CrosswordDictionary2024Dec Flashcards
Chess rating system (3)
ELO
Director Jean-___ Godard (3)
LUC
Temaki cone (4)
NORI
Mountain cluster (6)
MASSIF
“House of the Dragon” actor D’Arcy (4)
EMMA
Active during the daytime (7)
DIURNAL
___ Suárez, former prime minister who lends his name to Spain’s largest airport (6)
ADOLFO
___ metabolism (5)
BASAL
Godzilla’s studio (4)
TOHO
Norman Vincent ___, “The Power of Positive Thinking” author (5)
PEALE
Cloudy, as liquid (6)
TURBID
Youngest March sister (3)
AMY
Grand ___ (wine designation) (3)
CRU
Role for Anne in “The Dark Knight Rises” or Julia in “Veep” (6)
SELINA
“Ready Player One” star Sheridan (3)
TYE
Head-to-toe Islamic garment (5)
BURQA
Nonprofit org. with a Directors Series (3)
AFI
Swimming (6)
NATANT
“Bicycle Thieves” director Vittorio De ___ (4)
SICA
Venetian magistrate of old (4)
DOGE
Is visibly fearful (6)
QUAILS
English ___ spaniel (dog breed) (8)
SPRINGER
Motor in a robot, often (5)
SERVO
Henry who composed the theme for “The Pink Panther” (7)
MANCINI
World Heritage site in Jordan (5)
PETRA
Sally Bowles’s flatmate in Chelsea, per a “Cabaret” number (5)
ELSIE
Greatcoat fabric (5)
SERGE
Babylonian goddess of love (6)
ISHTAR
Really chaotic situation (9)
GOATRODEO
___ Morales (Spider-Man) (5)
MILES
Swing around (4)
SLUE
Tobiko, at a sushi bar (3)
ROE
Attorney general before Garland (4)
BARR
Title princess in a Gilbert and Sullivan opera (3)
IDA
Actress Creel of “Saved by the Bell” (6)
LEANNA
Keebler’s saltine brand (5)
ZESTA
Treated, as acidic soil in a lawn (5)
LIMED
Adler in a Sherlock Holmes story (5)
IRENE
We, to Louis (4)
NOUS
Heart medicine, for short (5)
NITRO
Some 1960s protests (5)
BEINS
Actor George of “1917” (6)
MACKAY
“People” in Choctaw (4)
OKLA
Be a pest to (6)
HECTOR
Battle of ___ (event in the Mexican-American War) (9)
MONTERREY
First Nations people (6)
OJIBWA
Spanish city with Moorish architecture (7)
CORDOBA
“Eternals” star Gemma (4)
CHAN
Debussy’s “Air de ___” (3)
LIA
Fit for service (4)
ONEA
Loose-fitting Muslim robe (5)
ABAYA
Source of bay leaves (6)
LAUREL
Handle such as Jane Doe (6)
ANONYM
Lollapalooza (4)
LULU
“1984” drudge (5)
PROLE
Label that first signed the Rolling Stones (5)
DECCA
Beauty marks (4)
NEVI
Box in many trucks (7)
CBRADIO
The ___ faith (unitary religion founded in the nineteenth century) (5)
BAHAI
Computer graphics program that handles lighting effects (6)
SHADER
Supermodel Cheryl (5)
TIEGS
German tank of WWII (6)
PANZER
“The Collected Schizophrenias” author ___ Weijun Wang (4)
ESME
Central Asian grassland (6)
STEPPE
Siberian herding dog (7)
SAMOYED
Dien Bien ___, 1954 battle site in Vietnam (3)
PHU
Mollusk with an iridescent inner shell (7)
ABALONE
Role for Jay Silverheels (5)
TONTO
Skye of “Say Anything…” (4)
IONE
Cafeteria worker’s hairnet (5)
SNOOD
Leader of the Pink Ladies in “Grease” (10)
BETTYRIZZO
Blade used in baking (4)
LAME
Hockey great Eric (7)
LINDROS
Small horse- drawn buggy (8)
STANHOPE
“Tell It to MY Heart” singer Taylor (5)
DAYNE
Doja Cat’s given first name, for which her debut album is named (5)
AMALA
2018 Oscar winner for playing Churchill (6)
OLDMAN
Gun, in Roaring Twenties lingo (3)
GAT
“Inspector ___” (long-running British detective drama) (5)
MORSE
Infamous bushranger Kelly (3)
NED
Dove known for poetry (4)
RITA
Hungarian violinist Leopold (4)
AUER
She played a psychiatrist in Hitchcock’s “Spellbound” (13)
INGRIDBERGMAN
Nickname original bestowed on Clara Bow (6)
ITGIRL
___ Antall, first democratically elected prime minister of Hungary, 1990-1993 (6)
JOZSEF
Polynesian drink with psychoactive effects (4)
KAVA
McEvoy of cosmetics (5)
TRISH
Bow in the movies (5)
CLARA
Caesar’s first stabber (5)
CASCA
Actor who plays Lieutenant Sulu in the rebooted “Star Trek” films (7)
