CrosswordDictionary2024Aug Flashcards
Cheerful (5)
RIANT
Marathon Joan ___ Samuelson (6)
BENOIT
Nobelist Root who championed the Open Door policy with China (5)
ELIHU
Comedian Poundstone (5)
PAULA
Off-kilter (4)
ALOP
Zelda Fitzgerald, née ___ (5)
SAYRE
“Show Boat” writer Ferber (4)
EDNA
Stella __ cookies (4)
DORO
Sandra alternative (4)
CASS
Staircase posts (6)
NEWELS
Three-player trick-taking game (4)
SKAT
Frigid body of water first explored by the HMS Terror (7)
ROSSSEA
“Succession” actor Ruck (4)
ALAN
“The Rabbit Hutch” National Book Award winner Gunty (4)
TESS
Nobelist Joliot-Curie (5)
IRENE
Larry’s housemate on “Curb Your Enthusiasm” (4)
LEON
Bond villain with a Napoleon complex (4)
DRNO
Lyon-based crime-fighting organization (8)
INTERPOL
Former Tottenham striker Jermain (5)
DEFOE
Prime minister who staunchly opposed the Camp David Accords (6)
SHAMIR
Country singer Tanya (6)
TUCKER
“Criminal Minds” star Brewster (5)
PAGET
Brazilian hitmaker ___ Ben Jor (5)
JORGE
Cultural critic from Baltimore who wrote six volumes of “Prejudices” (7)
MENCKEN
Mystery novelist Faye or Jonathan (9)
KELLERMAN
French president’s residence (6)
ELYSEE
Li’l lutes (4)
UWES
Spotted (5)
PINTO
Software used in A/V transmission (5)
CODEC
Like the architecture of the Alhambra (7)
MOORISH
Certain demoralizing military campaign, for short (5)
PSYOP
Chinese province where Lanzhou beef noodles originated (5)
GANSU
Stew traditionally eaten with injera (3)
WAT
Novelist Miller (5)
HENRY
___ the Elephant, children’s TV character (4)
ELLA
“Twisters” director ___ Isaac Chung (3)
LEE
Stanley Tucci’s character in “The Devil Wears Prada” (5)
NIGEL
Nathan ___, physicist who collaborated with Einstein on a theory of wormholes (5)
ROSEN
Language group of Southeast Asia (3)
TAI
Guitarist Anastasio of Phish (4)
TREY
Maker of precious violins (5)
AMATI
High-pitched bird calls (8)
CHIRRUPS
___ Chimpsky, primate raised as a human in a landmark language acquisition study (3)
NIM
Filmmaker Cameron (5)
CROWE
G.I. morale booster (7)
USOTOUR
Shrub with small, yellow flowers (3)
RUE
Comic actor Patton (6)
OSWALT
“The Ghost and Mrs. ___” (1947 film) (4)
MUIR
Unsolicited, in a way (6)
ONSPEC
Scott in Illinois, e.g.: Abbr. (3)
AFB
Last syllable of a word (6)
ULTIMA
Helen of Troy’s mother (4)
LEDA
Abbr. in French business names (3)
CIE
Sticks figure (5)
YOKEL
Chitchat (7)
CHINWAG
“Right Here Waiting” singer Richard (4)
MARX
Wry Mort (4)
SAHL
Vellani who plays Kamala Khan/Ms. Marvel (4)
IMAN
“Peter Pan” dog (4)
NANA
___ saltado (Peruvian stir-fry) (4)
LOMO
Marsh bird with “Virginia” and “king” species (4)
RAIL
Drag performer Gunn (4)
GIA
“A Wrinkle in Time” protagonist Murry (3)
MEG
Contemporary sculptor Sarah (3)
SZE
“The End of the F***ing World” actress Naomi (5)
ACKIE
“Eat the Rich” satirist (9)
PJOROURKE
Aa and pahoehoe, for two (5)
LAVAS
Repeat symbol, in sheet music (5)
SEGNO
___ Morales, former president of Bolivia (3)
EVO
First nonhuman species encountered in the “Star Wars” franchise (4)
JAWA
French vineyards (4)
CRUS
___ Aldridge, early Black American playwright (3)
IRA
Longtime hair removal brand (4)
NEET
Sewing machine pioneer Howe (5)
ELIAS
Blue dye (4)
ANIL
Job listing abbr. (3)
EOE
Dr. Marcus of old TV (5)
WELBY
Final purpose, to Aristotle (5)
TELOS
Actress Keene of “Sex Education” (4)
MIMI
Oscillations associated with sleep (10)
ALPHAWAVES
