The New Yorker – Nov 5 2018 Crossword Solution
The New Yorker – Nov 5 2018 Crossword Solution
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| “Dainty dish” of a nursery rhyme | PIE |
| “No need to continue” | ENOUGHSAID |
| 1963 winner of the N.A.A.C.P. Spingarn Medal | EVERS |
| 2008 Clint Eastwood drama named after a car | GRANTORINO |
| Abbr. used by name-droppers? | ETAL |
| Air India flight attendant uniform | SARI |
| Auteur who died the same day as his contemporary Michelangelo | INGMAR |
| Babies that learn to walk in a few hours | FOALS |
| Baseball-dynasty surname | ALOU |
| Bloat : hippo :: crash : ___ | RHINO |
| Certain cage’s bars | RIBS |
| Chorus girl, maybe | ALTO |
| City of ten million that’s sinking as much as ten inches a year | JAKARTA |
| Clear | RID |
| Continental Europe’s largest nation, after Russia | UKRAINE |
| Dior creation of the fifties | ALINE |
| Director of “Fame” and “Pink Floyd—The Wall” | ALANPARKER |
| Director who played a director in “This Is Spinal Tap” | ROBREINER |
| Don’t mention it in Mexico | DENADA |
| Door-to-door delivery? | CAROL |
| Duane ___ (N.Y.C.-based pharmacy) | READE |
| Fast-moving jet | SPURT |
| Films at Tokyo’s Comiket festival | ANIME |
| Four-volume publication by Horace | ODES |
| Frustrated reaction | GRR |
| He gave us “Money” and “Success” | MARTINAMIS |
| Horn-blowing member of an old vaudeville troupe | HARPO |
| Ill repute | DISGRACE |
| In a way | KINDASORTA |
| In the indeterminate future | AFTERATIME |
| It closes on its prey | STEELTRAP |
| Kenneth’s job on “30 Rock” | PAGE |
| Like some oil drilling | DEEPWATER |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Like woods on modern golf courses | METAL |
| Maine’s official state flowers, which aren’t actually flowers | PINECONES |
| Member of a Greek nonet | ERATO |
| Mischievously vivacious | PERT |
| No longer on the team, perhaps | TRADED |
| Numbers of crunches | REPS |
| One of the optic nerve’s end points | RETINA |
| Part of a Legion of Honor uniform | SASH |
| Period after a sentence? | JAILTERM |
| Pick up on | SENSE |
| Pirelli product | TIRE |
| Potential winner | ENTRANT |
| Professional faultfinder | PROOFER |
| Reid of the “Sharknado” films | TARA |
| Reptile whose head resembles a dog’s muzzle | WOLFSNAKE |
| River mentioned in the Rigveda | INDUS |
| Round of drinks in Kyoto, maybe | SAKES |
| Sacrosanct | INVIOLATE |
| Schnockered | LIT |
| Selling well | HOT |
| Talked too much | RANON |
| Talks despite laryngitis | RASPS |
| Took care of minor matters? | Parented |
| Trails the field | LOSES |
| TV captain who drinks Earl Grey tea | PICARD |
| TV showrunner Harmon | DAN |
| Unassertive | TIMID |
| Unsentimental | HARD |
| Weather phenomenon of Earth and Mars | DUSTSTORM |
| What scientists look for on other planets | ALIENLIFE |
| Wide-mouthed bottle | CARAFE |
| Work a claim | PROSPECT |
| ___ Lisa Vito (Marisa Tomei’s Oscar-winning role) | MONA |