Clues Answers Actor with two Best Adapted Screenplay nominations ETHANHAWKE Aid when choosing sides MENU Andy’s romantic rival on “The Office” GABE Athlete who starts at the top SKIER Billie Jean King’s portrayer in “Battle of the Sexes” EMMASTONE Booby-prize recipient LOSER Brightest star in Scorpius ANTARES Cadges, as a smoke BUMS City dubbed the […]
Clues Answers “Do not ___!” (math-chalkboard directive) ERASE “Happy now?” AREYOUSATISFIED “Until You Come Back to Me” singer BASIA “Until You Come Back to Me” singer Franklin ARETHA “Us,” “Them!,” and “It” HORRORMOVIES “Zoom” prog-rock band ELO The Weekly Standard readership NEOCONS A.F.C. North, e.g DIV Adds zip to SPICESUP Al, Bobby, or Jerry of racecar […]
Clues Answers “… je ne regrette ___” RIEN “Battle for the Planet of the ___” APES “Blergh!” GAH “Clueless” clapback ASIF “Def!” TOTES “Git!” AMSCRAY “Try some!” HAVEATASTE 10-Down’s land ASIA 2003 Oscar winner in which Meryl Streep gets high on orchid dust ADAPTATION Actor Rickman ALAN Alaskan grizzlies KODIAKS Attractive quality on a business-school application LEADERSHIP […]
Clues Answers “Community” actress ___ Nicole Brown YVETTE “I __ Your Negro” (2016 James Baldwin documentary) AMNOT “Paul ___: Mall Cop” (2009 comedy) BLART “Put ___ writing” ITIN “Sopranos” role for which Edie won three Emmys CARMELA “Tattered Tom” and “Ragged Dick” author ALGER “Thelma & Louise” character? AMPERSAND 2017 Cape Verde hurricane IRMA Annual […]
Clues Answers “Catch and Kill” writer Farrow RONAN “Good heavens!” ISAY “No Scrubs” trio TLC “What’s the ___?” USE 2015 climate-accord city PARIS Archenemy of Green Lantern SINESTRO Aristotle’s “Poetics” calls it the perfect tragedy OEDIPUSREX Author of 29-Across POE Bean in a pod? ALAN Beatles song featuring Paul McCartney making barking sounds HEYBULLDOG Big […]
Clues Answers “It’s a fair point” TRUE “None for me, thanks” IMONADIET “Smug and silver” river mentioned in Shakespeare’s “Henry IV, Part I” TRENT “The Untouchables” director DEPALMA “Walk Away ___” (1966 baroque-rock hit) RENEE 3-D museum display DIORAMA Accustomed (to) WONT Address in Berlin HERR Applies torque to WRINGS Becomes meaningful in a personal […]
Clues Answers “Aladdin” role GENIE “And your little dog, too!” dog TOTO “Anne of Green Gables” setting AVONLEA “Call Me by Your Name” director Guadagnino LUCA “Henry and June” scribe NIN “Miles ___” (1967 jazz record) SMILES “Road to Morocco” co-star BOBHOPE “Survivor” affiliation TRIBE “Tidying Up” life style, per a best-seller and Netflix series […]
Clues Answers “Born Free” roles LIONS “Madame Bovary, ___ moi”: Flaubert CEST “Never ___ tell thy love”: Blake SEEKTO “Ni ___” (Mandarin greeting) HAO “Seasons of Love” musical RENT “So long!” BYENOW “This ___ outrage!” ISAN “To feel ___ is human, to savour Schadenfreude is devilish”: Schopenhauer ENVY “___ giorno!” BUON Actress Diana nicknamed the […]
Clues Answers “Halt!” to a salt AVAST “Haven’t made up my mind yet” ILLSEE “Oh, cool!” NEAT “Silent Spring” killer DDT Act as a go-between LIAISE Arranges, as food PLATES Arrest HAULIN Baby berths? UTERI Back HIND Benson who voiced Disney’s Ariel JODI Big-bang cause? TNT Brown competitor YALE Butcher’s best PRIMECUT Class-conscious grp PTA […]
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 […]
Clues Answers “A Boy and ___ Dog” (Harlan Ellison work) HIS “La ___ de los espíritus” (Isabel Allende’s début novel) CASA “My Best Girl” musical MAME “Point taken” ISEE “___ of the Dead” SHAUN Alternative to an ellipsis ETC Attacks, cat-style CLAWSAT B particles and D particles MESONS Banking disaster RUN Become dislodged SHAKELOOSE Bisector […]
Clues Answers “Caterpillar into chrysalis, or ___. From thence into beauty”: Hannibal Lecter PUPA Aunts and uncles, often DOTERS Bookkeeper’s entries LINEITEMS Bootstrapper’s origins RAGS Breakout maker ATARI Brian De Palma’s “Mission to ___” MARS Britt Reid’s alter ego GREENHORNET Ceased production WRAPPED Chap DEARBOY Cheesy baked dish, for short PARM Classic OLDIE Coachella is […]