

YouTube or Gmail

ARID

Bone-dry

ARNO

River through Tuscany

ASSESS

Rate

ATTAINS

Reaches

BALLOTS

They're filled with X's

BEATS

Rap producers make them

BIO

Personal story, informally

BLANC

Sauvignon ___

BYLINE

Reporter's credit

CAB

It might be taken to the airport

CINEMA

The "C" of AMC Theatres

CRIMEA

Sevastopol is its largest city

CRUZ

Santa ___, Calif.

DAB

Apply with a Q-tip, say

DEW

Drop o' the mornin'

DOUBLEU

23rd in a series ... or a hint to 27-Across

EDDIE

___ Vedder, lead singer of Pearl Jam

ELLE

Singer King with the 2014 hit "Ex's & Oh's"

ENZYME

RNA polymerase, e.g.

ERODED

Wore down

ETNAS

Old lab burners

EVITA

Hit 1979 musical in which a character's mistress is one of the main roles

EXALTS

Holds in high regard

EXIT

Turnoff

FIVEO

Cops ... or a hint to 115-Across

FORM

W-2, for one

FOURH

Club for farm kids ... or a hint to 97-Across

GET

Obtain

GRANTS

Concedes

GRIM

Not looking good

HELIUM

#2 on a table

HIRING

Responsibility of a personnel director

HONEST

"I kid you not!"

HUMP

Body feature of a mammoth

HUSHHUSH

Secretive

IAM

"O, ___ fortune's fool!": Romeo

IBADAN

Nigerian city of 3.5+ million

IDA

B.C. neighbor: Abbr.

IDEATE

Think creatively

ILIUM

Pelvis bone

IPHONES

Small-screen entertainers?

IROBOT

2004 Will Smith sci-fi film

IRON

Spinach is rich in it

ISNT

Fails to be

JACUZZI

Where one might turn on the jets

JAKOB

Singer Dylan of the Wallflowers

JOISTS

Supporting beams

JOLENE

The "you" of the song lyric "I'm begging of you, please don't take my man"

KIT

D.I.Y. buy

LAVE

Wash up

LAYDOWN

Set on the ground

LEI

Bit of HI gear?

LIMPID

Crystal-clear

LOANS

Bank deals

LOBOS

University of New Mexico team

LOON

Water bird with a haunting call

LYME

Old ___, Conn.

MACAW

Colorful parrot

MANORS

Homes that may have butlers

MANUAL

How-to go-to

MAPS

Google ___

MARROW

Bone filler

MASS

m, to Einstein

MOES

TV tavern

NAPA

Locale for a West Coast wine tour

NEHI

Classic soda brand

NEWER

Like the Xbox One X vis-à-vis the Xbox One

NINO

El ___

OAHU

"Magnum, P.I." setting

OATS

The "O's" of Cheerios

OGRE

D&D monster

OLE

Cheer to a matador

OMEN

Warning sign

PEAS

Vegetables that make a fitting addition to alphabet soup?

PLAIN

Garden-variety

PROWAR

Like hawks

QUIT

Ctrl+Q

RAMA

Commercial follower of "-o-"

REF

One calling a "T"

RELIEF

"Phew!" feeling

RELYON

Trust in

RESTON

Lean against

ROTHS

Some I.R.A.s

ROTORS

Whirlybird whirlers

SALADS

Introductory courses

SAMADAMS

Beer named for a founding father

SAMSA

Gregor ___, Kafka protagonist

SAUD

Ibn ___ (former Mideast king)

SEARS

Pioneering mail-order company

SHAME

"Tsk, tsk!"

SIAM

Thailand, once

SIDRA

Libya's Gulf of ___

SIGH

[Oh, well]

SIZE

XL or 11C

SLANG

A-game or b-ball, e.g.

SMOLT

Young salmon

SNORES

Makes some Z's

SOCIALS

Bees, e.g.

SPAS

R&R settings

STAR

Rating unit

STIRS

Mixes together

STOWIT

"Shut your trap!"

STYLET

Engraving instrument

TAFTS

First couple of the early 1910s

TARPIT

Certain fossil preserve

TEABAG

Pouch on a string

TERN

"Royal" bird

TERROR

Holy ___

TETRIS

Game with L- and T-shaped pieces

TIMELAG

Video call glitch

TINHAT

W.W. I helmet, informally

TONITE

This evenin'

TONS

A great deal

TREES

Some genealogical work

TRIPLEA

Top credit rating ... or a hint to 25-Across

TRIVIA

"Jeopardy!" fodder

TWOAM

D.S.T. starting time ... or a hint to 42-Across

UDON

Japanese noodle

WAIL

Keen

WAS

"Time ___ …"

ZEROG

Weightlessness ... or a hint to 118-Across