The Chronicle of Higher Education – Jan 8 2016 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Solutions |
| ‘If I Only ___ a Brain’ |
HAD |
| ‘Roots’ protagonist ___ Kinte |
KUNTA |
| ‘Spock is definitely one of my best friends’ speaker |
NIMOY |
| ‘Yikes!’ |
OHNO |
| 1981 Albert Finney horror film |
WOLFEN |
| 2000 family film co-starring Kevin Bacon |
MYDOGSKIP |
| Abbr. on a tire |
PSI |
| Animated Springfield barkeep |
MOE |
| At hand |
NEAR |
| Backdrop for the ‘I Have a Dream’ speech |
LINCOLNMEMORIAL |
| Benedict who resigned as pontiff |
XVI |
| Big ___ (Fenway nickname) |
PAPI |
| Brush aside |
SPURN |
| Churn up |
ROIL |
| Concerned with pupils, say |
OCULAR |
| Consigned to the hamper, say |
SOILED |
| Cookie that reportedly is produced in 59 minutes |
OREO |
| Court records |
ACTA |
| Cover for an iPod or a Kindle |
SKIN |
| Cribbage piece |
PEG |
| Cultivate or levitate |
RAISE |
| Ending on the names of seven sovereign states |
STAN |
| Equilateral figure |
RHOMB |
| Evite request |
RSVP |
| Fish tale |
LIE |
| Fleischer who used to address the White House press corps |
ARI |
| Hebrew title for God |
ADONAI |
| Hogan’s Alley console, briefly |
NES |
| Hoodwink |
CON |
| Hulk portrayer Ferrigno |
LOU |
| Ill-tempered canine |
CUR |
| Jenny’s protest |
BRAY |
| Just got by |
MADEDO |
| Katniss Everdeen, e.g |
HEROINE |
| Kellogg’s subsidiary |
KASHI |
| Kind of battery |
SOLAR |
| Like many flats |
ONLEASE |
| Like some ports |
AGED |
| Clues |
Solutions |
| Limelight occupant at a cotillion |
BELLE |
| Looks happy |
SMILES |
| Make amends (for) |
ATONE |
| Miss Piggy, self-referentially |
MOI |
| Mojave Desert city frequented by Snoopy’s brother Spike |
NEEDLES |
| Mop & ___ |
GLO |
| Neverland henchman |
SMEE |
| Nile Valley crawlers |
ASPS |
| Numbers on soccer goalies’ jerseys, often |
ONES |
| Odd duck |
WEIRDO |
| One sharing a bunk bed, maybe |
SIS |
| Papers inside pkgs |
ENCS |
| PBS benefactor |
NEA |
| Plane making short hops |
AIRTAXI |
| Pre-election ad sponsor |
PAC |
| Proofs of laundering, or what this puzzle’s groups of circled letters could be called |
MONEYTRAILS |
| Rebekah’s firstborn |
ESAU |
| Rich earth |
LOAM |
| Santa ___ winds |
ANA |
| Shake off |
SHED |
| Some works in progress |
DRAFTS |
| Spender of the note represented by the circled letters in 48 Across |
LAO |
| Subject of the 2014 Oscar-winning documentary ‘Citizenfour’ |
SNOWDEN |
| Taper off |
WANE |
| Tend to one’s risotto, perhaps |
STIR |
| Tries to lose |
DIETS |
| Trio associated with Lennon? |
ENS |
| Twitter milestone of 2013, for short |
IPO |
| Two caplets, e.g |
DOSE |
| Vegan gelatin substitute |
AGAR |
| Vegetable in miso soup |
SCALLION |
| Voice one’s displeasure, in a way |
BOO |
| What may carry feed from an aerie? |
EAGLECAM |
| When many shops open |
ATNINE |
| Where Shonda Rhimes got her M.F.A |
USC |
| Worker in a pool, perhaps |
TYPIST |
| Yamaha product |
BABYGRAND |
| You’ll find carbon molecules in it |
ORGANICCOMPOUND |