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

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