The Chronicle of Higher Education - Crossword Answers | 2012 02 17

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Compete on 'American Idol' SING
WARD OFF AVERT
RILE UP AGITATE
TURNS ABRUPTLY ZAGS
___ Mater (Latin hymn) STABAT
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, e.g DANES
WINTER COAT? ICE
LEAVE OUT OMIT
SCAND. NATION NOR
'CITIZEN KANE' PROP SLED
DID LUNCH ATE
CHECKS DETERS
An arachnid that sucks the juices of its prey was named after this author BRAMSTOKER
TECHNO INSTRUMENT, FOR SHORT SYNTH
'A Handful of Dust' author WAUGH
Minor prophet who said 'I was no prophet' AMOS
'I feel the same way' DITTO
Drum-circle standby BONGO
UNEXCITING TAME
DISTINCTIVE TIME ERA
SMALL REMNANT DREG
WHAT THE BOHR MODEL DEPICTS ATOM
Fatiguing activity LABOR
Community of commuters EXURB
Cancel the launch ABORT
Gray's ___ (British legal society) INN
HEAVY READING? TOMES
LOSE ONE'S FOOTING SLIP
Org. headquartered in D.C IMF
NOT JUST OCCASIONALLY ALOT
Reactor-fuel containers RODS
Egg warmer? HEN
TOUCH ON ABUT
A genus of shell-less snails was named after this noblewoman LADYGODIVA
LOVED ONES DEARS
KLUTZY INEPT
Closed-minded sort BIGOT
Face stoically, as bad weather BRAVE
Hotel-room item MINT
BRENDA OF THE COMICS STARR
CALIFORNIA'S COSTA ___ MESA
LARGE-SCALE OUTBREAK PANDEMIC
ROOF TOPPER VANE
One in a conflict AGONIST
DISAPPEAR LAM
'Maybe some other time' NOTTODAY
He kisses 'by the book' ROMEO
Frat-party costumes TOGAS
OVERSIGHT LAPSE
Conference freebie, sometimes TOTE
A SCARAB BEETLE WITH A HEART-SHAPED MARK ON ITS WING COVERS WAS NAMED AFTER THIS ADVENTURER GIACOMOCASANOVA
HIGH PRAISE KUDOS
CHECK FOR ACCURACY VET
FELLS WITH A SINGLE BLOW SMITES
Fearsome eel MORAY
Undid a snuffing RELIT
They hang around the kitchen AROMAS
Something to do on sabbatical RELAX
Showy billiards shot MASSE
STRIP, AS A SHIP UNRIG
A solitary wasp was named after this actress GRETAGARBO
FOREST-FIRE FALLOUT ASH
AN ORB-WEAVING SPIDER WITH BLACK MARKINGS RESEMBLING A MUSTACHE WAS NAMED AFTER THIS MUSICIAN FRANKZAPPA
LOW PINOCHLE CARDS NINES
Unchaperoned ALONE
Preburial ritual WAKE
PALMER, TO PALS ARNIE
LITTLE SHAVER TYKE
ZODIACAL ANIMAL RAM
TROUBLEMAKER IMP
FORMER PARTNERS EXES
SPHERICAL VEGGIE PEA
IN ___ (UNBORN) UTERO
It means 'book' in Arabic KORAN
Earlier forms of words ETYMA
ROLL DOWN THE RUNWAY TAXI