Across
- 1. Can make you feel red hot
- 6. East Coast wave riding started here, maybe
- 11. Where you might hear “Bonjour world”
- 12. It now comes in a “quiet” version
- 13. This kind of olive is probably never found in a martini
- 15. Salty water
- 18. Another nickname for the “West End”
- 21. Periodically winks at Oak Island’s lighthouse
- 24. OKI parking spot requirement
- 28. MB van for the stars
- 29. Scottie Scheffler’s least favorite color, probably
- 30. Propelled a shell
- 32. Neck and neck
- 33. Looks great in red
- 38. Exclusive OKI organization
- 41. A small man’s swimwear; also, small men’s swimwear
- 43. The moon is their influencer
- 44. Born in Moncure
- 47. One way across the Intracoastal Waterway
- 50. Wine can usually be found here, and sometimes champagne
- 51. Often, a dinner “go-to”
- 54. A lover of the sea
- 58. 12-20# tests are popular
- 60. Half above, half below floater
- 62. One of our rescue team’s new gizmos
- 63. It’s one Drive away
- 67. Office equipment for lucky vacationers
- 71. Won’t get rich with this, probably
- 72. Enough of them will cause a “code purple"
- 73. An al fresco cleaner
- 75. Tommy B specialties
- 76. This year, a heavenly attraction
- 77. Our outdoor jewelry modeler
- 80. Blazing sticks, but not blazing saddles
- 81. No connection to Green Lowes
- 82. They were three brothers, a cousin and a neighbor
- 83. Built in a week
- 84. It’s now OK to do this in NC
- 85. Night time entertainment
Down
- 1. Easily attracted beach thieves
- 2. 1st and 3rd quarter (more or less) events
- 3. Fourteen different carnivores can be found here
- 4. Brickyard beverage of choice?
- 5. Friendly shower watchers
- 7. Also known by the letters I, L and M
- 8. Often associated with pokery
- 9. She’s always on our mind
- 10. She’s our scarf-wearing pelican
- 14. Protective pile of sand
- 16. Some are good stand-up comedians?
- 17. Sometimes spotted offshore
- 19. The Green Swamp is one of few places you’ll find these in the wild
- 20. Flesh protector
- 22. Foot thongs?
- 23. Some prefer to call it “Turtle Island”
- 25. Bipeds only pay a buck to ride this
- 26. Use it for booking, or for exercising, or both
- 27. No connection to Blue Lowe's
- 31. First to predict the solar eclipse
- 34. Cindy and Ernie’s other house
- 35. Bridge wrecker in Charm City
- 36. A gator’s seasonal sleep
- 37. A slice of the beach
- 39. Our nutless lawn greenery
- 40. Ichabod and Carla have this in common
- 42. Pretty cool stuff
- 45. New Year’s beach libation
- 46. Yellow is her standard standers
- 48. Squishy stingers
- 49. Weapon of choice on July 4
- 52. Wilmington’s longest resident
- 53. Relating to the open seas
- 55. Breezeway guardian
- 56. Get your signal here
- 57. Local bird legend
- 59. Long floaty thing
- 61. Locale of our heavy nightlight
- 64. TDF finish 2024
- 65. Water “hand signals”
- 66. Memory keeper
- 68. Built on land and in the air
- 69. “Moody” fishing
- 70. Often found beneath an arch
- 74. You’ll probably need flashlights to find these
- 76. More fun than a water pistol
- 78. Sandhills was its host
- 79. Fabulously gritty