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 |