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

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