The Chronicle of Higher Education - Crossword Answers | 2015 11 20

crossword answers
Clue Answer
MORE OBTUSE THICKER
RECURRING MELODIC PHRASE OSTINATO
DISCUSS GOINTO
Doomsayer of kiddie lit CHICKENLITTLE
JESSE JAMES SPECIALTY STICKUPS
Louis who often had Steve Allen in stitches NYE
SHOP OWNER WITH A SUPPLY OF HATBOXES MILLINER
Subject of 21 Down's first novel PICKWICKPAPERS
TWISTING SNAKY
Laryngitic RASPY
'Benevolent' club member ELK
RAW GREEN
Creator of the fictional Pecksniffs and Peggottys DICKENS
20-OUNCE STARBUCKS SIZE VENTI
CALVIN OF THE PGA PEETE
NEEDLES TEASES
NICKNAME FOR THE YOUNG DARTH VADER ANI
ONE OF NEW YORK'S FINGER LAKES SENECA
Praline nugget PECAN
'Rumor ___ it ...' HAS
Pelé's homeland BRAZIL
Gym shoes, colloquially SNEAKS
PREFIX WITH -PATH OSTEO
Often-humorous impersonations APERY
PERMISSIBLE LICIT
Stage name of Wu-Tang Clan's de facto frontman RZA
WALK WEARILY PLOD
Bit by bit, perhaps STEADILY
'Seest thou ___ dreary plain ...': Milton YON
Military slang synonymous with 'leatherneck' or 'jarhead' GYRENE
POET BANISHED BY THE EMPEROR AUGUSTUS OVID
Dixie corn bread, often ASHCAKE
Abbr. in a wristwatch's date window THU
CHECK RECIPIENTS PAYEES
Adjective for 18 Across PANICKY
VERDI OPERA IN WHICH HUNS ARE EXTRAS ATTILA
CONFESSIONAL TOPIC SIN
Charlemagne's domain: Abbr HRE
Nab, in a rodeo LASSO
PICKED CHOSE
IT COMES WITH KINGS AND QUEENS CHESSSET
'The ___ Eater' (19th-century memoir describing altered consciousness) HASHEESH
ABRIDGED CUT
___-A-Fella Records (label co-founded by Jay-Z) ROC
Gift for a diehard fan, perhaps SEASONTICKETS
TORPEDO RUIN
___ PORT USB
MAKE DO COPE
TURN ON ACTIVATE
FLIGHTLESS BIRD OF NEW ZEALAND KIWI
'Mr. ___ and Eve' (1950s CBS sitcom) ADAMS
SWEEPING EPIC
Fourth-quarter mo DEC
SOME BENNY GOODMAN IMPROVISATIONS HOTLICKS
D.C. winter hrs EST
MAKER OF J'ADORE PERFUME DIOR
[Bo-o-ring!] YAWN
INTELLECTUAL RANGE KEN
MONTERREY JACK? PESOS
PAL OF HARRY AND HERMIONE RON
Midlife-crisis movie of 1991 CITYSLICKERS
MACHINATING SLY
'Coming Up for Air' author ORWELL
CASINO CONVENIENCE, BRIEFLY ATM
WHENCE AMBERGRIS IS COLLECTED SEA
Rolodex abbr TEL
Darn things, e.g SEW
LEGALLY IMPEDE ESTOP
'Make that two of us' DITTO
CAME TO REST ALIT
Family-friendly program rating TVG
'All ___ Years Ago' (George Harrison tune) THOSE
DECORATIVE PATTERN FOR A LUTE'S SOUND HOLE, OFTEN ROSETTE
MARIA VON ___ TRAPP
Where hands are kept busy SHIP
LIKE A NEGLECTED LAWN UNMOWN