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

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