The Chronicle of Higher Education – Aug 3 2018 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| ‘Back off … I’m the one they’ll cast!’ |
ITSMYPART |
| ‘Case of the Ex’ R&B chanteuse |
MYA |
| ‘Cloud ___’ (David Mitchell novel) |
ATLAS |
| ‘Negatory!’ |
UHUH |
| ‘The Lady’s Got Potential’ musical |
EVITA |
| ‘The ___ that men do lives after them’: ‘Julius Caesar’ |
EVIL |
| Actor Miller of 2017’s ‘Justice League’ |
EZRA |
| Adjust, as at the concertmaster’s bidding |
TUNE |
| Aging brain, facetiously |
SIEVE |
| Alamo compact? |
LEASE |
| Ancient holy scroller? |
ESSENE |
| Apt rhyme with ‘O’Hara’ |
TARA |
| Artsy maverick, informally |
BOHO |
| Avail oneself of |
USE |
| Bardic off-Broadway role for David Oyelowo |
OTHELLO |
| Become unfocused |
BLUR |
| Bonbon made for Marie Antoinette? |
VERSAILLESTREAT |
| Breeding horse that could still race? |
QUICKSTUD |
| Catch the eye, as a neon color |
POP |
| Clarinet or bassoon |
REED |
| Couldn’t get enough of |
ATEUP |
| Currency honoring Curie and Chopin |
ZLOTY |
| Damage beyond repair |
RUIN |
| Dawdling |
SLOW |
| December observance with candle-lighting |
KWANZAA |
| Dollar bills, in slang |
ACES |
| Endures |
LASTS |
| Events with pits and spits, briefly |
BBQS |
| Felled with an ax |
HEWED |
| Festive |
GALA |
| Focused, in a way |
AGAZE |
| Gelatin alternative in many Asian desserts |
AGARAGAR |
| Harbinger |
OMEN |
| His, in Le Havre |
ALUI |
| Icelandic lore’s Huldufólk, e.g |
ELVES |
| Iridescent mosaic element |
NACRE |
| It’s lighter than most clubs |
BLT |
| Keister |
SEAT |
| King Ethelred, who pooh-poohed books? |
THEUNREAD |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Kodak Brownie model of the 1960s |
STARMITE |
| Like many porridges |
OATEN |
| Made continual demands on, say |
RODE |
| New blonde, say |
DYER |
| One in EPA enforcement? |
CARBONCOP |
| P on fraternity row |
RHO |
| Pan antithesis |
RAVE |
| Parcel drop-off points, for short |
POS |
| Pieces of your heart? |
ATRIA |
| Promoted heavily |
HYPED |
| Put in a minimum stake |
ANTED |
| Quaint cake-recipe word |
OLEO |
| Reach over |
SPAN |
| Rip off |
SCAM |
| Ripped |
TORE |
| Risqué |
BLUE |
| River braved by Orpheus |
STYX |
| Sass |
LIP |
| Seminole War major in Florida toponyms |
DADE |
| Shot from an air gun |
BBS |
| Shrewd |
CANNY |
| Sign of spring |
SPRIG |
| Singing Lehmann or Lenya |
LOTTE |
| Sonic the Hedgehog creator |
SEGA |
| Symptom of some bites |
ITCH |
| Tempo |
PACE |
| Ten sawbucks |
CNOTE |
| Tennessee was the final member of a group to do this |
SECEDE |
| Tough tissue |
SINEW |
| Traditional tartar-sauce nugget |
CAPER |
| Trailside shelter |
LEANTO |
| Trial of lots of free apps? |
ADS |
| Verbal stumbles |
UMS |
| Welcome display after emerging from a dead zone |
BARS |
| What’s ‘draggin” in Miranda Lambert’s ‘Little Red Wagon’ |
AXLE |
| Where sub assembly happens |
DELI |
| Word before or after mother |
EARTH |
| Wrote an online 56 Down, maybe |
YELPED |
| ___ mania (botanical phenomenon of the Dutch Golden Age) |
TULIP |