Definitive documentation (13)
PROOFPOSITIVE
Author Welty (6)
EUDORA
Hedy who invented key communication technology (6)
LAMARR
Maori singer and composer Fanny Rose ___ (5)
HOWIE
Blue (4)
LEWD
“Past Lives” star Greta (3)
LEE
Any of 32 fliers awarded the PDSA Dickin Medal for gallantry (3)
PAGEON
“Gangubai Kathiawadi” star Bhatt (4)
ALIA
Metallic fabric (4)
LAME
Mount ___ (peak north of the Golden Gate Bridge, familiarly) (3)
TAM
Blue supergiant in Orion’s leg (5)
RIGEL
Restriction on press freedom (6)
GAGLAW
“Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee” author Brown (3)
DEE
Actor in “Law & Order: SVU” and four of the “Jurassic” movies (6)
BDWONG
Hold that’s in a hold (4)
BRIG
Mediterranean resort island once owned by Britain (7)
MINORCA
Reddish-brown horses (7)
SORRELS
Woodard of “Brooklyn” (5)
ALFRE
Overly ornamented (6)
FLORID
Network of burrows (6)
WARREN
Nonsense (6)
PIFFLE
1949 Tracy/Hepburn romantic comedy (8)
ADAMSRIB
Witchy woman (5)
CRONE
Socialist philosopher Engels (9)
FRIEDRICH
Commissioner who works with Batman (6)
GORDON
Bean aboard Apollo 12 (4)
ALAN
“Goldfinger” singer Shirley (6)
BASSEY
“Gymnopedies” composer Satie (4)
ERIK
Populist Louisiana governor nicknamed “The Kingfish” (8)
HUEYLONG
Wally’s TV bro, with “the” (4)
BEAV
Sawbuck (6)
TENNER
TV western on which Dennis Weaver played Chester Goode (8)
GUNSMOKE
Small songbird with a long, powerful bill (8)
NUTHATCH
Boy played by Ronny (4)
OPIE
Units of force (5)
DYNES
Nautical ropes (8)
RATLINES
___ Pointe, Michigan (6)
GROSSE
Rochester’s first wife, in Jane Eyre (6)
BERTHA
The West Wing creator (6)
SORKIN
Chancellor Adenauer (6)
KONRAD
“Shōgun” star Sawai (4)
ANNA
Actress Pounder (3)
CCH
People also known as the Cree (7)
NEHIYAW
Toilet (7)
COMMODE
Nourishment (7)
PABULUM
Small, hard fruits of some plants (7)
NUTLETS
Poe poem whose narrator inadvertently wanders to his lover’s tomb (7)
ULALUME
Argentinean plain (5)
PAMPA
“Wild Thing” rapper Tone ___ (3)
LOC
Buddy who starred in “Barnaby Jones” and “The Beverly Hillbillies” (5)
EBSEN
Melodic (6)
ARIOSE
Midnight in Paris (6)
MINUIT
“Superior Donuts” playwright Tracy (5)
LETTS
Eva of “CSI: Miami” (5)
LARUE
Roman historian Cassius (3)
DIO
Composer ___ Carlo Menotti (4)
GIAN
Trackable scents (6)
SPOORS
Ruby of “A Raisin in the Sun” (3)
DEE
___ Lilly and Company (3)
ELI
Perlman who played Barbie’s creator, Ruth Handler, in “Barbie” (4)
RHEA
NASCAR great Petty (4)
KYLE
Base figure, for short (3)
NCO
Kingpin on “The Wire” (5)
MARLO
Annapolis frosh (5)
PLEBE
18th-century French novelist whose name means “the wise man” (6)
LESAGE
Afro-Caribbean religion (8)
SANTERIA
Banned chemical contaminant, for short (3)
PCB
Hunter on screen (5)
HOLLY
English cathedral city (3)
ELY
Cheese also known as French Gruyère (5)
COMTE
“Chain Reaction” singer, 1985 (4)
ROSS
Artist Cindy known for her photographic self-portraits (7)
SHERMAN
River through Glasgow (5)
CLYDE
One-named poet from the 13th century (4)
RUMI
Place dear to the Sundance Kid (4)
ETTA
Conservationist Fossey (4)
DIAN
“Resurrection” and “Watusi (Hard Edge)” painter Thomas (4)
ALMA
Greek god whose Roman equivalent is Somnus (6)
HYPNOS
Scarlett’s “Ghost World” co-star (5)
THORA
Sailing maneuver (4)
TUCK
Eagerly begin into (8)
TUCKINTO
Gunpowder ingredient (9)
SALTPETER
Business with an at-home labor force (15)
COTTAGEINDUSTRY
