Across
- 5. Therapist dater
- 10. Hem and __ (river with "beach")
- 11. Favorite SF walk or LL Bean competitor
- 12. Favorite cut-through of NF, an assault to NW
- 15. Original Vieques name (wish it had an extra N)
- 16. Coziest of Teas
- 17. Literary app or Mipso fiddler
- 19. Doomed "Mexican" "restaurant"
- 21. "Suck it ___"
- 22. Under-appreciated beverage (can induce tears)
- 24. Garden location or Fruit Bats' song
- 26. Purveyor of expired hot dogs
- 28. Cutest residents of Southern States, for a bit
- 30. ___ South of the Border
- 32. America, or a preferred birthday eatery
- 34. PR noisemaker, biologically
- 35. Righteous defender of vows and avoider of leases
- 38. Residente mas interesante de Viejo San Juan
- 39. Best CH window-shopping locale
- 40. Oft-bitten garden fruit, but not by us
- 41. Looks best in Lime
- 43. One of these and Meem actin' a fool
- 45. "One more!" originator and repeater
- 46. Name on Groton stocking
Down
- 1. Oyster insulting resident of Mount Stupid
- 2. Wheeled third-wheel, or warhawk's dad
- 3. Ghost tour apparition
- 4. Survivor corrector, only to NW
- 6. Great place for bass
- 7. Evan Felker, before July 2023
- 8. ___ upswings
- 9. Midwestern pizza topping, tragically
- 13. Fitting Goose guest musician
- 14. Bike stage trio
- 18. Turns red after a Durham homerun?
- 20. "Death to ___!"
- 23. Has a face like a par-boiled yam
- 25. Controversial frozen pizza purveyor
- 27. Mellow mushroom pizza __
- 29. Actually super closed pizza place
- 31. Petite CH legend
- 33. Purple Bowl devotee
- 36. War criminal, to a "genius"
- 37. "Super closed" pizza place
- 42. Dua Lipa and ___
- 43. Tea mecca, to two
- 44. Owner of Frankie and half a Switch