The Chronicle of Higher Education – Oct 13 2017 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| ‘… you know the rest’ |
ETCETERA |
| ‘Beauty and the Beast’ antagonist |
GASTON |
| ‘Return of the Jedi’ Saturn Award winner |
HAMILL |
| ‘___ who?’ |
SEZ |
| 1978 R&B album whose title rhymes with the name of its highest-charting hit |
CESTCHIC |
| Amelia Earhart or Beryl Markham, e.g |
AVIATRIX |
| Bailout PC key |
ESC |
| Base for some French toast |
BRIOCHE |
| Brought into being |
SIRED |
| Cause of a tan line, perhaps |
BRA |
| Celestial peac*ck |
PAVO |
| Cereal that comes with a guarantee? |
CERTIFIEDCHEX |
| Chateau ___ Michelle (American winery) |
STE |
| Chillax |
VEG |
| Clothe oneself in |
DON |
| Codgers |
COOTS |
| Company known for using ‘surge pricing’ |
UBER |
| Concrete |
TANGIBLE |
| Crested bird-feeder visitor |
JAY |
| Crinkly fabric |
CREPE |
| Dallas hoopster, for short |
MAV |
| Diagnostic image, for short |
CTSCAN |
| Dole (out) |
METE |
| Down in the mouth |
GLUM |
| Fades |
EBBS |
| Focus of many May negotiations |
BREXIT |
| Fruit-filled German loaf |
STOLLEN |
| Get onto one’s fork, say |
SPEAR |
| Grandiloquent chronicles |
SAGAS |
| Hardly any |
FEW |
| Hepburn co-star in ‘The African Queen’ |
BOGART |
| Horrifying bagel accompaniment? |
DREADLOX |
| Lake Michigan herring |
ALEWIVES |
| Land of Blarney |
EIRE |
| Last-minute birthday recognitions, maybe |
ECARDS |
| Laura Bush’s alma mater, briefly |
SMU |
| Lotus-___ |
EATER |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Malay Archipelago island |
BORNEO |
| Mgr.’s underling |
ASST |
| Milkweed secretion |
LATEX |
| Narrow cut |
SLIT |
| Nativity-scene gift-bearers |
MAGI |
| Naval coolers |
BRIGS |
| No.-crunching pros |
CPAS |
| One of the Hardy Boys or the Jonas Brothers |
JOE |
| Oscar nominee Woodard |
ALFRE |
| Pac-12 athlete |
UTE |
| Paint-can instruction |
STIR |
| Peruvian songbird Sumac |
YMA |
| Photo blowups: Abbr |
ENLS |
| Poses a threat to |
MENACES |
| Prime vantage point at the theater |
BOXSEAT |
| Radiates |
EXUDES |
| Readily comprehensible |
LUCID |
| Rhyme scheme in a so-called ‘Rubáiyát stanza’ |
AABA |
| Road-trip guessing game |
ISPY |
| Rough guess |
STAB |
| SALT subject |
NTESTS |
| Sculpts |
CHISELS |
| Shakespeare’s Ariel, for one |
SPRITE |
| Shopworn |
STALE |
| Skedaddled |
RAN |
| Slew |
SCAD |
| Snide remark |
DIG |
| Some slot-machine pop-ups? |
CHERRYPIX |
| Tasseled topper |
FEZ |
| Think alike |
AGREE |
| Tiny sprouter |
SEEDLET |
| Waves away |
SHOOS |
| What military higher-ups pay the IRS? |
BRASSTAX |
| What some errant drivers have to get out of |
SANDTRAP |
| When the ‘Toreador Song’ is heard in ‘Carmen’ |
ACTII |
| Wonder-ous rejection? |
STEVIENIX |
| Yet, briefly |
THO |