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

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