Across Clues Answers 1a Like bullet trains FAST 5a 1/12 of a foot INCH 6a Place for online discussion FORUM 8a Fashion development TREND 9a Atlanta N.B.A. team HAWKS DOWN Clues Answers 1d Like Staten Island, among all N.Y.C. boroughs in population FIFTH 2d Best Picture winner after “Oppenheimer” ANORA 3d Threaded fastener SCREW 4d

Across Clues Answers 1a Go across SPAN 5a Political staffer AIDE 6a “Stand clear of the closing ___, please” (iconic N.Y.C. subway announcement) DOORS 8a Hairstyle secured with pins, maybe UPDO 9a Greek river of the underworld STYX DOWN Clues Answers 1d Feeling down SAD 2d Devout PIOUS 3d Get from the pound ADOPT 4d

Across Clues Answers 1a With 5-Across, words whispered in a game of telephone PASS 5a See 1-Across ITON 6a Modern way of creating images and text, for short GENAI 8a Some fuzzy brown boots UGGS 9a Whisper appropriately spelled (in order!) by the circled letters of 1-/5-Across PSST DOWN Clues Answers 1d Wilbur in “Charlotte’s