crossword answers 04/03/2024

ACROSS

1. TADS - Much less than loads
2. SHAD - Fish that anagrams to “dash”
3. SHIA - “Transformers” actor LeBeouf
4. RIELS - Cambodian spendables 
5. HALE - Healthy
6. MAIL - Word after snail or before man
7. ASCII - Standard data-encoding format (abbr.)
8. BIOS - Profiles, briefly
9. ASIA - Nepal’s continent 
10. WHIPPOORWILL - Bird with an onomatopoeic name based on its song
11. LAP - Cat’s spot
12. HOP - Imitate a bunny
13. IT FOR - “What’s in _ _ me?”
14. HUMMMINGBIRDS - Apt misspelling for birds that can fly 30 miles per hour
15. BUENO - Muy __
16. NAPE - Where a necklace clasp rests
17. UDI - FDA identification system (abbr.)
18. ARRIVES - Shows up
19. PARTIED - Danced the night away, e.g.
20. RBI - Baseball stat (abbr.)
21. ETAT - “L’__, c’est moi” 
22. ANTRE - Cave
23. CANADA WARBLER - Yellow and gray bird that spends summer north of and winter south of the United States
24. ANGST - Common teenage emotion
25. LIE - Fib
26. OF A - One _ _ kind
27. GOLDEN EAGLES - North American birds that also come in bald and white-tailed varieties 
28. EMMA - Oscar-winning actress Stone
29. SINS - There are seven deadly ones
30. LULLS - Soothes
31. DIOR - French couturier Christian 
32. ARTE - Spanish word for art 
33. FAULT - Word before line or less
34. MIND - “It’s OK, I don’t __”
35. TESS - English television presenter Daly
36. CPAS - Bean counters (abbr.) 

DOWN

1. TRAWL - Fish with a net 
2. AISHA - First name of one of Muhammad’s wives
3. DECIPHERING - Cracking a code
4. SLIP - Banana peel mishap 
5. SHBOOM - Alternate song title for “Life Could Be a Dream” by The Chords
6. HAIRPIN - Sharp corner on a racetrack or updo accessory 
7. A LOW - “That’s _ __ blow!”
8. DESI - Pakistani living abroad, e.g.
9. SMALTI - Mosaic tiles 
10. HAS - Owns
11. III - Emory’s NCAA division
12. ALA - Pie _ __ Mode, French and American dessert fusion
13. SIP - Drink from a straw, e.g. 
14. OHM - Physicist Georg whom the unit of electrical resistance is named after
15. LIBERAL - Conservative’s opposite
16. FRUIT ROLL UP - Kids snack that tattoos your tongue
17. ODDER - More strange
18. RSIDE - Hells Angels support gear
19. UNI - Prefix for cycle and corn
20. MOVED TO - Relocated
21. NAP - Siesta
22. GPA - College application number
23. BARCA - Spanish football powerhouse, familiarly 
24. URBAN - Country music’s Keith
25. ETA - “When r u coming?”
26. SAW - “I came, I __, I conquered” 
27. TNE - Test that is an anagram of ENT, the doctor that performs it
28. TALENTS - Skills
29. ASGARD - Norse equivalent of the Greek Mount Olympus
30. RINSES - Washes
31. BEE - Word after honey or bumble
32. FELLA - Dude, slangily
33. ASSTS - Office aides (abbr.)
34. LSAT - Future attorney’s exam
35. DIRE - __ Straits, British rock band
36. ALF - ‘80s sitcom about a family that hosts an alien
37. GUAC - Tortilla chip avocado dip, briefly
38. EDM - Club music (abbr.)
39. MII - 1,002 in Roman numerals
40. MON - Day before Tues