The Chronicle of Higher Education - Crossword Answers | 2013 03 29

crossword answers
Clue Answer
GEOLOGIC TIME UNIT EON
SHORT FLIGHT HOP
Looks for bugs in BETATESTS
'THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER' CONTRACTION OER
NOVELIST JONG ERICA
CREATE PART OF A FLOWER? FASHIONPETAL
Cold rain that leaves no marks? STAINLESSSLEET
STOMACH MUSCLES ABS
MAGAZINE FOUNDER'S SURNAME UTNE
WHAT'S UP? SKY
CHINESE ZODIAC ANIMAL RAT
S&L offerings IRAS
The Ponte Santa Trinita spans it ARNO
Toss with a high arc LOB
Subject of the biography 'Woman in the Mists' FOSSEY
Lottery picks: Abbr NOS
Legal woes? CASELOADS
How lovers dine ADEUX
'Father ___' (cult comedy from Ireland) TED
'No Time for Sergeants' director Mervyn LEROY
'The Devil and Daniel Webster' author Stephen Vincent ___ BENET
Billet-doux salutation MYDEAR
Chirping reptile GECKO
Coin featuring the Union Shield CENT
Comedic duo that includes a multiheaded monster? LAURELANDHYDRA
Exeter-to-London dir ENE
Gems usually without facets OPALS
Google Play purchase APP
Green copper? ROOKIE
Hexapod INSECT
Highish grade BPLUS
Site of Drake University IOWA
Sheridan's ___ Malaprop MRS
Ridged pasta PENNE
Pulp-fiction hero ___ Savage DOC
Post-op stop: Abbr ICU
Name shared by thirteen popes LEO
SLOW ON THE UPTAKE DENSE
INCONVENIENCE TRY
WORDS SPOKEN WHILE HOLDING ONE'S HANDS APART YEABIG
WARM COAT FLEECE
NEW HAVEN STUDENT ELI
VALUABLE RED CARD IN CANASTA TREY
MENTAL SLIP LAPSE
PARTICULARLY IMPRESSIVE GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT OPTION? GRANDTNOTE
END-OF-THE-WEEK BUSINESS LETTERS? TGIF
LIKE SOME SWIMMING POOLS INDOOR
'What's the ___?' DIFF
PROM PURCHASE DRESS
FIGURE-SKATING FEATS AXELS
GIBSON GARNISH ONION
FAIL TO SPEAK CLEARLY SLUR
TURNED ON LIT
EXAM FORMAT ORAL
ROOTING AREA STY
Sight seer EYE
PIEHOLE YAP
LAO-TZU PRINCIPLE TAO
Female parent's annoyance? MOTHERTEASER
1936 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE LANDON ALF
FEMALE IN A HERD EWE
FEMALE IN A FLOCK DOE
TAKES STOCK? LOOTS
COURSE ACTIVITY GOLF
ENDING FOR SOCIAL OR CLASS ISM
SPEAKERS IN VEHICLES CBERS
LIKE ALLEN WRENCHES LSHAPED
INNER RIND ALBEDO
HEAVY DANCING SHOES CLOGS
CITI FIELD PREDECESSOR SHEA
WITHOUT MEANS NEEDY
ABBREVIATED, FOR SHORT SYNONYM
Much-criticized Pontiac model AZTEK
Component of bronze TIN
SLUDGE OOZE
RELIEF AID
TWIN IN GENESIS ESAU
STAND IN A LOFT EASEL
Object of admiration IDOL
OLD NORSE LETTERS RUNES
HANDGUN? PALMPISTOL