The Chronicle of Higher Education – Oct 27 2017 Crossword Solution
Clues |
Answers |
‘Forget it!’ |
IWONT |
‘Jumanji’ actress who would go on to star in 2006’s ‘Marie Antoinette’ |
DUNST |
‘Natural-born world-shaker’ played by Paul Newman |
LUCASJACKSON |
‘The Sheltering ___’ (Paul Bowles novel) |
SKY |
‘___ calling!’ |
AVON |
A matter of payback? |
LOAN |
Apt name for a gardener |
HERB |
Athlete in goggles |
SKIER |
Believer in a higher power |
THEIST |
Benchmark at a hole |
PAR |
Biddable |
MEEK |
Blue Pac-Man ghost |
INKY |
Boulevardier garnish |
LEMONPEEL |
Broadband inits |
DSL |
Budge in the Tennis Hall of Fame |
DON |
Bygone days |
YORE |
Car-collecting TV funnyman |
LENO |
Center of an ancient Greek ‘enlightenment’ |
IONIA |
Chaucer output |
TALES |
Checkroom problem |
MIXUP |
Clicking counters |
ABACI |
Decides one will |
OPTSTO |
Dieter’s order, perhaps |
SMALL |
Do the trick |
WORK |
Easy victory |
ROMP |
Engagement enders? |
IDOS |
Faculty-meeting presider, maybe |
DEAN |
Foil’s heavier relative |
EPEE |
Fraction of a newton |
DYNE |
Garbage can and file folder, for two |
ICONS |
Gold or silver source |
ORE |
Gp. that includes Ecuador and Venezuela |
OPEC |
How many Bob Newhart lines were delivered |
DRILY |
Hunt in the wrong spot? |
POACH |
In 1987 he said that the current generation had ‘a brain dressed up with nowhere to go’ |
LEARY |
Informal voucher |
CHIT |
Inner ears? |
COBS |
It incorporates nage-waza throwing techniques |
JUDO |
Clues |
Answers |
It’s mainly carbon |
COAL |
It’s mainly nitrogen |
AIR |
Item measured in pennies |
NAIL |
Jazz chanteuse Cassidy |
EVA |
Jingle in the pocket ready for spending at the pub |
BEERMONEY |
Kind of carnival show |
RAREE |
Knee-ankle connector |
TIBIA |
Like a disciplined debater, say |
ONTOPIC |
Medium for temporary sculptures |
ICE |
Nickname for 20 Across, and the title of a classic film released 50 years ago this November 1 |
COOLHANDLUKE |
Not throwing strikes, say |
WILD |
O.W.L.s, to Harry Potter |
EXAMS |
Object inscribed with the Code of Hammurabi, e.g |
STELE |
Part of the translation of ‘anno Domini’ |
OUR |
Particle in quantum physics |
BOSON |
Peerless |
ONLY |
Period of riotous indulgence |
ORGY |
Pizarro originally called it Ciudad de los Reyes |
LIMA |
Places for retractable claws |
PAWS |
Prefix denoting 10 to the ninth power |
GIGA |
Prefix with -phyte |
EPI |
Professorial |
ERUDITE |
Public face |
PERSONA |
Putterer in Bermuda |
MOPED |
Say 10 Across |
WED |
Sigma follower |
TAU |
Slab strengthener |
REBAR |
Snares with honda knots |
LASSOES |
Squarely |
SPANG |
Starter on a legal memo |
INRE |
Stunning brand name? |
TASER |
Tenure, maybe |
ERA |
The M48 Patton and others |
TANKS |
What 20 Across ‘joined’ after vandalizing parking meters |
PRISONROADGANG |
What 20 Across ate 50 of on a bet |
HARDBOILEDEGGS |
What a gatekeeper grants |
ENTRY |
What some kids do to earn their allowance |
MOW |
You can stand to lose it |
LAP |