Solutions to crossword for 4/18

# | ACROSS | CLUE | # | DOWN | CLUE |
1 | NO | Concise rejection | 1 | NASTY | Hillary descriptor, for many on the right |
3 | PU | Plutonium on the periodic table | 2 | OUTRO | Intro's opposite |
5 | AURAS | Personality traits only a synesthete can see | 3 | PALMS | Trees popular in Orange County |
7 | STOLE | Lifted | 4 | USEPI | When dealing with circles... |
8 | TRUMP | To some, winning "bigly" | 6 | ROU | Romania on scoreboards |
9 | YO | Casual salutation | |||
10 | SI | Affirmative, in España |
# | ACROSS | CLUE | # | DOWN | CLUE |
1 | BW | Batman initials | 1 | BOTOX | A popular face injection |
3 | AF | Very much so, in chatspeak | 2 | WOWZA | OMG! |
5 | OO | Pure oxygen, spelled out | 3 | ARENA | Venue |
6 | RE | Start of an email counter | 4 | FEDEX | USPS Competitor |
7 | TWEED | English gent suit material | 8 | EON | A long, long time |
9 | OZONE | Diminishing layer | |||
10 | XANAX | Chance's zombie pill | |||
# | ACROSS | CLUE | # | DOWN | CLUE |
1 | AT | Where you might be? | 1 | ALIAS | Pseudonym |
3 | GOLAN | Occupied territory in southern Syria | 2 | TAOS | New Mexican town frequented by D.H. Lawrence |
5 | PSION | A psychic | 3 | GPAS | Seniors' are known to take a dip |
6 | ALAST | As _______ resort | 4 | NNT | Number needed to treat, for short |
7 | SOS | For at-sea emergencies |
Correction: An earlier version of the answers included clues 3, 4 and 6 down on the Easy crossword in the wrong order.
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