The Chronicle of Higher Education - Crossword Answers | 2012 02 17

crossword answers
Clue Answer
'Maybe some other time' NOTTODAY
DISAPPEAR LAM
KLUTZY INEPT
Closed-minded sort BIGOT
Face stoically, as bad weather BRAVE
Hotel-room item MINT
BRENDA OF THE COMICS STARR
One in a conflict AGONIST
CALIFORNIA'S COSTA ___ MESA
LARGE-SCALE OUTBREAK PANDEMIC
ROOF TOPPER VANE
Undid a snuffing RELIT
Fearsome eel MORAY
He kisses 'by the book' ROMEO
FELLS WITH A SINGLE BLOW SMITES
SMALL REMNANT DREG
HIGH PRAISE KUDOS
LOW PINOCHLE CARDS NINES
UNEXCITING TAME
OVERSIGHT LAPSE
A SCARAB BEETLE WITH A HEART-SHAPED MARK ON ITS WING COVERS WAS NAMED AFTER THIS ADVENTURER GIACOMOCASANOVA
AN ORB-WEAVING SPIDER WITH BLACK MARKINGS RESEMBLING A MUSTACHE WAS NAMED AFTER THIS MUSICIAN FRANKZAPPA
DISTINCTIVE TIME ERA
CHECK FOR ACCURACY VET
STRIP, AS A SHIP UNRIG
Drum-circle standby BONGO
'A Handful of Dust' author WAUGH
'CITIZEN KANE' PROP SLED
TECHNO INSTRUMENT, FOR SHORT SYNTH
DID LUNCH ATE
CHECKS DETERS
An arachnid that sucks the juices of its prey was named after this author BRAMSTOKER
Minor prophet who said 'I was no prophet' AMOS
LEAVE OUT OMIT
WINTER COAT? ICE
Compete on 'American Idol' SING
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, e.g DANES
___ Mater (Latin hymn) STABAT
WARD OFF AVERT
TURNS ABRUPTLY ZAGS
RILE UP AGITATE
SCAND. NATION NOR
WHAT THE BOHR MODEL DEPICTS ATOM
FOREST-FIRE FALLOUT ASH
PALMER, TO PALS ARNIE
A solitary wasp was named after this actress GRETAGARBO
Community of commuters EXURB
Conference freebie, sometimes TOTE
Fatiguing activity LABOR
Frat-party costumes TOGAS
'I feel the same way' DITTO
Preburial ritual WAKE
Showy billiards shot MASSE
Something to do on sabbatical RELAX
They hang around the kitchen AROMAS
Unchaperoned ALONE
TOUCH ON ABUT
Egg warmer? HEN
Cancel the launch ABORT
Reactor-fuel containers RODS
Gray's ___ (British legal society) INN
HEAVY READING? TOMES
LOSE ONE'S FOOTING SLIP
NOT JUST OCCASIONALLY ALOT
Org. headquartered in D.C IMF
LOVED ONES DEARS
A genus of shell-less snails was named after this noblewoman LADYGODIVA
ROLL DOWN THE RUNWAY TAXI
LITTLE SHAVER TYKE
ZODIACAL ANIMAL RAM
Earlier forms of words ETYMA
It means 'book' in Arabic KORAN
TROUBLEMAKER IMP
FORMER PARTNERS EXES
SPHERICAL VEGGIE PEA
IN ___ (UNBORN) UTERO