The Chronicle of Higher Education - Crossword Answers | 2015 12 11

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Insects that form 'ghosts' when they swarm GNATS
Young attendant at a 2 Down, often FLOWERGIRL
Toy intended to get blown up KITE
Sound effect in a Three Stooges routine BONK
Spot in the Bible? SEEST
ON THE WRONG SIDE (OF) AFOUL
BOVINE HYBRID BEEFALO
STOCK TRADES OF FEWER THAN 100 SHARES ODDLOTS
BLUISH PURPLE MAUVE
VERVE SPIRIT
STEW FRET
AUTHORIZE ENTITLE
DERRING-DO HEROICS
HEARTACHE WOE
SOMME SUMMER ETE
BARBECUE FARE RIBS
ANCIENT OINTMENT NARD
ID CLINCHER, AT TIMES DNA
SOME HOME-SCHOOLERS GET THEM, BRIEFLY GEDS
'___: The Short but Happy Political Life of George W. Bush' (Molly Ivins book) SHRUB
Bela Lugosi's role in 'Son of Frankenstein' YGOR
Certain inducement for a 2 Down SHOTGUN
Honour declined by George Harrison: Abbr OBE
King Marke in 'Tristan und Isolde,' e.g BASS
Macbeth or Lady Macbeth, e.g SCOT
Indigenous Oklahoman OTO
Music-genre qualifier ALT
'Now We Are ___' (A.A. Milne compendium) SIX
Pronoun among Hamburgers SIE
When some Tauruses are born: Abbr APR
'Which is it?' AORB
Yet-to-be-deciphered Minoan script LINEARA
LENGTH OF TIME SPELL
RELATED ON THE FATHER'S SIDE AGNATE
___ 'N' CHEESE MAC
MANNER WAY
STRAIN TENSION
ANNOYS PEEVES
PROVIDED A SEGUE FOR LEDINTO
LIKE ABOUT 15% OF NEW ZEALANDERS MAORI
SALIVATES DROOLS
MOUNTAINEER'S FOOTHOLD, MAYBE CRAG
OSTENSIBLE ALLEGED
OPENING BET ANTE
DESIGN HOUSE SUED BY YVES SAINT LAURENT IN 1960 DIOR
LIKE SOME BIOMETRIC SCANS RETINAL
COMES DOWN AS MIXED PRECIPITATION SLEETS
KEEP TABS ON A FRIEND'S TABBY, SAY CATSIT
DEMOLISH, IN DEVON RASE
Aromatherapist's workplace SPA
2015 film based on an Emma Donoghue best seller ROOM
Bug's end? ABOO
Event depicted in this puzzle's grid WEDDING
Fortas of SCOTUS ABE
Got ready, with 'up' GEARED
Group of letters in typing ABO
Leather poker AWL
Prestigious cartooning award since 1946 REUBEN
Ophthalmic swelling STYE
Singing and dancing, say TALENTS
Supposed ball-dropping locale for Galileo PISA
One-named Art Deco luminary ERTE
Without a downside, in a way WINWIN
Translation of the diner slang 'Adam and Eve' TWOEGGS
Painter who did a series featuring the Rouen Cathedral MONET
Suffix with micro- or macro- COSM
'___ must tell a tale of chivalry': Keats .... LOI
Shaw with a clarinet ARTIE
VERY WIDE, ON SHOEBOXES EEE
ECCENTRICS KOOKS
ORG. WITH RULES TO GOVERN ITS CLUBS PGA
TUMS COMPETITOR MAALOX
Young attendant at a 2 Down, often RINGBEARER
CALL TO SOMEONE ON DECK YOUREUP
Like sets with no elements NULL
K-12 ELHI
FISH WITHOUT PELVIC FINS EEL
VEEP BEFORE LBJ RMN