The New Yorker – May 14 2018 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| “A ludicrous invention,” per Germaine Greer |
BRA |
| “Champion Literary Phallocrat,” per Foster Wallace |
UPDIKE |
| “Rules ___ rules” |
ARE |
| “___ that a lot” |
IGET |
| 1814 Byron poem |
LARA |
| 1928 Virginia Woolf “biography” |
ORLANDO |
| 1972 Bill Withers hit |
LEANONME |
| Actress Dennings of “2 Broke Girls” |
KAT |
| Actress Teri |
GARR |
| Big brass |
TUBA |
| Bodega convenience |
ATM |
| British interjection |
ISAY |
| Campy dance moves |
DIPS |
| Carrier letters? |
RNA |
| Clarifying words |
ASIN |
| Containing radiocarbon, say |
DATABLE |
| Cookies with a limited-edition cherry-cola flavor |
OREOS |
| Director Nicolas |
ROEG |
| E-mail address ending |
EDU |
| Estrada of “CHiPS” |
ERIK |
| Expedited, maybe |
SAMEDAY |
| Former German colony called South West Africa |
NAMIBIA |
| Galvanize |
ENTHUSE |
| Get spitty |
DROOLON |
| Go for |
LEAPAT |
| Grande dame of music? |
ARIANA |
| Group that embodied “a new kind of vampy feminism,” per Camille Paglia |
SPICEGIRLS |
| His last words were, “What an artist the world is losing in me!” |
NERO |
| Homer described her as having “lovely ankles” |
INO |
| Howls |
BAYS |
| In a shrewd way |
CANNILY |
| It might be next to the shoulder |
BIKELANE |
| It’s überized |
GIGECONOMY |
| Kind of child |
ONLY |
| Liberate |
SETFREE |
| Like policies that result in the 27-Across |
NEOLIBERAL |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Like snowflakes |
FRACTAL |
| Loose end? |
NESS |
| Mature |
RIPE |
| More moved, perhaps |
TEARIER |
| N.Y.S.E. opportunities |
IPOS |
| Nail-polish brand with collections by Justin Bieber and the Muppets |
OPI |
| Name |
CALL |
| Not quite highbrow, per Dwight Macdonald |
MIDCULT |
| Official title of Giuseppe Garibaldi in 1860 |
DICTATOR |
| Production |
ADO |
| Putrefy |
ROT |
| Rendezvous |
TRYSTS |
| Rep |
CRED |
| Richard III or Henry VII, e.g |
USURPER |
| Schmaltz, literally |
CHICKENFAT |
| She’s just a “regular, degular, schmegular girl from the Bronx” |
CARDIB |
| Sign of a warm welcome |
OPENARMS |
| Stud alternative |
RING |
| Swamp |
FEN |
| Team originally called the New Jersey Americans |
NETS |
| The poet Rumi, for instance |
MUSLIM |
| They help you get a grip |
PLIERS |
| They may result in unfair sentences |
BADRAPS |
| They’re formed in the mirror stage |
EGOS |
| Thom of Radiohead |
YORKE |
| Took for a time |
RENTED |
| Trading trade |
FINANCE |
| Turkey |
FLOP |
| Unrefined stuff |
ORE |
| Unveil |
ROLLOUT |
| When repeated, a classic candy |
DUM |
| Wild thing? |
CARD |
| Word with tea or dessert |
CART |
| Word with up or down |
LET |
| Wrong |
INERROR |
| ¿Todo ___? |
BIEN |