BuzzFeed - Crossword Answers | 2015 10 28

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Loses a dimension FLATTENS
National correspondent for The Atlantic who wrote 'Between the World and Me' as an open letter to his teenage son TANEHISICOATES
Five-___ (baseball slang for position players who excel at hitting for average, hitting for power, baserunning, throwing ability, and fielding) (I swear this is a real thing) TOOLERS
New home for Brian Williams MSNBC
Ivy Leaguers near the best pizza in America ELIS
Never satisfied 'Mad Men' character who screams, 'Why can't I get anything good all at once?' PETE
Like some red fish? SWEDISH
THERE'S ONE RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU GRID
BRIEF SPELL STINT
Small bird capable of complex melodies WREN
Some riot grrrl writing ZINES
'Take it ___ at a time...' ASTEP
Runs on the screen AIRS
Shark type that's also the name of Korra's boyfriend on 'The Legend of Korra' MAKO
CATCH SNAG
USMC ONE-STRIPERS PFCS
Southern rock band fronted by Brittany Howard ALABAMASHAKES
'It's ___' (frequent judge's turndown phrase on 'American Idol') ANO
Word seen on many boxes of healthy cereal OAT
Nikon D700, for one SLR
FIX RIG
Someone who feels your pain EMPATH
Subject of the 75-pound book 'GOAT' ALI
When you have one on you, you're strapped GAT
___ Duncan, Secretary of Education whose resignation the NEA called for in 2014 ARNE
'Alias' actress Lena or 'Alias' executive producer Ken OLIN
Author whose 'The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian' topped the American Library Association's 'Ten Most Frequently Challenged Books of 2014' list SHERMANALEXIE
Advantage often unacknowledged or denied WHITEPRIVILEGE
Applying effort EXERTING
Pied-billed ___ (American water bird also known as 'hell-diver,' 'devil diver,' or 'water witch') GREBE
Tribe known for stealthy raids APACHE
Acceleration indicators SPEEDOMETERS
Denigrates facially SNEERSAT
Gender identity that isn't trans CIS
Layered dishes LASAGNAS
Left people in Europe during a war with America SOVIETS
Like some discount clothing: Abbr IRR
'Didn't I say this would happen?' SEE
'I will ___ you!' (threat from a movie villain or an intense gamer) END
It might be created on Facebook for a party EVENT
Key often tapped with the pinky ESC
Layer on the streets TAR
Nutritional std RDA
Org. or assoc GRP
Gets into the basement, perhaps SEEPS
Placeholder in a murder case, perhaps JOHNDOE
Reach No. 1, as 57-Across's 'Sound & Color' RISETOTHETOP
Rice stats: Abbr TDS
Saldana who plays Nina in 'Nina' ZOE
My deer boy? STAG
Ritual with covered mirrors SHIVA
French word in a Beyoncé song that means 'already' DEJA
SHARES TELLS
Don known for seducing many women way before Draper GIOVANNI
FWIW IMO
Girl-oriented manga, familiarly SHOJO
Extending the life of, as a sock DARNING
Foxy fab PHAT
Became a sister or a brother PLEDGED
Bodies in space ORBS
STASH TROVE
'Blood hath been shed ___ now, i' th' olden time': Shakespeare ERE
Brightest star in Ursa Minor aka the North Star POLARIS
Celery stick target ONIONDIP
Conclusion of a presidential address GOV
Commercial cold-weather prefix SNO
Cuban baller? MAV
'Dear Men, You Seriously Need To Stop Wearing ___' (denim-related 2014 Buzzfeed article) JORTS
Desk manner before Noah STEWART
Be the summer? ADD