The New Yorker – May 7 2018
Published in The New Yorker. Tags: ADO, Cam Newton, ESTEE, GALA, HERO, TESLA, THEREBY, TOUCAN.
Clues |
Answers |
“Booyakasha!” persona |
ALIG |
“It just might break your heart” |
SOSAD |
“Mistress of the Dark” |
ELVIRA |
“My ____!” |
HERO |
“Oh, I know her” |
WEVEMET |
“Tutte ___ cor vi sento” (Mozart aria) |
NEL |
“Uh-huh” |
YEP |
“___ Eisley cantina” |
MOS |
“____ your heart!” |
BLESS |
Afro-Brazilian martial art |
CAPOEIRA |
After-dinner option |
MOUSSE |
Alternative to a case? |
FORTY |
Armadas |
FLEETS |
Bash |
PARTY |
Bathroom sink fitting |
PTRAP |
Bayou basketful |
FRIEDSHRIMP |
Blues range? |
TEALS |
Brew with health benefits |
GINGERTEA |
Cam Newton’s touchdown move |
DAB |
Choux |
CREAMPUFF |
Clint Eastwood’s “Letters from ___ Jima” |
IWO |
Crooner Perry |
COMO |
Disgraced Illinoisan (in headlines) |
BLAGO |
Doesn’t remember fondly |
RUES |
First name in skin care |
ESTEE |
First person to hear about your latest crush, maybe |
BFF |
Flyer with a colorful billing? |
TOUCAN |
French market towns |
BOURGS |
Fuss |
ADO |
Gives a dirty look |
LEERSAT |
Grace Mirabella’s successor |
ANNAWINTOUR |
Kind of coil |
TESLA |
Kite relative |
ERNE |
Clues |
Answers |
Label that once had a phonograph in its logo |
RCA |
Life-saving capsules |
ESCAPEPODS |
Like a toddler demanding screen time |
WHINY |
Lord’s domain |
FIEF |
Low-maintenance succulent |
DESERTROSE |
Met ___ (annual fashion event in New York) |
GALA |
Misdirect |
LEADASTRAY |
Mississippi and California each have four: abbr |
SYL |
Name in 1973 headlines |
ROE |
Ocean aggressor, per Jack London |
SEAWOLF |
Paris Opera segment |
ACTE |
Pictures of abandoned projects, e.g |
RUINPORN |
Really hear about it |
GETANEARFUL |
Red-blooded |
LUSTY |
Richie-rich |
ARISTOCRAT |
Roast setting? |
DAIS |
Role for Patti LuPone |
EVITA |
Season opener |
PRE |
See 33-Across |
SWAB |
Shudder |
TREMOR |
Shutterbug setting |
FSTOP |
Sign of exhaustion? |
VAPORTRAIL |
Signs of innocence |
HALOS |
Through which means |
THEREBY |
Tina Fey autobiography |
BOSSYPANTS |
Tinder endgame |
DATES |
U2 hit that opens, “Is it getting better? / Or do you feel the same?” |
ONE |
Unchanged |
ASIS |
Vibe |
ENERGY |
What gets folded for breakfast |
OMELET |
Wiped, like data |
ERASED |
With 31-Across, drug-test procedure |
ORAL |
Work hard, in rap |
HUSTLE |