BuzzFeed 2015 12 17 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
Bring a house down - it's like an apartment, only bigger and for one family	RAZE
Buzzard relative, big wings, eats dead animals, get it?	VULTURE
Candlelight event for remembering, say, the patriarchy before it crumbles	VIGIL
Car roof you can take off (not ACTUALLY, just for a ride or something)	TTOP
Church bells sound, I know, you wouldn't know as you're a heathen who's never stepped foot in a church before or even walked by one	PEAL
Comic unit (I prefer graphic novels, which are serious comics)	STRIP
Dicks (it's the formal word, so you may not know it yet)	PHALLI
Dish in a lab used for examining cultures (those are science terms for those who haven't studied science)	PETRI
DJ Lowe who played my band once - I'm a very talented musician	ZANE
Dumps, like condos that can't afford cleaners	STIES
Easy question, metaphorically (again NOT actually	LOB
Eel, in sushi-speak - it's delicious	UNAGI
Estimator's phrase, they make educated guesses	ORSO
Federal agcy. that takes money from your paycheck - they take a lot from me, trust me	IRS
Final purpose you might seek if you had direction	ENDALL
Flap one's gums, that's slang for 'talk incessantly'	BLAB
Floor cleaner's tool...it probably touched where you're standing	MOP
Gay icon Minnelli, watch 'Cabaret' when you have a moment it's very important	LIZA
General Rommel (he's a historical figure from World War II)	ERWIN
Kill the sound, like I bet you wish you could do with someone talking like a 41-Across	MUTE
Large animal in the deer family (not actual family, but in the species sense)	ELK
Like many fifth-graders - ask your cousin	AGETEN
Literally everybody at the office beneath me	PEON
Little ones that you give to your hired help to push around in jogging carriages	TOTS
Money for a club membership, join a couple when you have a chance	DUES
Neglects to mention, as I can't seem to understand how to do	OMITS
One who talks like he's obviously superior but he's actually just privileged	CHAUVINISTPIG
Opera highlight - it's a high-cultured thing kind of like a 'musical' only in a foreign language	ARIA
Parkinson's battler that Robert De Niro's character took in 'Awakenings,' you should watch it sometime	LDOPA
Part of an attack plan (in war)	PRONG
Pasta shaped like a tube, that's like a cylinder only without tops	ZITI
Treat condescendingly, like the clues in this puzzle	PATRONIZE
Julia Roberts's ex Lyle, he's a country singer	LOVETT
Instagram posting (follow me @fleetwoodwack for some mind-blowing shit)	PIC
Indifferent to pain, as one should be	STOIC
I have one for fine art	EYE
Head coverings (like, you put them on your head)	CAPS
*Gun org. full of people who get* me**	NRA
Barely worth mentioning, like whatever you do vis-a-vis my brilliant career	MERE
Aware of, as the fact that this puzzle is making fun of douches who 55-Across	ONTO
Apple appointment app you might use to get your life together	ICAL
Answer to the question 'Who is more knowledgable about things than me?'	NOONE
17-Across like a 41-Across	MANSPLAIN
'___ have something smart to say about that'	IMAY
'Un Ballo in Maschera' song that means 'it was you' if you spoke Italian (I do)	ERITU
'The Godfather' first name, it's a classic film so you should know this	VITO
'Put a sock in it, I'm spreading wisdom here, people'	SHUTTHEHELLUP
BRITISH NOBLEMAN	EARL
'Interstate Love Song' band, briefly (I had it on colored vinyl)	STP
'Help me out here, I could be more condescending'	BEAPAL
Barley grain pasta, it's good with kale	ORZO
TV show that's not nearly as good as a real show like 'The Wire' because it takes place in a high school and is a musical	GLEE
Twerking body part, if you're a peasant	ASS
Uses, as a chair - or the floor if you don't understand what a chair is	SITSON
Vincent van Gogh chopped one off (painter who painted 'The Starry Night')	EAR
Beer that's got a lot of hops (you'd probably prefer a Heineken or Coors)	PALEALE
Borscht base (borscht is a delicious soup I know how to cook)	BEETS
Playful prank, for example pretending I don't know what I'm talking about	ANTIC
Rayed autumn flower, that's the time of year we go back to school	ASTER
Really digging, as I am myself	INTO
Said with a wink (a blink but with only one eye)	SLY
Send forth, as light (did you take physics?)	EMIT
Shrinking Asian sea (I've traveled in Asia)	ARAL
Singer Lou who is very good - he sounds like some singers that you might know like Al Green	RAWLS
Ski resort in New Mexico because Vail was so 2009	TAOS
Skin and bones, metaphorically (not literally)	LEAN
Slow, graceful dance I learned how to do it at Juilliard	MINUET
Small obstacle in plans that aren't good	HITCH
Spread wisdom as people should let me do more often	ORATE
Stop existing, as the patriarchy	DIE
Strahan's co-host (on TV)	RIPA
Street corner things that tell you you can't park here, if you should stop, where to go, etc	SIGNS
Submarine sandwich - I make a great one	HOAGIE
Superman's accessory (he's a very strong superhero)	CAPE
Terrible shame, but you'll get over it	PITY
Things I give 10% for, no matter what (I had to work for my money)	TIPS
Volume button, it's the round thing on the stereo	KNOB
What Rosie does on some posters (from history)	RIVET

Bring a house down - it's like an apartment, only bigger and for one family

Buzzard relative, big wings, eats dead animals, get it?

Candlelight event for remembering, say, the patriarchy before it crumbles

Car roof you can take off (not ACTUALLY, just for a ride or something)

Church bells sound, I know, you wouldn't know as you're a heathen who's never stepped foot in a church before or even walked by one

PEAL

Comic unit (I prefer graphic novels, which are serious comics)

STRIP

Dicks (it's the formal word, so you may not know it yet)

PHALLI

Dish in a lab used for examining cultures (those are science terms for those who haven't studied science)

PETRI