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 |