The New Yorker – May 28 2018
Published in The New Yorker. Tags: ACME, GASP, IMP, MILES, SLUR, Star Trek, TEES, TRACHEA.
| Clues |
Answers |
| “A freckled whelp ___-born”: Prospero’s cruel description of Caliban in “The Tempest” |
HAG |
| “Baby Cobra” comedian Wong |
ALI |
| “Ceci n’est pas ___ pipe” |
UNE |
| “Full Frontal with Samantha ___” |
BEE |
| “Game of Thrones” nickname, with “the” |
IMP |
| “Hey … do you and I need to talk?” |
AREWEOK |
| “Irony takes nothing away from ___”: Flaubert |
PATHOS |
| “Manhattan Beach” author |
EGAN |
| “Moaning” Hogwarts ghost |
MYRTLE |
| “Speaking …” |
THATSME |
| “The ___ Moon, with one bright star”: omen in Coleridge’s “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” |
HORNED |
| “Ugh, I’m done with you” |
BYE |
| “What a bunch of baloney!” |
FAKENEWS |
| “Yes, ___” (principle in improv) |
AND |
| 2006 Amy Winehouse hit |
REHAB |
| 2017 No. 1 hit with the lyric “I don’t dance now / I make money moves” |
BODAKYELLOW |
| Alkaline ecosystems |
FENS |
| Alternative to “buddy” |
BIGFELLA |
| Alternative to a shroom cap |
LSDTAB |
| Ancient mall |
AGORA |
| Angela who played Queen Ramonda in “Black Panther” |
BASSETT |
| Arthur Ashe Courage Award, e.g |
ESPY |
| Ask a loaded question, maybe? |
SLUR |
| Bygone Web site known for articles like “Women Ignoring Men in Art History” |
THETOAST |
| Cheesemaker’s vessel |
VAT |
| Clean |
ERASE |
| D.O.J. division |
ATF |
| Direction for a sun salutation, traditionally |
EAST |
| Dramatic principle similar to foreshadowing |
CHEKHOVSGUN |
| Drawings from devotees, say |
FANART |
| Dulce et ___ (Horatian maxim) |
UTILE |
| Emulate Marni Kotak, say, in her 2011 performance-art piece |
GIVEBIRTH |
| Fictional corporation that sells explosive tennis balls |
ACME |
| Flapdoodle |
ROT |
| Flavoring used in biscotti |
ANISE |
| Flimsy |
THIN |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Inner tube? |
TRACHEA |
| Instructions for a chest examination? |
TREASUREMAP |
| Landmark 1973 court case, familiarly |
ROE |
| Lewd |
SMUTTY |
| Like Pokémon Black or Super Mario Galaxy |
RATEDE |
| Long ___ (elaborate deceit) |
CON |
| Look under the hood? |
HATHAIR |
| Mary who played Brigid O’Shaughnessy in “The Maltese Falcon” |
ASTOR |
| Mercedes-Benz model |
ACLASS |
| Michael Steadman portrayer on “thirtysomething” |
KENOLIN |
| Neural ___ (some perceptron groups) |
NETS |
| One after another |
INAROW |
| Pacifies |
TAMES |
| Pitching staff? |
SALES |
| Professor X’s mutant-finding device in “X-Men” |
CEREBRO |
| Race, as an engine |
REVUP |
| Roberts who played Donna’s mom on “That ’70s Show” |
TANYA |
| Rubber mouse, for one |
CATTOY |
| Satiny undergarment |
CHEMISE |
| Sheepcote matriarchs |
EWES |
| Some basketball-game giveaways |
TEES |
| Some modern “rewards” |
MILES |
| Sometime shakshuka ingredient |
PESTO |
| Stack for a publisher’s assistant, colloquially |
SLUSHPILE |
| Stick in a field sport |
CROSSE |
| Studied with felonious intent |
CASED |
| Sulu portrayer in the “Star Trek” reboot |
CHO |
| Superstar born Park Jae-sang |
PSY |
| Tank top? |
GASCAP |
| Unspecified ordinal |
NTH |
| What you might do for your own sake? |
HOMEBREW |
| Whupped but good, in gamer slang |
REKT |
| Without a partner |
SOLO |
| [Heavens!] |
GASP |
| ___ Bator, Mongolia |
ULAN |
| ___ drug (infection fighter) |
SULFA |