1
&
AND
4
Firework that doesn’t go off
DUD
7
Lion’s warning
ROAR
9
“Yep, noticed that”
ISAW
11
Three-member band
TRIO
12
One of the Obamas
SASHA
14
Fish that’s also a color
SALMON
16
Promotional fuss before a product launch
HYPE
18
School with the Scroll and Key secret society
YALE
19
Make a choice
OPT
20
Ginormous
BIG
22
Tie-___ shirt
DYE
24
Federal intelligence group, for short
NSA
25
“omg u r 2 funny!”
LOL
26
Had on
WORE
28
Low pair in poker
TWOS
30
N.B.A. great with the nicknames “The Big Aristotle,” “The Big Cactus” and “The Big Shamrock,” among others
ONEAL
32
Really hate
ABHOR
34
“Rats!”
CRAP
36
___ Grey tea
EARL
37
Palindromic Indian flour
ATTA
38
Pre-___ (science-heavy undergrad track)
MED
39
“That was a close one!”
PHEW
1
Dance, sculpture, etc.
ARTS
2
Director/screenwriter Ephron
NORA
3
Fictional newspaper that once employed Eddie Brock, in the “Spider-Man” universe
DAILYGLOBE
4
Major Orlando attraction, familiarly
DISNEYWORLD
5
Country with the most Olympic medals (3,100+)
USA
6
–
DASH
8
Oblong tomato type
ROMA
10
Incredulous question … or, when read phonetically, a description of each circled letter in this puzzle?
WHYONEARTH
13
They’re launched from a home screen
APPS
15
Up there in years
OLD
17
Datum in a “landing soon” text
ETA
20
Sandwich known by its initials
BLT
21
State between Minnesota and Missouri
IOWA
23
Long stretch of time
EON
27
Highlights section after a football game, maybe
RECAP
29
Fake
SHAM
31
“Better ___ than never!”
LATE
33
Mine removal
ORE
35
What a dog “shakes” with
PAW