The Chronicle of Higher Education – Jun 8 2018 Crossword Solution
Clues |
Answers |
‘Kapow!’ |
BAM |
‘Miss ___ Regrets’ (dark Cole Porter song) |
OTIS |
‘Psst!’ follower, maybe |
OVERHERE |
‘Tuesdays With Morrie’ author Mitch |
ALBOM |
‘You should know better!’ |
TSK |
‘___ Means I Love You’ (1968 R&B smash) |
LALA |
1908 annexation by the Austro-Hungarian Empire |
BOSNIA |
Ab ___ (from day one) |
OVO |
Accord |
TREATY |
Beach cottage, often |
RENTAL |
Breed |
ILK |
Broke the ice, maybe |
SAIDHI |
Brutalized |
MAULED |
Candle or Michael suffix |
MAS |
Canonized archbishop of Canterbury |
ANSELM |
Champaign’s neighbor in Illinois |
URBANA |
Completes, as a deal |
CLOSES |
Conniving |
SLY |
Contract details |
SMALLPRINT |
Cubs’ place |
DEN |
Dash in many recipes |
SALT |
Delivery that may require some setup? |
JOKE |
Dietary amt. on old cereal boxes |
RDA |
Edge of fashion |
HEM |
Female lead in ‘Brigadoon’ |
FIONA |
Former rugby team of Prince Harry |
ETON |
Fort Knox bar |
INGOT |
Gator tail? |
ADE |
Glossy cotton fabric |
SATEEN |
Google ___ |
HIT |
Gorbachev birthmark |
PORTWINESTAIN |
Grub |
EATS |
In cahoots |
ALLIED |
In working order |
USABLE |
Incorruptibility, maybe |
MORALFIBER |
Islamic invocation spoken before many daily tasks |
BISMILLAH |
It ‘begins as a lump in the throat,’ per Robert Frost |
POEM |
Lalo opera based on a Breton legend about a flooded city |
LEROIDYS |
Clues |
Answers |
Lammed or scrammed |
RANOFF |
Lay waste to |
TRASH |
Leaves in a bag |
TEA |
Let down |
DEFLATE |
Liam’s ‘Schindler’s List’ role |
OSKAR |
Lightweight but noisy transports |
MOPEDS |
Like an obsessive mind |
ONETRACK |
Like most paparazzi |
FREELANCE |
Mitochondrial ___ (matrilineal ancestor of all living humans) |
EVE |
MoMA location |
NYC |
Monosyllabic alternative for ‘afore’ |
ERE |
Neurotic toon chihuahua |
REN |
Notable avenue in 6 Down |
PARK |
Org. making rulings on illegal checks |
NHL |
ORU’s state |
OKLA |
Passé PC monitor |
CRT |
Picnic-blanket invader |
ANT |
Pip in ‘Great Expectations,’ e.g |
LAD |
Prized wood common on the Malay Peninsula |
TEAK |
Province of southern Italy |
BARI |
Publicist’s handout |
RELEASE |
Purpose |
AIM |
Response to a poisonous remark about a third party, perhaps |
MEOW |
Ritz-Carlton rival |
OMNI |
Scots may sail on it |
LOCH |
Second-largest city in the Czech Republic |
BRNO |
Seductive power |
ALLURE |
Some namesakes: Abbr |
JRS |
Sound effects in paintball wars |
SPLATS |
Stilt cousin with a curving bill |
AVOCET |
Tame |
STAID |
The Auld Sod |
ERIN |
What a U.K. hobbyist called a ‘twitcher’ hopes to see |
BIRD |
What detectives might do with the end of 17, 23, 34 or 49 Across |
GETACLUE |
Young turkey |
POULT |
___ Hubbard (Scientology founder) |
LRON |
___ to Cerberus (conciliatory gesture) |
SOP |
___ wrench |
ALLEN |