BuzzFeed – Feb 5 2016 Crossword Solution
BuzzFeed – Feb 5 2016 Crossword Solution
| Clues | Solutions |
|---|---|
| ‘Ahem’ subtext, maybe | SHH |
| ‘Extra ___’ (something my digestive system really regretted me saying to the waiter at the Thai place) | SPICY |
| ‘Most indubitably. I can phlegmatically assure you that its definitude knows no fallacy,’ informally | YEP |
| ‘Satisfactory’ grade that never did seem satisfactory for my parents | CEE |
| ‘The 18-Across-ist’ Oscar winner Dujardin | JEAN |
| ‘The Birds’ actress Hedren whose name always makes me think of Jenga for some reason…hmm | TIPPI |
| ‘The greenery’ | POT |
| ‘When u gonna get here?’ in some txts | ETA |
| ‘Wouldn’t miss it for the world’, in modern lingo | IMSOTHERE |
| ‘___ who?’ (‘I’m not buyin’ it’) | SEZ |
| Abbr. in many, many Quebecois towns’ names (they are hella Catholic after all) | STE |
| Affectionate letters at the end of some letters | XOXOX |
| Animal houses | ZOOS |
| Becomes less superficial | DEEPENS |
| Brits put them on their cars… ’cause that’s just how they roll | TYRES |
| Button on a home phone that saved you some number punching | REDIAL |
| Calvino who is an author of many crosswords? | ITALO |
| Console that connects to the Kinect | XBOXONE |
| Count for a party | HEADS |
| Creator of Barney and Moe | MATT |
| Ecstasy, or a feeling often achieved while on ecstasy (y’know…from what I’ve heard) | PUREJOY |
| European org. with a huge underground ring | CERN |
| Fake sitcom that made Valerie Cherish famous on ‘The Comeback’ | IMIT |
| Fired off, in a way | SENT |
| Floors with dazzle | AWES |
| For-profit cos. that Michael Moore lays into in ‘Sicko’ | HMOS |
| Fox with a 17-Across nomination for ‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’ | MEGAN |
| Gallic character of comix who takes a performance enhancing substance to fight against the Romans | ASTERIX |
| Homecoming speech? | HIHONEY |
| Idina Menzel, for one, informally | MEZZO |
| It sees over seas | PERISCOPE |
| Junk food? | EDIBLEUNDERWEAR |
| Ken who hosted LSD parties with the Merry Pranksters | KESEY |
| Key hit when starting a new paragraph | TAB |
| Kristen Stewart’s mil. rank in ‘Camp X-Ray’ | PFC |
| Leans | TILTS |
| Clues | Solutions |
|---|---|
| Light precipitation that ices over the ground | FREEZINGDRIZZLE |
| Like someone’s eyes when they’re seeing things | OPEN |
| Like wedding dates for many engaged couples, briefly | TBD |
| Like, like a lot a lot | ADORE |
| Ludicrous | INANE |
| Member of the Untouchables | NESS |
| Nashville institution, briefly | OPRY |
| Not giving a reaction | INERT |
| Onetime Pacers big man Smits | RIK |
| Outdated storage device that’s outdated because it stores other outdated storage devices | CDSTAND |
| Part of what’s causing global warming? | DIOXIDE |
| Pile-ups | HEAPS |
| Result of some good hits: Abbr | RBI |
| Sample | TRY |
| See 20-Across…or 27-Across | ART |
| Sound asleep? | ZZZ |
| Spanish guy Joan, whose work, like this crossword, is also 18-Across | MIRO |
| Stand for a photo? | TRIPOD |
| Take home at the end of the day | NET |
| Temporarily paralyzes, maybe | TASES |
| They’re spotted at parlors | PEPPERONIPIZZAS |
| Tidy (up) | NEATEN |
| Title for a Gadget featured in TV and movies: Abbr | INSP |
| Took out by God, back in the day | SMOTE |
| Topless Greek tourist destination | PARTHENON |
| Tube utilized in an angioplasty | STENT |
| Two hands may simultaneously point to it twice a day | XII |
| Was a ham…with cheese | EMOTED |
| What folks living in a red state probably have? | HOTTEMPER |
| What your personal asst. might set for you (you have a personal asst., right?) | APPT |
| Whence to take rips of 43-Across | BONGS |
| With 18-Across, question you should never ask about crosswords, because the answer is obviously ‘Obviously!!!’ | ISIT |
| Wolf of the Southwest | LOBO |
| Worst Picture award | GOLDENRASPBERRY |
| ___ Beach (home to not just any speedway, but a superspeedway!) | DAYTONA |
| ___ Stroud, aka ‘Survivorman’ | LES |