The New Yorker – Apr 6 2020 Crossword Solution
The New Yorker – Apr 6 2020 Crossword Solution
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| “No Walls and the Recurring Dream” memoirist DiFranco | ANI |
| “She’s ___ Mama Jama” (Grammy-nominated Carl Carlton song) | ABAD |
| “___ Am” (Alicia Keys album) | ASI |
| 58-Down opposites | YESES |
| 64-Across opposites | NOS |
| A modern one is “Tweet in haste, repent at leisure” | ADAGE |
| Abbr. after Brooklyn or Washington | HTS |
| Actor and director Poitier, the first black person to win an Oscar for best actor | SIDNEY |
| Airport eating areas | FOODCOURTS |
| Annoying words that precede an insult | NOOFFENSEBUT |
| Banana brand | DOLE |
| Barcelona “Bravo!” | OLE |
| Beautiful, in Berlin | SCHON |
| Brangelina, now, e.g | EXES |
| Burkina ___ (Mali neighbor) | FASO |
| Cartoonist Chast | ROZ |
| Coca-Cola variety | ZEROSUGAR |
| Country stores? | ATLASES |
| Dog-food category | SENIOR |
| e4 in a King’s Gambit, say | OPENINGMOVE |
| Eighties glam-metal band | RATT |
| Élite athlete | ALLSTAR |
| Fairly | NOTTOO |
| Fatty | ADIPOSE |
| Felipe’s female friend | AMIGA |
| Fig. in a summer weather report | UVINDEX |
| Gladys Knight & the ___ | PIPS |
| Hefty cake layer | TIER |
| His portrait subjects included Marilyn Monroe and Toni Morrison | AVEDON |
| Ingredient in purple bubble tea | TARO |
| Jazz drummer Warren “Baby” ___ | DODDS |
| Lament | DEPLORE |
| Leaves in the lurch | DESERTS |
| Less spurious | TRUER |
| Like a drained battery | DEAD |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Like hawks and eagles | TALONED |
| Lively, to Liszt | ANIMATO |
| Lycée student | ELEVE |
| Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard hates when fans do it | THEWAVE |
| Montados and croquetas | TAPAS |
| Most pretentious, in a way | ARTIEST |
| Moth-resistant suiting | LINEN |
| Move like lava | OOZE |
| NASA moon-landing vehicles | LEMS |
| Nautical leader? | AERO |
| NBC show hosted by Eddie Murphy in 2019 | SNL |
| Obama’s C.I.A. director | PANETTA |
| Paradise who narrates “On the Road” | SAL |
| Pickup line that Dracula can’t use | IDONTBITE |
| Portrayer of Queen Anne in film and Elizabeth II on TV | OLIVIACOLMAN |
| Rap-sheet datum | ARREST |
| Rapper Rida | FLO |
| Representative | AGENT |
| School-uniform accessory | TIE |
| Scraps | TUSSLES |
| Sedimentary rock | SHALE |
| Silences, Mob-style | OFFS |
| Skinny-necked pear | BOSC |
| Stalls | HEMSANDHAWS |
| Staple of a dominatrix’s wardrobe | BUSTIER |
| Telephonic request from a snuggle buddy | CUDDLECALL |
| They run through a grocery store | AISLES |
| To paraphrase Camus, they don’t believe in what exists | NIHILISTS |
| Toddler’s playpen, e.g | ENCLOSURE |
| Turn upside-down | CAPSIZE |
| TV sched. column | THU |
| Twangy | NASAL |
| Winter hrs. in N.Y.C | EST |
| ___ Burns Cigarillos (vintage smokes) | ROBT |
| ___ shui | FENG |