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

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