Black Ops
Although we don't have much intelligence on the layout of TORTOISE headquarters, five of our black ops agents were able to infiltrate their lair and break up some of their activities. Now we'd like you to figure out where they left their marks.
The black-square pattern in the grid has 180-degree rotational symmetry. There are no unchecked letters or 2-letter words in the grid. The answer for 1-Across begins in the upper left square.
- Hero in the Iliad
- Part of a clock, sometimes
- Deep canyon
- Goddess who tricked 1 Across in his final fight
- Diva's time to shine
- Outdoor dining venue
- Put in the fridge
- Popular guitar from Fender
- Terminate
- 13th or 15th
- Live ____ (Taco Bell slogan)
- Determiner of eligibility, often
- Building extension
- Hairstyle
- Appear, with "up"
- Mortgage, for one
- End
- "Notes on 'Camp'" author Sontag
- Astronomical table?
- Beverage brought by the wellerman, in song
- ____ Mis
- Zip
- Like humans and chickens
- Business magnate who perished on the Titanic
- Tiny amount
- Inactive
- Young lady
- Production company for most James Bond films
- University in the North Carolina Piedmont
- Flamboyant neckwear
- 2003 hit for Outkast
- Hanging down
- Wellness retreats
- Abbreviation following "Monsters" and "Murder" in movie titles
- TV coach Lasso
- Worry
- Shenanigan
- Rental truck company
- Peel off
- D&D, e.g.
- Alliance whose "alphabet" is familiar to many puzzle solvers
- Sandra Oh title character
- Terminate
- Lambaste
- Constitution-defending org.
- Taxonomic class that's for the birds
- Site of many D-Day landings
- Viola ____ (instrument with sympathetic strings)
- Gave some stars
- Sheltered
- Musician that orchestras tune to, usually
- Layers
- Coverings
- Suspicious strangers
- Broke into, electronically
- Leading ballet dancer
- Prickly pear relative
- Hint for a poker player
- Number of milliliters in a cubic centimeter
- The 'R' in RCA
- Malicious
- Brother of 16 Across
- Zip
- Program running in the background
- Many tax professionals
- Owns
- Within reach
- Blockades
- Deadpool actress Baccarin
- Limit
- Insult
- 1984 horror film whose title became slang for a repulsive individual
- No longer cool
- Went first
- Prominent element of Timberland's logo
- Vast array
- Damage
- Sorcerers
- Supreme Court justices, for example
- Baby's mealtime accessory
- Wedding vow words
- Preserve using artificial resin, as a medical specimen
- Ballad
- Dreidel, essentially
- Charged particle
- TV network with the slogan "Boom"
- Burning one's pants?
- Whirlpool
- Bowler or boater
- Colony member
- Ruler accused of instigating a fire in his capital
- Peter of children's literature
- Draws tight
- Go with
- Web services company headquartered near MIT
- Attraction
- Cooperstown's Ripken
- Bereft
- Very
- Goes back to the beginning
- Tease
- Elizabeth I's house
- Units used by some nuclear engineers
- Nailed
- Egyptian deity who became merged with Ra
- Grammy winner in 2021 for "I Can't Breathe"
- Oscar winner for Moonlight and Green Book
- Lawyers' org.