The Chronicle of Higher Education – Dec 15 2017 Crossword Solution
Clues |
Answers |
‘Madam Secretary’ network |
CBS |
‘Okey-___!’ |
DOKE |
‘Sorry, no seats left’ sign |
SRO |
‘___ pig’s eye!’ |
INA |
Alfred who wrote ‘Driving Miss Daisy’ |
UHRY |
Allergic reaction, maybe |
ACHOO |
Alley conversion |
SPARE |
Apprised of |
UPON |
Asian takeout meal |
BENTO |
Authority to decide |
SAYSO |
Caddie’s calculation: Abbr |
YDS |
Capital in which 11 Across was often an all-day event |
EDO |
Carne ___ |
ASADA |
Cutting-edge |
LATEST |
Divine overseers of rising and setting |
SUNGODS |
Eclipse shadow |
UMBRA |
Ensure the failure of |
DOOM |
Get under the skin of |
VEX |
Give the heave-ho |
AXE |
Griffin or manticore, e.g |
BEAST |
Id component |
URGE |
Impersonated |
POSEDAS |
Impetuous |
HASTY |
In medias ___ |
RES |
Indulge the munchies |
EAT |
Kentucky or Indiana on a Monopoly board: Abbr |
AVE |
Kuwait or Abu Dhabi, e.g |
EMIRATE |
Like Horatio Hornblower’s career |
NAVAL |
Like the smell of burned rubber |
ACRID |
Lowly worker |
PEON |
Mane modifiers |
HAIRDYES |
Many an inhabitant of the Lake Victoria basin |
TANZANIAN |
Marina del ___, California |
REY |
Masked drama |
NOH |
Message left on a hotline, perhaps |
TIP |
Mexican marinades |
ADOBOS |
Mideastern country with a dagger on its flag |
OMAN |
Name on expensive faces? |
ROLEX |
Nonprofit’s URL ending |
ORG |
Clues |
Answers |
Oft-pickled pod |
OKRA |
One with shaving cream in his Christmas stocking, maybe |
DAD |
Opt against a Chinese-language course? |
DUCKMANDARIN |
Palindromically named busman on ‘The Simpsons’ |
OTTO |
Photog.’s blowup |
ENL |
Pie ___ mode |
ALA |
Plain as day |
OVERT |
Prefix with didacticism |
AUTO |
Provide sudden stimulus for Justin Trudeau’s country? |
GOOSECANADA |
R&D site, often |
INST |
Reprimand vehemently, with ‘out’ |
REAM |
Robin Cook book of 1977 |
COMA |
Sampras rival |
AGASSI |
Sch. at West Point |
USMA |
Science periodical since 1869 |
NATURE |
Seasoned swabbies |
OLDSALTS |
Seed for flavoring soft drinks |
KOLANUT |
Selectric typewriters, e.g |
IBMS |
Small unit in typing? |
BLOODCELL |
Some 24-hr. breakfast places |
IHOPS |
Spinning toy |
TOP |
Suggest ‘Use your Prime account to watch ‘Mozart in the Jungle’?’ |
PARROTAMAZON |
Sweeping camera move |
PAN |
Swimming-pool meas |
LGTH |
Syllables in drill cadences |
HUPS |
Terrier in silver-screen whodunits |
ASTA |
Thickener in ice cream |
AGAR |
Vital |
KEY |
Water balloons, usually |
AMMO |
Wee bit o’ Glenfiddich, maybe |
DRAM |
What an emoji often indicates |
MOOD |
What this puzzle may be accused of doing? |
BIRDMOCKING |
When ‘SNL’ ends in NYC |
ONEAM |
Whiz |
PRO |
Works black magic on |
HEXES |
WWII labor camp |
GULAG |
You may watch it from a box |
OPERA |
Zippo |
NIL |
___-pop (Depeche Mode subgenre) |
SYNTH |