Today’s Puzzle is created by By Enrique Henestroza Anguiano and edited by Amanda Rafkin it’s theme name is Southern Cross and the grid dimensions are 15 by 15 squares.
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Across Clues
- Make a selectionOPT
- Small recipe amt.TSP
- Place a betWAGER
- ___ gio (Vietnamese fried spring rolls)CHA
- Unaccounted for, for shortAWOL
- Red fruit in shakshoukaTOMATO
- “Scream” actress CourteneyCOX
- Fuzzy-skinned fruitKIWI
- Places for watchesWRISTS
- Youth-assisting org.UNICEF
- Told a fibLIED
- Take care of the billPAY
- WithstandRESIST
- “Twist, lick, dunk” cookiesOREOS
- Chancho en piedra and pico de gallo, e.g.SALSAS
- Roll call listingsNAMES
- ___-quotedOFT
- “French Kiss” actress MegRYAN
- ExchangeTRADE
- “Fences” actress DavisVIOLA
- “___ to the Head Nod” (Elizabeth Acevedo poem)ODE
- Door partHINGE
- “My life is so blah” feelingENNUI
- Herb in saltimboccaSAGE
- Kyoto currencyYEN
- Rule, like a queenREIGN
- Really emphasizeSTRESS
- Broken Earth trilogy genreSCIFI
- Soaks in hot waterSTEEPS
- Cigar residueASH
- Mimic an owlHOOT
- See the worldTRAVEL
- Like some familiesCHOSEN
- Hint for a sleuthCLUE
- ___ out a livingEKE
- Subjects of conversationsTOPICS
- “Present!”HERE
- Eggs on sushi rollsROE
- Apt rhyme of “fleck”SPECK
- UnderstandGET
- “Mm-hmm, that’s right!”YEP
Vertical Clues
- HappenOCCUR
- Device for making callsPHONE
- Vehicles that are often yellowTAXIS
- Postpones for another dayTAKESARAINCHECK
- With much speedSWIFTLY
- “BAM!” relativePOW
- What everyone’s sayingWORDONTHESTREET
- “Do you really see me that way?”AMI
- Sound of surpriseGASP
- Blues guitarist BakerETTA
- Like an optimistic outlookROSY
- Titular Disney pair who learn that “ohana” means familyLILOANDSTITCH
- Too cute by halfTWEE
- Prefix for “normative”CIS
- Tax return org.IRS
- Draped garmentSARI
- ___ Paulo, BrazilSAO
- Lots ofMANY
- PerimeterEDGE
- As ___ on TVSEEN
- “Back to you,” on a walkie-talkieOVER
- “Be that way!”FINE
- Novelist and Nobelist MorrisonTONI
- SchlepsLUGS
- Place for piercingsEAR
- Word after “grand” or “hand”GESTURE
- Bay Area hub (Abbr.)SFO
- Place for blobfishSEA
- Charged particlesIONS
- “Lift ___ Voice and Sing”EVERY
- Black tea typePEKOE
- Catch some Z’sSLEEP
- There are three in “Fire Shut Up in My Bones”ACTS
- Hit the mallSHOP
- “I ___ you’re happy!”HOPE
- [Not my mistake]SIC
- Relay race segmentLEG