The Chronicle of Higher Education – Oct 12 2018 Crossword Solution
The Chronicle of Higher Education – Oct 12 2018 Crossword Solution
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| ‘Big’ chimer in London | BEN |
| ‘Dig in!’ | EAT |
| ‘For ___ a jolly good fellow …’ | HES |
| ‘___ Be Around’ (1963 Tony Bennett hit) | IWANNA |
| 1950s Wimbledon champ Lew | HOAD |
| Adept | ABLE |
| Attacks en masse, as a castle | STORMS |
| Babyish whimper | MEWL |
| Ballroom-dance maneuver | DIP |
| Balls in a toy gun | BBS |
| Bedside warmth, for short | TLC |
| Brighter side of a Chinese duality | YANG |
| Bygone Ford with a planetary name, informally | MERC |
| Cap de ___-Espérance (promontory of l’Afrique) | BONNE |
| Carson adventure with elements of Roald Dahl? | FANTASTICMRKIT |
| Casino convenience, briefly | ATM |
| Chanel competitor | DIOR |
| Chip, for most of ‘Beauty and the Beast’ | CUP |
| Cockpit reading | ALTITUDE |
| Cut, as lumber | SAWN |
| David who is baseball’s ‘Big Papi’ | ORTIZ |
| Documentary of futility at Wrigley Field with a nod to Walter Matthau? | THEBADNEWSCUBS |
| Evenings, in adspeak | NITES |
| Extended operatic solo | SCENA |
| Feckless boyfriends | CADS |
| Fizzy fountain order with flavored syrup | EGGCREAM |
| Foundational principles | ABCS |
| Framer of a car’s wheel well | FENDER |
| GI grub | MRE |
| Going up | ABLAZE |
| Hanoi’s continent | ASIA |
| Hypnotherapy focus, maybe | PHOBIA |
| In good shape | SOUND |
| It might be a 4 Down at a hoedown | BALE |
| Like a cellar-dweller’s record | ABYSMAL |
| Like the Kazakh and Uzbek languages | TURKIC |
| Lily-livered | YELLOW |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Lock up | CLINCH |
| Move like hummingbirds | FLIT |
| Net in bridal shops | TULLE |
| Objective in musical chairs | SEAT |
| Obligatory poker bet | BLIND |
| Observes | SEES |
| Out of balance | ALOP |
| Personnel | STAFF |
| Peyton Manning biopic whose title evokes Richard Harris as an adopted Sioux? | AMANCALLEDCOLT |
| Philistine’s lack | TASTE |
| Pinnacle | ACME |
| Pipsqueak | TWERP |
| Place to get pampered | SPA |
| Pledge of Allegiance ender | ALL |
| Professional org. once led by Charles Mayo | AMA |
| Ready for the cargo hold, maybe | CRATED |
| Ricelike pasta | ORZO |
| Saunter | AMBLE |
| Schumer or Sedaris of comedy | AMY |
| Seagoing cooler? | BRIG |
| Send in, as payment | REMIT |
| Skirt above go-go boots, usually | MINI |
| Some form-fitting suits | SPEEDOS |
| Sra., on the Seine | MME |
| Stick a toothpick in, e.g | SPEAR |
| Story of Lassie’s early days directed by Lasse Hallström? | MYLIFEASAPUPPY |
| Suffix with conspirator | IAL |
| Tasseled hat | FEZ |
| Tasseled hat | TAM |
| Time-honored anecdotal wisdom | LORE |
| Toilsome workplace, proverbially | SALTMINE |
| Toward a boat’s wake | ABAFT |
| Trash receptacle | BIN |
| Trifling French coin | SOU |
| Unlikely to be lenient | STERN |
| Volcanic rock | BASALT |
| Wyoming tribe members | ARAPAHOS |