Jonesin’ – Aug 21 2018
Published in Jonesin Crossword. Tags: ABEL, First Lady, HAIRDO, Harry Potter, OSLO, SCOLD, WAND, WREN.
Clues | Answers |
‘Careless Whisper’ group (yeah, that’s the sax solo playing in your mind right now) | WHAM |
‘Criminal’ singer Apple | FIONA |
‘Fuzzy Wuzzy was ___ …’ | ABEAR |
‘I want catnip’ | MEOW |
‘It’s hard to be humble when you’re as great as I am’ boxer | ALI |
‘Major’ constellation | URSA |
‘On the Beach’ author Shute | NEVIL |
‘Remote Control’ host Ken (or German for ‘upper’) | OBER |
‘Saved by the Bell’ character Jessie | SPANO |
‘The Facts of Life’ actress Mindy | COHN |
‘There’s no ___ sight!’ | ENDIN |
‘___ of Laura Mars’ | EYES |
1952 Olympics host | OSLO |
36-Down’s ‘Family’ | ADDAMS |
50-Across ‘Cousin’ | ITT |
Acid-base indicator | LITMUS |
Actor Rob, or either candidate named Ron who competed in a 2018 Kansas congressional primary | ESTES |
Amorphous amount (and an ‘Arrested Development’ character) | GOB |
Be shy | OWE |
Beer named for a Dutch river | AMSTEL |
Brown and Rather, for two | DANS |
Bunches | ALOT |
Cartman, to his mom | ERIC |
Castigate | SCOLD |
Casual ‘industry,’ formally? | EBIZABETH |
Chunks of history | ERAS |
City near Tulsa | ENID |
Coif | HAIRDO |
College courtyard | QUAD |
Comedian/actress Butcher of ‘Take My Wife’ | RHEA |
Cupcake decorator | ICER |
D.C. diamond denizens | NATS |
Decaf brand | SANKA |
Desert of Mongolia | GOBI |
Dress in Delhi | SARI |
Echo responder? | ALEXA |
Fail to exist | ARENT |
First Lady of the ’50s | MAMIE |
Formal attire | GOWN |
George Eliot’s ‘___ Marner’ | SILAS |
George Gershwin’s brother | IRA |
Gives off | EMITS |
Harry Potter accessory | WAND |
Hashtag acronym popularized by a Drake song | YOLO |
Hawaii’s ‘Garden Isle’ | KAUAI |
He held over 1,000 patents | EDISON |
Herd comment | MOO |
His mother raised Cain | ABEL |
Ibsen heroine Gabler | HEDDA |
Inspiron computer maker | DELL |
IRS collection, formally? | TAXIMILIAN |
It comes twice after ‘Que’ in a song | SERA |
It’s six of one … and six of the other | DOZEN |
Light bulb measure, formally? | WATTHEW |
Love on the Loire | AMOUR |
Lumberyard tools | SAWS |
Mass transit vehicle, formally? | AUBUSTINE |
Mine vein | LODE |
Nacho topper, slangily | GUAC |
Newscast summary | RECAP |
Orchestra needs | REEDS |
Orchestral section | STRINGS |
Overrun (with) | AWASH |
Piece of Necco candy | WAFER |
Poke ingredient, often | TUNA |
Practical applications | USES |
Preserve, as meat | CURE |
Quartet member | ALTO |
RBG’s group, for short | SCOTUS |
Religious offshoot | SECT |
Show with skits | REVUE |
Small songbird | WREN |
Stopped suddenly, as an engine | STALLED |
Truffle fries topper | SALT |
Turn into a puddle | MELT |
Victorian expletive | EGAD |
Zany, formally? | WACQUELINE |
Zero, on some fields | NIL |