The Chronicle of Higher Education - Crossword Answers | 2015 11 20

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Stage name of Wu-Tang Clan's de facto frontman RZA
Bit by bit, perhaps STEADILY
'Seest thou ___ dreary plain ...': Milton YON
PERMISSIBLE LICIT
Often-humorous impersonations APERY
PREFIX WITH -PATH OSTEO
Gym shoes, colloquially SNEAKS
Pelé's homeland BRAZIL
WALK WEARILY PLOD
'Rumor ___ it ...' HAS
SHOP OWNER WITH A SUPPLY OF HATBOXES MILLINER
Louis who often had Steve Allen in stitches NYE
JESSE JAMES SPECIALTY STICKUPS
MORE OBTUSE THICKER
Doomsayer of kiddie lit CHICKENLITTLE
FLIGHTLESS BIRD OF NEW ZEALAND KIWI
DISCUSS GOINTO
SWEEPING EPIC
RECURRING MELODIC PHRASE OSTINATO
SOME BENNY GOODMAN IMPROVISATIONS HOTLICKS
MAKER OF J'ADORE PERFUME DIOR
D.C. winter hrs EST
'Mr. ___ and Eve' (1950s CBS sitcom) ADAMS
Fourth-quarter mo DEC
Subject of 21 Down's first novel PICKWICKPAPERS
[Bo-o-ring!] YAWN
WHENCE AMBERGRIS IS COLLECTED SEA
INTELLECTUAL RANGE KEN
CASINO CONVENIENCE, BRIEFLY ATM
'Coming Up for Air' author ORWELL
MACHINATING SLY
MONTERREY JACK? PESOS
Midlife-crisis movie of 1991 CITYSLICKERS
PAL OF HARRY AND HERMIONE RON
MARIA VON ___ TRAPP
DECORATIVE PATTERN FOR A LUTE'S SOUND HOLE, OFTEN ROSETTE
'All ___ Years Ago' (George Harrison tune) THOSE
Family-friendly program rating TVG
CAME TO REST ALIT
'Make that two of us' DITTO
LEGALLY IMPEDE ESTOP
LIKE A NEGLECTED LAWN UNMOWN
Darn things, e.g SEW
Rolodex abbr TEL
Where hands are kept busy SHIP
NICKNAME FOR THE YOUNG DARTH VADER ANI
Praline nugget PECAN
NEEDLES TEASES
CALVIN OF THE PGA PEETE
TWISTING SNAKY
Laryngitic RASPY
20-OUNCE STARBUCKS SIZE VENTI
'Benevolent' club member ELK
RAW GREEN
ONE OF NEW YORK'S FINGER LAKES SENECA
Creator of the fictional Pecksniffs and Peggottys DICKENS
TURN ON ACTIVATE
___ PORT USB
MAKE DO COPE
TORPEDO RUIN
Gift for a diehard fan, perhaps SEASONTICKETS
___-A-Fella Records (label co-founded by Jay-Z) ROC
ABRIDGED CUT
'The ___ Eater' (19th-century memoir describing altered consciousness) HASHEESH
IT COMES WITH KINGS AND QUEENS CHESSSET
PICKED CHOSE
Nab, in a rodeo LASSO
Charlemagne's domain: Abbr HRE
CONFESSIONAL TOPIC SIN
VERDI OPERA IN WHICH HUNS ARE EXTRAS ATTILA
Adjective for 18 Across PANICKY
CHECK RECIPIENTS PAYEES
Abbr. in a wristwatch's date window THU
Dixie corn bread, often ASHCAKE
Military slang synonymous with 'leatherneck' or 'jarhead' GYRENE
POET BANISHED BY THE EMPEROR AUGUSTUS OVID