Newsday.com – Mar 17 2018
Published in Newsday.com Crossword. Tags: ALPO, ERG, IMO, Old French.
| Clues |
Answers |
| ”America’s First Name in Comfort Since 1901” |
HANES |
| ”Heart of Darkness” narrator |
MARLOW |
| ”Short short stories,” today |
FLASHFICTION |
| 13 years of study |
ELHI |
| Advances, with ”up” |
STEPS |
| Apt name for a chicken |
HENRIETTA |
| Area above an arch |
SHIN |
| Assists with deliveries |
MIDWIFES |
| At first |
NEE |
| Attack, with ”out” |
LASH |
| Avert a mishap, say |
STOPINTIME |
| BBC’s Sports Personality of the Century |
ALI |
| Bold, skillful thing |
FEAT |
| Breaking formation? |
SURF |
| Capital of a Caspian country |
ASTANA |
| Carry out |
ACTON |
| Certain costumed cheer leaders |
MASCOTS |
| Confessional music |
EMO |
| Contorted |
WRY |
| Cuisine with vinegar-pickled chilies |
HUNAN |
| Cygnus alias |
THESWAN |
| Deintensification |
THAW |
| Dollars to donuts, jocularly |
BET |
| Dynamic rate-adjustment system |
SURGEPRICING |
| Electronic engineering exam subject |
OHMSLAW |
| Evade, as an issue |
BEG |
| Four levels up from knight |
EARL |
| Frequent formation on leaves |
DEW |
| Ghoulie |
IMP |
| Heading |
ATOP |
| Hexadeca- fraction |
OCTO |
| Hip-hop dance that looks Scottish |
NAENAE |
| His crown is stolen in ”The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie” |
NEPTUNE |
| Home of the youngest Ivy |
ITHACA |
| Indonesian grazers |
RHINOS |
| Inductee in the Rock & Roll (2000) and Blues (2010) halls of fame |
RAITT |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Jaunt |
SPIN |
| Kept stinging |
ATEAT |
| Lay’s brand named for its pileability |
STAX |
| Longest-serving UN head |
UTHANT |
| Mass spectrometer product |
ION |
| Metaphorical pittance |
SONG |
| Mexican wrap |
TAQUITO |
| Modern storm front? |
TWEET |
| Monitors with GPAs |
RAS |
| Must-have |
SINEQUANON |
| Needing explanation, perhaps |
ASTERISKED |
| No fuddy-duddy |
HEP |
| Numerous Founding Fathers |
DEISTS |
| Occasion for throwing in and folding |
WASHDAY |
| One of two for the devil in ”Faust” |
ARIA |
| Order to leave |
GONOW |
| Pacific plate phrase |
ALOHASTATE |
| Point-of-view prelude |
IMO |
| Religion and art, per Cather |
KIN |
| Rowing machine, for short |
ERG |
| Running off |
SHOOING |
| Something said with a facepalm |
DOH |
| Speaker with the HomePod |
SIRI |
| Spiff up, as realty |
STAGE |
| Swell |
EXPAND |
| T-Bonz purveyor |
ALPO |
| Takes off the back burner |
TURNSTO |
| Tea sampler descriptor |
ASSORTED |
| The Jordan Valley is its low point |
ASIA |
| Title equivalent to ”emperor” |
SHAH |
| To a great extent |
TONS |
| Unflinching |
STEADFAST |
| Video-game alteration, to insiders |
MOD |
| Will, in legalese |
ISTO |
| Word from Old French for ”portion of food” |
MESS |
| Word on the Cirque du Soleil venue list |
LAS |