To Puzzle a Provencher
Across
- 2. She's got a tight one; cardigans, anyone?
- 5. Object of uncertain existence, but maybe a good reason not to cross her...
- 6. Lifeblood of people "who really are better"
- 7. _victory warrior
- 9. When other words fail for a response, always a trusty option
- 14. A response for every (emotional) occasion
- 16. Well worth sharing over a mid-afternoon cup of tea
- 17. Wit in writing
- 18. A treasury of wonderful words
- 20. Sleeps tight, with cheer stars
- 21. An affectionate greeting
- 25. Sacred grounds
- 26. She's no amateur, that's fo sho
- 28. Query about wordplay, as in "pirate an episode"
- 30. A truly romantic piece of a setting
Down
- 1. Her hug is far softer than her bite
- 3. Both a violation of verbal etiquette and a beloved violator
- 4. If heaven had a flavor...
- 8. We're all "pro-" this
- 10. Article of contention before a Person of the Trinity
- 11. Type of (dramatic but welcome) correspondence
- 12. An intense combination of aesthetic experience, perhaps facilitated by a leather jacket
- 13. A comfortably middle-aged (but only recently named) friend
- 15. A monster made all the more fearsome by being previously unknown to RFE
- 17. Faithful, beige steed.
- 19. Region whose capital is located at 9638 Evans Ford Road (with the big pretty tree)
- 22. Crustacean conflict
- 23. Aspirational culinary locale
- 24. A much-anticipated encounter
- 27. A scallywag of fierce proportions
- 29. The tribe, though no one goes to the public meetings