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Author: by Steve Mossberg %26 Brooke Husic
Across
| Backtalk | SASS |
| Closes completely | SEALS |
| Parts of some Disney headbands | EARS |
| FAMU or N.C. A&T | HBCU |
| Not illuminated | UNLIT |
| Follow a gluten-free ___ | DIET |
| Woodwind with a 2.5-octave range | OBOE |
| Biryani side | RAITA |
| Strongly encourage | URGE |
| Birds that communicate with rhythmic drumming | WOODPECKERS |
| Christmas tree type | FIR |
| Say | UTTER |
| Not wordy | TERSE |
| Eggs on sushi | ROE |
| A perfect Pac-Man score is 3,333,360 (Abbr.) | PTS |
| “___ alive!” | ITS |
| Indigenous Caribbean | TAINO |
| Sun Devils’ sch. | ASU |
| Talk and talk | GAB |
| Jazz guitarist Montgomery | WES |
| Comic book series following five girls’ adventures at scout camp | LUMBERJANES |
| Word before “Habit” in a Steve Lacy song title or “Habits” in an Ed Sheeran song title | BAD |
| Worked as a pilot | AVIATED |
| ___ trap (Bad Bunny genre) | LATIN |
| Part of a seatbelt | STRAP |
| Molecule with a charge | ION |
| Promoting an album, perhaps | ONTOUR |
| Hang down like a jhumka earring | DANGLE |
| Beethoven’s “___ to Joy” | ODE |
| Boots associated with hip-hop culture | TIMBERLANDS |
| Samosa veggies | PEAS |
| Japanese poetry form | HAIKU |
| Nearly all | MOST |
| British noble | EARL |
| Long part of a flower | STEM |
| Chapters of history | ERAS |
| Responsibility | DUTY |
| Some magazine employees (Abbr.) | EDS |
| Drops on morning grass | DEW |
Down
| Be there for someone | SHOWUP |
| “___ Elementary” | ABBOTT |
| Slides over a bit | SCOOTS |
| Velvety leather | SUEDE |
| Confident | SURE |
| Makes into law | ENACTS |
| Similar | ALIKE |
| Soda bottle size | LITER |
| Constellation components | STARS |
| Ending of a student email address | EDU |
| Makes crisp (but not greasy) with a kitchen device | AIRFRIES |
| Areas | REGIONS |
| Boombox | STEREO |
| Object that separates light | PRISM |
| Good to go | SET |
| Big brass instrument in banda music | TUBA |
| Wowed | AWED |
| Video’s counterpart | AUDIO |
| Strength of character | GRIT |
| Almost shut | AJAR |
| Yoruba percussion instruments | BATADRUMS |
| Barista’s foam drawing | LATTEART |
| Gasless cars (Abbr.) | EVS |
| Tibet’s neighbor | NEPAL |
| Strapless top | BANDEAU |
| ___ in (on the email chain) | LOOPED |
| Pecan or pistachio | NUT |
| Don’t pay attention to | IGNORE |
| Familiar saying | OLDSAW |
| Ovenbirds make theirs on forest floors | NESTS |
| “Anti” singer, to fans | RIH |
| Identified | NAMED |
| Opposite of “menos” | MAS |
| Quick snack | BITE |
| ___ by (just barely made it) | EKED |
| Sneaky | SLY |