The Chronicle of Higher Education – Oct 5 2018 Crossword Solution
The Chronicle of Higher Education – Oct 5 2018 Crossword Solution
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| ‘Can I drive you?’ | NEEDALIFT |
| ‘Publish or ___’ | PERISH |
| ‘See ya!’ | TATA |
| ‘The Man Without a Country’ author | HALE |
| ‘The ___ Shepherd’ (2006 Matt Damon film) | GOOD |
| ‘Trinity’ novelist | URIS |
| 1867 seller of Alaska | RUSSIA |
| Amount of homework? | TON |
| Avian adviser on ‘Dora the Explorer’ | TOUCAN |
| Balmy | NUTSY |
| Base hits also called Texas leaguers | BLOOPS |
| British throne? | LOO |
| Brown or blonde follower | ALE |
| Cable channel with an annual ’31 Days of Oscar’ lineup | TCM |
| Chucks | HURLS |
| Clarinet insert | REED |
| Condemns as worthless | TRASHES |
| Cop trying to thin traffic? | NARC |
| Cosmically inescapable | FATED |
| Doctrinal offshoots | SECTS |
| Equinox mo | SEPT |
| Evening shindig | SOIREE |
| Exclamation upon removing a mask | ITSME |
| Fills to capacity | SATES |
| First Catholic vice president of the U.S | BIDEN |
| From that point on | THENCE |
| Go-aheads | OKS |
| Headline-delivering org | UPI |
| Hissing de-creaser | STEAMIRON |
| Holds forth | ORATES |
| Humanities dept | ENG |
| Humongous | TITANIC |
| In an impossible situation | STUCK |
| It often requires refinement | ORE |
| It’s at eye level | EAR |
| Jed Clampett’s bonanza | OIL |
| Johnson of ‘Laugh-In’ | ARTE |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Kind of port for a thumb drive | USB |
| Lady in a quaint schoolhouse, say | MARM |
| Last word of ‘Ulysses’ | YES |
| Lucy’s landlady | ETHEL |
| Masonic order with women members | EASTERNSTAR |
| Money changers?: Abbr | EDS |
| Most elusive collectibles, informally | RARES |
| Nickname that might be an alternative to Larry | REN |
| Ohno on skates | APOLO |
| Olympic sport with players trying to reach 11 points | TABLETENNIS |
| One of a dorm pair | COLLEGEROOMMATE |
| One was named for Amelia Earhart in 2015 | LUNARCRATER |
| Ornamental shape on many prize ribbons | ROSETTE |
| Pamplona pronoun | ESTA |
| Proxy | AGENT |
| Psychoactive cannabis ingredient: Abbr | THC |
| Pupil’s place | DESK |
| Queen dowager of Jordan | NOOR |
| Reagan-era antimissile plan, briefly | SDI |
| Return addressee on many Looney Tunes deliveries | ACME |
| Salts | SEAMEN |
| Signal 65 Across | NOD |
| Some four-yr. degrees | BSS |
| Some treasures from Tut’s tomb | STATUES |
| Some treasures from Tut’s tomb | URNS |
| Standoffish sort | ICICLE |
| Stopped the flight of, as a calf | LASSOED |
| Strasbourg’s region | ALSACE |
| Subject of the 1991 movie ‘Backdraft’ | ARSON |
| Target of body blows | SOLARPLEXUS |
| They’re tucked in cannonballs | KNEES |
| Top-billed actors | LEADS |
| Velma’s rival in ‘Chicago’ | ROXIE |
| Wear away | ERODE |
| Where one might get a reaction | LAB |
| Where the Boss once rehearsed | ESTREET |
| ___ Walker (original Canadian Club whisky distiller) | HIRAM |