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