The Chronicle of Higher Education – Nov 17 2017 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| ‘Gunsmoke’ barkeep Noonan |
SAM |
| ‘Wondrous’ Egyptian lighthouse |
PHAROS |
| 1974 Broadway premiere starring Anthony Hopkins |
EQUUS |
| 54 Down and others, briefly |
AGS |
| Abate |
SUBSIDE |
| Binge-watches to the point of headache, say |
ODSON |
| BlackBerry alternatives |
TREOS |
| Boxing’s ‘Louisville Lip’ |
ALI |
| Bumpkin voiced by Edgar Bergen |
SNERD |
| Chow |
EATS |
| Churn |
SEETHE |
| Closer to its prime |
RIPER |
| Coal-rich region of Germany |
SAAR |
| Cut in the field |
SCYTHED |
| Czech sci-fi play of the 1920s |
RUR |
| Dessert invented by Athena? |
PIALAMODE |
| Discomfit |
FAZE |
| Divert |
AMUSE |
| Divider of many courts |
NET |
| Dumbbell abbr |
LBS |
| Dunne or Castle |
IRENE |
| Eddie who is the only jockey with two Triple Crowns |
ARCARO |
| Eponymous supercomputers |
CRAYS |
| Failed fudge, maybe |
GOOP |
| Favorite Steinbeck novel of Apollo? |
CANNERYRHO |
| Fortify |
TOUGHEN |
| Game between Final Four teams, often |
SEMI |
| Gap crossed by a nerve impulse |
SYNAPSE |
| Get a bit sloshed |
TIPPLE |
| Golden quality? |
SILENCE |
| How-to presentations |
DEMOS |
| Irish nationalist Robert ___ |
EMMET |
| Italian alternative |
RANCH |
| Kuang-___ (Chinese emperor from 1875 to 1908) |
HSU |
| Member of the Reagan cabinet |
MEESE |
| Military motto for Ares? |
SEMPERPHI |
| More subdued |
Quieter |
| NATO founding member |
USA |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Not a reproduction: Abbr |
ORIG |
| Not shown, in a way |
UNAIRED |
| Overseer of corp. accounts |
CFO |
| Pal of Karen and Cubby, on an old TV ‘Club’ |
DOREEN |
| Panache |
ELAN |
| Parkinsonism treatment |
LDOPA |
| Penn or Pitt, e.g |
ACTOR |
| Periods without 39 Down |
FASTS |
| Pesticide banned in 1972 |
DDT |
| Pondered |
MUSED |
| Prankster’s cry |
GOTYOU |
| Prime minister after Churchill |
EDEN |
| Prince Harry’s alma mater |
ETON |
| Prov. on Hudson Bay |
ONT |
| Refuse to acknowledge |
SNUB |
| Remote |
FAR |
| Self-sacrificing type |
MARTYR |
| Sharp change of direction |
ZAG |
| Single-task programs |
APPLETS |
| Sneaker brand preferred by Hermes? |
NUBALANCE |
| Special-ability check that uses Zener cards |
ESPTEST |
| Sports car driven by Eros? |
ALPHAROMEO |
| Sporty Toyota that debuted in 1978 |
SUPRA |
| Stereotypical Canadian sentence enders |
EHS |
| Sugar suffix |
OSE |
| Surfer’s destination |
URL |
| Symbols of timidity |
MICE |
| Tapped-out character |
DIT |
| Thespian legend Hagen |
UTA |
| Toiling away |
ATIT |
| Tom who coached the Dallas Cowboys |
LANDRY |
| Tours infinitive |
ETRE |
| Tousled |
MESSY |
| Transvaal settler of yore |
BOER |
| Trapped with no way to descend |
UPATREE |
| Uncompromising |
STERN |
| Veep from Delaware |
BIDEN |
| Vietnamese holiday |
TET |