The Chronicle of Higher Education - Crossword Answers | 2015 12 11

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Supposed ball-dropping locale for Galileo PISA
Sound effect in a Three Stooges routine BONK
Like sets with no elements NULL
King Marke in 'Tristan und Isolde,' e.g BASS
Insects that form 'ghosts' when they swarm GNATS
Honour declined by George Harrison: Abbr OBE
LIKE ABOUT 15% OF NEW ZEALANDERS MAORI
ECCENTRICS KOOKS
BOVINE HYBRID BEEFALO
VERVE SPIRIT
Without a downside, in a way WINWIN
Spot in the Bible? SEEST
One-named Art Deco luminary ERTE
2015 film based on an Emma Donoghue best seller ROOM
Aromatherapist's workplace SPA
'___ must tell a tale of chivalry': Keats .... LOI
'___: The Short but Happy Political Life of George W. Bush' (Molly Ivins book) SHRUB
BARBECUE FARE RIBS
DERRING-DO HEROICS
AUTHORIZE ENTITLE
ANNOYS PEEVES
Suffix with micro- or macro- COSM
Got ready, with 'up' GEARED
Event depicted in this puzzle's grid WEDDING
DEMOLISH, IN DEVON RASE
ID CLINCHER, AT TIMES DNA
KEEP TABS ON A FRIEND'S TABBY, SAY CATSIT
COMES DOWN AS MIXED PRECIPITATION SLEETS
STOCK TRADES OF FEWER THAN 100 SHARES ODDLOTS
LIKE SOME BIOMETRIC SCANS RETINAL
DESIGN HOUSE SUED BY YVES SAINT LAURENT IN 1960 DIOR
ANCIENT OINTMENT NARD
SOMME SUMMER ETE
STEW FRET
RELATED ON THE FATHER'S SIDE AGNATE
Group of letters in typing ABO
Fortas of SCOTUS ABE
Singing and dancing, say TALENTS
Ophthalmic swelling STYE
Pronoun among Hamburgers SIE
Prestigious cartooning award since 1946 REUBEN
PROVIDED A SEGUE FOR LEDINTO
FISH WITHOUT PELVIC FINS EEL
STRAIN TENSION
ORG. WITH RULES TO GOVERN ITS CLUBS PGA
Painter who did a series featuring the Rouen Cathedral MONET
'Now We Are ___' (A.A. Milne compendium) SIX
Music-genre qualifier ALT
Indigenous Oklahoman OTO
Leather poker AWL
Macbeth or Lady Macbeth, e.g SCOT
OPENING BET ANTE
OSTENSIBLE ALLEGED
HEARTACHE WOE
LENGTH OF TIME SPELL
CALL TO SOMEONE ON DECK YOUREUP
MANNER WAY
Young attendant at a 2 Down, often FLOWERGIRL
Yet-to-be-deciphered Minoan script LINEARA
'Which is it?' AORB
When some Tauruses are born: Abbr APR
Toy intended to get blown up KITE
Shaw with a clarinet ARTIE
SOME HOME-SCHOOLERS GET THEM, BRIEFLY GEDS
ON THE WRONG SIDE (OF) AFOUL
K-12 ELHI
BLUISH PURPLE MAUVE
Translation of the diner slang 'Adam and Eve' TWOEGGS
Young attendant at a 2 Down, often RINGBEARER
Bug's end? ABOO
VERY WIDE, ON SHOEBOXES EEE
MOUNTAINEER'S FOOTHOLD, MAYBE CRAG
VEEP BEFORE LBJ RMN
SALIVATES DROOLS
___ 'N' CHEESE MAC
Certain inducement for a 2 Down SHOTGUN
Bela Lugosi's role in 'Son of Frankenstein' YGOR
TUMS COMPETITOR MAALOX