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

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