The Chronicle of Higher Education 2015 04 03 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
Rapper with the platinum album 'Thank Me Later'	DRAKE
SOME MALWARE	WORMS
PROMONTORY	CAPE
BOTTOM-OF-THE-BARREL STUFF	DREGS
TAKE WING	SOAR
ROALD AMUNDSEN WAS THE FIRST EXPLORER TO REACH IT	SOUTHPOLE
Nimble Alpine goat	IBEX
___ FIXE (OBSESSION)	IDEE
ONE WITH AN ACE UP HIS SLEEVE?	CARDSHARP
IT MAY BE A CUE OR A QUEUE	LINE
___ Fields, 1930s leader of the Rippling Rhythm Orchestra	SHEP
CABOOSE	PATOOT
PRE-WORKOUT RITUAL	STRETCH
READ, AS A BAR CODE	SCAN
MOCKED BY IMITATING	APED
MATA ___	HARI
CINCH	PIECEOFCAKE
WAR FRONTMAN BURDON	ERIC
ONE OF 12 IN A CUBE	EDGE
Gadgetry showcase, maybe	EXPO
AUTOMAKER NAMED FOR A GOD OF WISDOM	MAZDA
PERFECT	REFINE
MICHAELMAS DAISY	ASTER
The Hirshhorn in Washington, e.g	MUSEUM
Pinkerton in 'Madama Butterfly,' e.g	TENOR
HEAVY READING?	TOME
PIE-MEETING-FACE SOUND	SPLAT
REALLY DIGGING	INTO
PAINTER MAGRITTE	RENE
NILE BITER	ASP
FURTHERMORE	AND
THESIS BEGINNING	HYPO
IMPOSSIBLE TO PICK UP	INAUDIBLE
STEELERS CORNERBACK TAYLOR	IKE
Part of a gig	MEG
ONE WITH SOCIAL ANXIETY, PERHAPS	LONER
'MY BAD'	SORRY
'Vissi d'___' ('Tosca' aria)	ARTE
RIDER OF A WHITE HORSE, SAY	HERO
Mother of Castor, Pollux, and Helen of Troy	LEDA
'Ars Amatoria' poet	OVID
SMART	CHIC
'No guts, no ___'	GLORY
Prospector's parcel	CLAIM
Response to a fresh overture	SLAP
LINCOLN CENTER?	CEE
Stuffed Passover staple ... and a hint to what 20, 32, and 40 Across have in common	GEFILTEFISH
IN LA-LA LAND	SPACY
BARISTA INJURY	SCALD
The 'M' in TV-MA	MATURE
1978 film with Sylvester Stallone as a Hoffa-like union boss	FIST
TECH-SUPPORT SEEKERS	USERS
RECIPE DIRECTIVE IN THE KITCHEN OR IN THE LABORATORY	STIR
TOT'S PLEA	CANI
CAUSE OF INFLATION?	PUMP
Browses (through)	LEAFS
PREFIX WITH DYNAMIC	AERO
Numbers of old?	ETHERS
SHAPE OF AN AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL FIELD	OVAL
MURPHY BED'S PLACE	CLOSET
___ FIDE (GENUINE)	BONA
MARIE ANTOINETTE, PAR EXEMPLE	REINE
'I'm talking to you!'	HEY
'Speed Racer' genre	ANIME
APRIL, MAY, AND JUNE, TO DAISY DUCK	NIECES
Offensive asset on the diamond	SLUGGER
Commoner, for short	PLEB
SMALL VORTEX	EDDY
OPEN HEARING, IN LAW	OYER
APPROACH	NEAR
DIVERT	ENTERTAIN
EXAGGERATEDLY INNOCENT COMEBACK	WHOME
SCROOGE'S BUSINESS PARTNER	MARLEY
CHIMP IN THE MERCURY PROGRAM	ENOS
1983 WOODY ALLEN MOCKUMENTARY	ZELIG
He called the nightingale 'Dryad of the trees'	KEATS

Rapper with the platinum album 'Thank Me Later'

DRAKE

SOME MALWARE

WORMS

PROMONTORY

CAPE

BOTTOM-OF-THE-BARREL STUFF

DREGS

TAKE WING

SOAR

ROALD AMUNDSEN WAS THE FIRST EXPLORER TO REACH IT

SOUTHPOLE