| Mail carrier’s beat |
ROUTE |
| Much |
ALOT |
| Music’s Yoko |
ONO |
| Neurosurgeon/journalist Sanjay |
GUPTA |
| Niels who won the Nobel Prize for his model of the atom |
BOHR |
| NPR host Shapiro |
ARI |
| Oft-dunked cookie |
OREO |
| On the ocean |
ASEA |
| One of eight on an octagon |
SIDE |
| P.O. boxes, e.g |
NOS |
| Party dispenser |
KEG |
| Phone exchanges |
TEXTS |
| Pint or pound |
UNIT |
| Players introduced in 2001 |
IPODS |
| Poem that’s a homophone of 18-Down |
ODE |
| Pretend not to notice, and a hint to this puzzle’s circled words |
LOOKTHEOTHERWAY |
| Primatology subject |
APE |
| Pull to a repair shop |
TOW |
| Put into play |
USE |
| Put one’s John Hancock on |
INKED |
| Rented |
LET |
| Samuel of SCOTUS |
ALITO |
| Set of characteristics resulting from genetics and environment |
PHENOTYPE |
| Shire of “Rocky” |
TALIA |
| Some food truck fare |
TACOS |
| Sounds of understanding |
AHS |
| Spanish boys |
NINOS |
| Start of a round |
TEESHOT |
| Stealthy mercenary |
NINJA |
| Subsides |
EBBS |
| Termite, e.g |
PEST |
| The dust of the Dust Bowl |
TOPSOIL |
| They may do nosegrinds and ollies |
SKATERATS |
| TiVo precursors |
VCRS |
| Ump’s call |
SAFE |
| Valued violin, familiarly |
STRAD |
| Wallpaper, furniture, etc |
DECOR |
| Was indebted to |
OWED |
| Write quickly |
JOT |