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
Miranda Wilson
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Miranda Wilson (she/her) (25C) is studying international and Chinese studies. As well as writing for the Wheel, she is part of the Barkley Forum competitive debate team and the Emory Journal of Asian Studies. In her free time, she enjoys reading, watching movies and doing crosswords.