Rapa ___ (Easter Island, to natives) (3)
NUI
Fireman on “Leave It to Beaver” (3)
GUS
Skate’s cousin (5)
MANTA
Merak or Mizar (4)
STAR
Youngest of Alcott’s March sisters (3)
AMY
Ground-breaking tool (6)
HARROW
Bygone VW delivery vehicle (7)
VANAGON
Muse of music (7)
EUTERPE
Commotion (4)
FLAP
Singer Sumac (3)
YMA
Dove into poetry (4)
RITA
“On Photography” essayist Susan (6)
SONTAG
“Network” director (5)
LUMET
Wing feature (7)
AILERON
Canon camera brand (3)
EOS
Mobutu ___ Seko (only president of Zaire) (4)
SESE
Disney CEO Bob (4)
IGER
Carter who played Wonder Woman (5)
LYNDA
Marshal at Waterloo (3)
NEY
Italian athletic company named after its founder’s initials (7)
ELLESEE
Oscar-nominated title role for Peter Fonda (4)
ULEE
Dog of film and TV (5)
BENJI
“High Hopes” lyricist Sammy (4)
CAHN
Finely groomed stone (5)
SILEX
Protagonist in 2024’s “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” (3)
NOA
Denigrates, in Derby (5)
SLAGS
“Bambi” aunt (3)
ENA
Horse-drawn carriages (5)
SHAYS
Eartha Kitt’s “Mambo de ___” (5)
PAREE
Movie critic Jeffrey (5)
LYONS
Lake on Tanzania’s border (5)
NYASA
Overly glib (3)
PAT
Solar system model (6)
ORRERY
Actress Moriarty (4)
ERIN
About 3.26 light years (6)
PARSEC
“Her Kind” poet Sexton (4)
ANNE
Actress Lee of “Past Lives” (5)
GRETA
Jazz pianist Garner (6)
ERROLL
Venetian painter considered “The Sun Amidst Small Stars” (6)
TITIAN
Turkington with the persona Neil Hamburger (5)
GREGG
“PBS News Hour” politics producer Schmitz (3)
ALI
Singer Damone (3)
VIC
Go on and on (6)
YABBER
Letters on old Soviet rockets (4)
CCCP
Actress Wray of “King Kong” (3)
FAY
Offices with partitioned workspaces, in slang (9)
CUBEFARMS
Curly-haired friend of Charlie Brown (6)
FRIEDA
Evergreen forest that covers much of Canada (5)
TAIGA
Goods for sale: Abbr. (4)
MDSE
High-energy genre for Mac Dre and E-40 (5)
HYPHY
Psychoactive brew used in the Amazon basin for spiritual ceremonies (9)
AYAHUASCA
Retired Bing assistant (7)
CORTANA
Tiny bit (5)
SKOSH
Richly embellish, as fabric (7)
BROCADE
Together, in music (4)
ADUE
Degree granted honorarily to Mark Zuckerberg: Abbr. (3)
LLD
Sylvan setting for “All the world’s a stage” (5)
ARDEN
Character depicted holding an infant in the “Behold” monument at the Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historical Park (10)
KUNTAKINTE
Contempt (5)
ODIUM
Whom Ellen Willis described as “the paradigmatic female rebel” (10)
DEBEAUVOIR
“Justice as Fairness” philosopher John (5)
RAWLS
Appropriately named “The Amazing Spider-Man” director Marc (4)
WEBB
“Night of the Living Dead” director George (6)
ROMERO
Bouquet in a pocket, in “Ring Around the Rosie” (4)
POSY
Legal suspension (4)
STAY
James of “The Godfather” (4)
CAAN
“Cheers” bartender Woody (4)
BOYD
Spain’s longest river (4)
EBRO
Lassie’s owner on old TV (5)
TIMMY
Blue reef fish (4)
TANG
Lover of Euridice, in opera (5)
ORFEO
Buns (6)
PATOOT
“Pretty Little Liars” author Shepard (4)
SARA
Holly genus (4)
ILEX
Jazz trumpeter Jones (4)
THAD
Comedian Aparna who wrote “Unreliable Narrator” (9)
NANCHERLA
Another name for bingo (5)
BEANO
“Holidays Symphony” composer Charles (4)
IVES
“Kitchen Confidential” actress Santiago (6)
TESSIE
“Object Lessons” novelist Quindlen (4)
ANNA
___ Ranch, locale in “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” (5)
SPAHN
Women’s suffrage leader Belmont (4)
ALVA
Director Lemmons (4)
KASI
