All Atlantic Games Answers Today, March 15

• 1 Across: Water cooler? – FLOE
• 5 Across: Condé ___ (Vanity Fair publisher) – NAST
• 9 Across: Classroom that might have mice? – PCLAB
• 14 Across: Whimsical maximalist artist ___ Frank – LISA
• 15 Across: Comic-Con, e.g. – EXPO
• 16 Across: What artists and Bonapartists do – RHYME
• 17 Across: Sounds from a spa – AAHS
• 18 Across: Life-of-the-party type – RIOT
• 19 Across: Like déjà vu – EERIE
• 20 Across: Seeks feedback from a superior? – PRAYSFORANSWERS
• 23 Across: Like every crossword in The Atlantic – THEMELESS
• 24 Across: Invoked the Shaggy defense, e.g. – DENIED
• 27 Across: Cube with pips – DIE
• 28 Across: Golden Girls actor Arthur – BEA
• 31 Across: Commodore computer line whose name implied user-friendliness – AMIGA
• 32 Across: Consummate gal pal – GIRLSGIRL
• 35 Across: Hawaiian goose that has a soft call – NENE
• 36 Across: Like many East Asian languages – TONAL
• 37 Across: Birthstone for many Libras – OPAL
• 38 Across: 2018 John Cho movie considered the first successful screenlife film – SEARCHING
• 40 Across: Tallest land animal in North America – MOOSE
• 41 Across: Marvin the Martian et al.: abbr. – ETS
• 42 Across: Coffee container – URN
• 43 Across: Big name in football video games – MADDEN
• 44 Across: Necessity for some bracefaces – FLOSSPICK
• 47 Across: Relative of Simon Says – FOLLOWTHELEADER
• 53 Across: Got pwned, say – ATEIT
• 54 Across: Peppermint Pattie brand – YORK
• 55 Across: Work-related move, for short – RELO
• 56 Across: Trio times three – NONET
• 57 Across: “You snooze, you ___” – LOSE
• 58 Across: Cadet’s cafeteria – MESS
• 59 Across: Jersey ___ (2010s reality show) – SHORE
• 60 Across: ___ out a living – EKED
• 61 Across: Bellicose son of Zeus – ARES

• 1 Down: Frenzy – FLAP
• 2 Down: Pinocchio, at times – LIAR
• 3 Down: Plant watcher, for short? – OSHA
• 4 Down: “Now, let’s just hang on a second!” – EASYTIGER
• 5 Down: Greatly limited a character’s abilities, in video-game slang – NERFED
• 6 Down: “Things which are equal to the same thing are equal to one another,” e.g. – AXIOM
• 7 Down: Fungus cell – SPORE
• 8 Down: Complete snooze-fest – TOTALDRAG
• 9 Down: Goads – PRESSES
• 10 Down: Some dog toys – CHEWS
• 11 Down: Bard instrument – LYRE
• 12 Down: Headgum podcast network co-founder ___ Blumenfeld – AMIR
• 13 Down: Events for quilters and spellers – BEES
• 21 Down: ___ butter (lotion additive) – SHEA
• 22 Down: Jurassic Park actor Sam – NEILL
• 24 Down: La classe de ___ (Degas painting that depicts ballerinas) – DANSE
• 25 Down: Hop on a Zoom, e.g. – EMEET
• 26 Down: Girls in Spanish class? – NINAS
• 28 Down: Two-legged support – BIPOD
• 29 Down: Strike a note? – ERASE
• 30 Down: Chopped personality Ted ___ – ALLEN
• 32 Down: Travel with great panache – GOINSTYLE
• 33 Down: Quaint place to stay – INN
• 34 Down: Reward for an act of kindness, say – GOODKARMA
• 36 Down: Decorative pillow or blanket – THROW
• 39 Down: Trouser that resembles gauchos – CULOTTE
• 40 Down: Spice that comes from the same fruit as nutmeg – MACE
• 43 Down: Exploited, colloquially – MILKED
• 44 Down: Frontier person? – FLIER
• 45 Down: Startled, colloquially – SPOOK
• 46 Down: In and of itself – PERSE
• 47 Down: Helps cool – FANS
• 48 Down: “However …” online – OTOH
• 49 Down: Carson’s successor – LENO
• 50 Down: 40-Across, e.g. – DEER
• 51 Down: “What ___ is there?” – ELSE
• 52 Down: “Dress for Less” retailer – ROSS

• [command that might follow “sit” and “stay”] = come
• [take care of a baby or house 🪑] = sit
• [bounce ___ (a.k.a inflatable castle)] = house
• [you might be told to do this in your lane] = stay
• [tattled] = told
• [skin ink, for short] = tat
• [what the earth is not] = flat
• [sharer of tmi] = Over
• [let another kid have a turn with the bubble wrap, e.g.] = share
• [make a 3-pointer?] = turn
• [index finger 🫵] = pointer
• [“__ other news…”] = in
• [paper rarely read in print 📰] = news

• Word 1: HEMS
• Word 2: THAN
• Word 3: CAMEL
• Word 4: ESCAPE
• Word 5: PICTURE
• Word 6: HOUSEFLY

Follow these steps to get these words:

1. Start by dropping the word OUTER on the left side.
2. Then drop the word HICCUP on the left-most side.
3. Then drop the word SMALL on the right side.
4. After that, drop the word PEAHEN on the left-most side.
5. After that, drop the word TEASE on the right side.
6. Finally, drop the word CHIMNEY on the right-most side.

• Category 1: Double letters: ATHEISTICALLY
• Category 2: Exactly 2 ‘H’s: LYMPHADENOPATHY
• Category 3: Even number of letters: HYALINES