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Across Clues
- Writer of versesPOET
- Comic CrutchfieldABBI
- “___ the night before Christmas . . .”TWAS
- Spring bloom from a bulbTULIP
- Badly behaved kidBRAT
- Long-eared leaperHARE
- “The Hunger Games” settingARENA
- DetestHATE
- MarginEDGE
- Home to “View of Paris from Vincent’s Room in the Rue Lepic”VANGOGHMUSEUM
- Item of lingerieBRA
- Forgets an email attachment, sayERRS
- Moon-related phenomenaTIDES
- Noisy baby toyRATTLE
- Positive qualityPLUS
- Looked-up-to personIDOL
- Take the wheelSTEER
- “Lovecraft Country” channelHBO
- Checkout counter devicesBARCODESCANNERS
- Medical show settings, for shortERS
- Falafel holdersPITAS
- Opera songARIA
- License platesTAGS
- Like relatively few theatrical releases nowadaysRATEDG
- Sunflower relativeASTER
- Sprinter’s assignmentLANE
- Itsy-bitsyWEE
- Circumvent a point of contentionSKIRTTHEISSUE
- Some family members, for shortSIBS
- Pothole’s placeROAD
- Windy City airportOHARE
- Singer BrickellEDIE
- “If all ___ fails . . .”ELSE
- Skin openingsPORES
- Bygone Russian rulerTSAR
- Peered atEYED
- Rope fiberHEMP
Vertical Clues
- School support grp.PTA
- Sharer’s wordOUR
- They go up and down in a skyscraperELEVATORS
- Rock and Roll Hall of Famer TurnerTINA
- DetestABHOR
- Talks bigBRAGS
- ___ bomb (fizzy relaxation aid)BATH
- List componentITEM
- Major college paperTHESIS
- Walked in the surfWADED
- Engage in bickeringARGUE
- Appears to beSEEMS
- Collection of expertsPANEL
- Test for some college seniorsGRE
- Driver’s 180UTURN
- Persuasive giftBRIBE
- Palindromic deviceRADAR
- Pampering treatment, for shortTLC
- Chest muscles, for shortPECS
- Actress DeLariaLEA
- Wimbledon divisionsSETS
- Airport org.TSA
- Driver’s dropoff phraseHEREWEARE
- Wedding suit wearer, perhapsBRIDE
- River named for a Great Plains peopleOSAGE
- Mesmerizing painting styleOPART
- Cutting remarkDIG
- ___ King ColeNAT
- Less wordyTERSER
- Colleagues of MDsRNS
- “___’s Fables”AESOP
- Positive qualityASSET
- Slips and slidesSKIDS
- Knee-ankle connectorTIBIA
- Tenant’s contractLEASE
- Lent a handAIDED
- Arbor Day plantingTREE
- Word before “Ghost” or “Grail”HOLY
- “I was afraid of this”UHOH
- Sleep phase acronymREM
- Seer’s abilityESP