Chiang who voiced Mei in “Turning Red” (7)
ROSALIE
“Wandavision” star Dennings (3)
KAT
Sanskrit surname meaning “lion” (5)
SINGH
Darden who hosts the podcast “___ in the Morning” (4)
EBRO
Indivisible entity, to Leibniz (5)
MONAD
Cryptic of the Appalachians (7)
MOTHMAN
Expel from the body (5)
EGEST
Puzzling paradox (4)
KOAN
Martha who sings “Heat Wave” (6)
REEVES
Willie of “Charles in Charge” (5)
AAMES
Ghana’s first prime minister ___ Nkrumah (5)
KWAME
Designed of a famed chair (5)
EAMES
Brightest star in Lyra (4)
VEGA
___ Lehnsherr (Magneto’s alias in “X-Men”) (4)
ERIK
Buccaneer’s buddies (8)
HEARTIES
Chemical formula for lye (4)
NAOH
Jovian moon (6)
EUROPA
“Li’l Abner” cartoonist (4)
CAPP
South American city home to Tejada’s El Gato del Río (4)
CALI
Lamarr whose early invention led to the development of GPS (4)
HEDY
Animated dog with the last name Höek (3)
REN
Region that lent its name to the oldest Greek architectural order (5)
DORIS
___ chai, a.k.a. pink tea (4)
NOON
___ Gagarin, first man in space (4)
YURI
Needle-nosed fish (3)
GAR
Hawaiian wood used for ukuleles (3)
KOA
Japanese-Peruvian fusion chain (4)
NOBU
Coastal African desert (5)
NAMIB
Hindu teacher (5)
SWAMI
Lower in status than before (8)
DECLASSE
“Problem Areas” host Wyatt (5)
CENAC
Man of many titles in “The Mikado” (7)
POOHBAH
Drug slang in the name of an ‘80s one-hit wonder band (4)
DEXY
Singer/songwriter Furman (4)
EZRA
Heavy and fast metal subgenera (6)
THRASH
Flag carrier for three European countries (3)
SAS
Mandip Gill’s “Doctor Who” character, familiarly (3)
YAZ
Skull and Bones members, e.g. (4)
ELIS
“___-Bak” (martial arts franchise) (3)
ONG
Strait between the British mainland and the Isle of Wight, with “the”
SOLENT
“Garfield” cartoonist Jim (5)
DAVIS
Group of kangaroos (3)
MOB
Historic club with a rhyming name (4)
CBGB
Turner of TV (3)
TED
Alter ego of Megan Thee Stallion (8)
TINASNOW
Abstract painter known for her use of grid patterns (11)
AGNESMARTIN
Clay figure in Jewish folklore (5)
GOLEM
Counselor on the Enterprise (4)
TROI
Fury (6)
CHOLER
Units of X-ray exposure (9)
ROENTGENS
“SNL” alum Gasteyer (3)
ANA
Manatee relative (6)
DUGONG
Fish with a pointed snout (4)
PIKE
Brazilian singer-songwriter Ramalho (4)
ELBA
Suit type for Cab Calloway (4)
ZOOT
Aunt, in Italian (3)
ZIA
Businessman Emanuel (3)
ARI
Founder of a Persian religion (9)
ZOROASTER
Financially behind (9)
INARREARS
Powerful auto engines (5)
HEMIS
Carrie-Anne of “The Matrix” (4)
MOSS
Percolate (5)
LEACH
U.S.M.C. bigwig (3)
NCO
Disgusting, slangily (5)
GRODY
Aunt ___ of “Oklahoma!” (5)
ELLER
Ancient continent that included present-day Siberia (7)
ARCTICA
Bender (3)
JAG
Ottava ___ (verse form) (4)
RIMA
Dances in duple time (6)
GALOPS
Lentil-based stew from India (6)
SAMBAR
Jazz trombonist Dickenson (3)
VIC
Filmmaker Aster (3)
ARI
Surrealist James (5)
ENSOR
“The Parent Trap” actress Maureen (5)
OHARA
Actress Hinds of “9-1-1” (5)
AISHA
Sandoval of “Vanderpump Rules” (3)
TOM
Division of the Rockies featuring the resorts Alta, Park City, and Snowbird (7)
WASATCH
Hamilton biographer Chernow (3)
RON
“Three’s Company” co-star of Ritter and Somers (6)
DEWITT
Shaving aisle choice (4)
ATRA
Saint Philip ___, so-called “Second Apostle of Rome” (4)
NERI
“The Tin Drum” protagonist (5)
OSKAR
John, in Milan (6)
GIANNI
Jamaican folk song about overnight labor (4)
DAYO
Lover (10)
AFICIONADO