The New Yorker – May 28 2018
Published in The New Yorker. Tags: ACME, GASP, IMP, MILES, SLUR, Star Trek, TEES, TRACHEA.
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| 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 |