BuzzFeed - Crossword Answers | 2015 12 17

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Dumps, like condos that can't afford cleaners STIES
Eel, in sushi-speak - it's delicious UNAGI
Easy question, metaphorically (again NOT actually LOB
DJ Lowe who played my band once - I'm a very talented musician ZANE
Dish in a lab used for examining cultures (those are science terms for those who haven't studied science) PETRI
Dicks (it's the formal word, so you may not know it yet) PHALLI
Car roof you can take off (not ACTUALLY, just for a ride or something) TTOP
Comic unit (I prefer graphic novels, which are serious comics) STRIP
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
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
Candlelight event for remembering, say, the patriarchy before it crumbles VIGIL
Buzzard relative, big wings, eats dead animals, get it? VULTURE
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
Opera highlight - it's a high-cultured thing kind of like a 'musical' only in a foreign language ARIA
Floor cleaner's tool...it probably touched where you're standing MOP
Part of an attack plan (in war) PRONG
General Rommel (he's a historical figure from World War II) ERWIN
Gay icon Minnelli, watch 'Cabaret' when you have a moment it's very important LIZA
Literally everybody at the office beneath me PEON
Like many fifth-graders - ask your cousin AGETEN
Bring a house down - it's like an apartment, only bigger and for one family RAZE
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
Indifferent to pain, as one should be STOIC
I have one for fine art EYE
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
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
Parkinson's battler that Robert De Niro's character took in 'Awakenings,' you should watch it sometime LDOPA
Pasta shaped like a tube, that's like a cylinder only without tops ZITI
Treat condescendingly, like the clues in this puzzle PATRONIZE
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
Julia Roberts's ex Lyle, he's a country singer LOVETT
'Put a sock in it, I'm spreading wisdom here, people' SHUTTHEHELLUP
'Interstate Love Song' band, briefly (I had it on colored vinyl) STP
Instagram posting (follow me @fleetwoodwack for some mind-blowing shit) PIC
Barley grain pasta, it's good with kale ORZO
Head coverings (like, you put them on your head) CAPS
Vincent van Gogh chopped one off (painter who painted 'The Starry Night') EAR
Gun org. full of people who *get* me NRA
Apple appointment app you might use to get your life together ICAL
BRITISH NOBLEMAN EARL
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
Answer to the question 'Who is more knowledgable about things than me?' NOONE
Singer Lou who is very good - he sounds like some singers that you might know like Al Green RAWLS
17-Across like a 41-Across MANSPLAIN
Skin and bones, metaphorically (not literally) LEAN
'Un Ballo in Maschera' song that means 'it was you' if you spoke Italian (I do) ERITU
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
'___ have something smart to say about that' IMAY
Street corner things that tell you you can't park here, if you should stop, where to go, etc SIGNS
'Help me out here, I could be more condescending' BEAPAL
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
'The Godfather' first name, it's a classic film so you should know this VITO
Uses, as a chair - or the floor if you don't understand what a chair is SITSON
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
Shrinking Asian sea (I've traveled in Asia) ARAL
Ski resort in New Mexico because Vail was so 2009 TAOS
Slow, graceful dance I learned how to do it at Juilliard MINUET
Strahan's co-host (on TV) RIPA
Submarine sandwich - I make a great one HOAGIE
What Rosie does on some posters (from history) RIVET