The Chronicle of Higher Education – Nov 24 2017 Crossword Solution
Clues |
Answers |
’13th’ documentarian DuVernay |
AVA |
‘Fancy that!’ |
GEE |
‘La ___ Humaine’ (Zola novel) |
BETE |
‘Not the ___’ (tag for outlandish-but-true news) |
ONION |
‘Sick!,’ once |
NEATO |
‘___ Meets World’ (Disney Channel sequel series) |
GIRL |
‘___ you for real?!’ |
ARE |
*Crooner nicknamed ‘The Velvet Fog’ |
MELTORME |
*Japanese subgenre with battling robots |
MECHAANIME |
*Million-digit number divisible only by itself and 1 |
MEGAPRIME |
*Piano-practice beat keeper |
METRONOME |
*Prone to interfering |
MEDDLESOME |
*When to eat |
MEALTIME |
Abbr. on school-zone signs |
XING |
Acker of acting |
AMY |
Augment |
ADDTO |
Bandoleer contents |
AMMO |
Big shrimp |
PRAWN |
Bit of casino action |
WAGER |
Bring back to full health |
REHAB |
Buddy ___ (jeans mascot) |
LEE |
Chart-topping Usher-Alicia Keys duet of 2004 |
MYBOO |
Chop-shop parts |
RIMS |
Corset tighteners |
LACES |
Couture monthly |
ELLE |
Danny Thomas’s first name at birth |
AMOS |
Dip in ‘Swan Lake’? |
PLIE |
Drained of color |
ASHEN |
Elation |
JOY |
Electric Chevy |
VOLT |
Ellipsis alternative, often |
ETC |
Empty ___ Hotel (recurring ‘Hee Haw’ setting) |
ARMS |
Enthralled |
RAPT |
Environs |
AREA |
Gp. once headed by Charles Mayo |
AMA |
Grad |
ALUM |
Half of sex- |
TRI |
Halfway between noon and midnight |
SIXPM |
Hartford-based insurance giant |
AETNA |
Clues |
Answers |
Hauling pair, perhaps |
OXEN |
Hero of a Rousseau treatise on education |
EMILE |
Hit home? |
SIDEA |
Hockey’s Ducks, on ESPN crawls |
ANA |
It may put you in a difficult position |
YOGA |
Jane Austen’s Miss Woodhouse |
EMMA |
Letter between November and Papa |
OSCAR |
Like lots of eBay purchases |
USED |
Like some reports or thermometers |
ORAL |
Long-handled earth mover |
HOE |
Lounge whose patrons share communal bowls |
HOOKAHBAR |
Marine thriller set on Amity Island |
JAWS |
Material in Daisy Dukes |
DENIM |
Michigan liberal-arts college |
ALMA |
NBA star nicknamed ‘The Worm’ |
RODMAN |
Neck-baring style |
UPDO |
Not a non-starter |
VIABLE |
Nuisance |
PEST |
Octet in many pizza boxes |
SLICES |
Online mag with ‘Political Gabfest’ |
SLATE |
Opening on a schedule |
SLOT |
Opening third of a Latin boast |
VENI |
Palindromic principle |
TENET |
Place for a topgallant |
MAST |
Pollster’s subgroup, informally |
DEMO |
Protein building block |
AMINOACID |
Ref. that has included ‘crowdfunding’ and ‘photobomb’ since 2015 |
OED |
Series of gigs |
TOUR |
Site with a Symptom Checker |
WEBMD |
Spacious |
ROOMY |
Stretched to the limit |
TAUT |
Sullen |
DOUR |
Under-the-sink brand |
SOS |
Venues on a 46 Down, maybe |
ARENAS |
Viral trend that’s being ‘spread’ in the answers to the starred clues |
MEME |
Vladimir’s veto |
NYET |
Wafting enticement |
AROMA |
___ 67 (world’s fair held in Montreal) |
EXPO |
___ Ashley (Elizabeth I’s governess) |
KAT |