JOHNCHO
“The L Word” actress Pam (5)
GREER
Gene who was the first golfer to win all four modern majors (7)
SARAZEN
“Bang a ___ (Get It On)” (1971 T.Rex hit) (4)
GONG
Gillen of “Games of Thrones” (4)
AIDA
Jack who hosted “The Morning Show” and “The Tonight Show” (4)
PAAR
Gare de ___, Paris railway terminal (4)
LEST
Claire of “The Crown” (3)
FOY
Alternative magazine name (4)
UTNE
Austrian composer Mahler (4)
ALMA
Sale of more shares than a company’s charter authorizes (9)
OVERISSUE
Hornswoggle (3)
CON
___Mari (organization method) (3)
KON
Poison ___ (5)
SUMAC
Classical poems (6)
EPODES
Franz who composed “The Merry Widow” (5)
LEHAR
Arabic for “greater” (5)
AKBAR
___ Nationalgalerie, modern art museum in Berlin (4)
NEUE
Bird that carried off Sinbad (3)
ROC
Award-winning journalist Linda (8)
ELLERBEE
Zany (6)
MADCAP
Jamie of “MAS*H” (4)
FARR
St. ___ (London neighborhood) (4)
ANNS
Best Picture winner that looks like it’s filmed in a single continuous take (7)
BIRDMAN
1961 “space chimp” (4)
ENOS
Payroll service co. (3)
ADP
Dana of TV’s “China Beach” (6)
DELANY
Fertilizer compound (6)
POTASH
Zhongguo for China or Magyararszag for Hungary (7)
AUTONYM
Real-life newsman portrayed by Jason Robards in “All the President’s Men” (10)
BENBRADLEE
___ Bill, folk hero who is said to have ridden a tornado like a bucking bronco (5)
PECOS
Chinese dog breed, for short (4)
PEKE
Lady Liberty : United States :: ___ : United Kingdom (9)
BRITTANIA
Siegfried composer Richard (6)
WAGNER
International conservation org. (3)
WWF
Old World finch (6)
LINNET
Wavy fabric pattern (5)
MOIRE
Mackenzie of “Halt and Catch Fire” (5)
DAVIS
Honoree of a Trafalgar Square column (6)
NELSON
Gumshoe (3)
TEC
Lipton shelfmate (6)
TETLEY
Browbeat (6)
HECTOR
“Shark!” Author William (5)
STEIG
OId-fashioned “Darn!” (5)
NERTS
Classic Big Apple eatery frequency by celebrities (7)
ELAINES
More, on a music score (3)
PIU
Member of the Golden Horde (5)
TATAR
“60 Minutes” journalist Lesley (5)
STAHL
Friendly understanding between nations (7)
ENTENTE
2020 Pixar film about a family of elves (6)
ONWARD
Popular racing game series (5)
FZERO
Roger B. ___, justice who infamously authored the Dred Scott decision (1857) (5)
TANEY
German industrial valley (4)
RUHR
Count ___, a.k.a. Nosferatu (5)
ORLOK
Legume popular in West Africa (6)
COWPEA
2024 M.L.B. All-Star ___ De La Cruz (4)
ELLY
Russian country house (5)
DACHA
Samira Wiley’s role on “The Handmaid’s Tale” (5)
MOIRA
Mayberry boy (4)
OPIE
“Marty” star Ernest (8)
BORGNINE
Anise-flavored Greek aperitif (4)
OUZO
Particle accelerator (8)
BETATRON
Title ship in a 1951 bestseller (5)
CAINE
Angela ___ (Regina King’s character in “Watchmen”) (4)
ABAR
“Slumdog Millionaire” actor Anil (6)
KAPOOR
Language mistake like “escape goat” for “scapegoat” (7)
EGGCORN
Root used in potpourri (5)
ORRIS
Licentious man (4)
ROUE
Phil ___, QB who won two Super Bowls with the Giants (5)
SIMMS
Marsh plant (5)
SEDGE
Russian American political journalist Masha (6)
GESSEN
Nonsense (6)
BUNKUM
Legendary Spanish knight El __ (3)
CID
Rival of ancient Sparta (5)
ARGOS
Scruff of the neck (4)
NAPE
’60s campus activist grp. (3)
SDS
Cotton cloth that’s been waterproofed (7)
OILSKIN
Complete nonsense, in British slang (10)
CODSWALLOP
Comedian Johnson of “Laugh-In” (4)
ARTE
Jamie who pitched on eight major-league teams over his 25-year career (5)
MOYER
Small fish in the herring family (5)
SPRAT
Watery porridge (5)
GRUEL
Like Sanskrit (5)
INDIC
Livestock feed (6)
SILAGE
Bergen’s dummy Mortimer (5)
SNERD
“Cheers” bartender (3)
SAM
Short-billed wader (6)
PLOVER
Rock-clinging mollusk (6)
LIMPET
Aerospace company that makes rockets for NASA (5)
ASTRA
Dr. Zhivago’s love (4)
LARA
James of “Elf” (4)
CAAN
Certain French red wines (6)
MEDOCS
Kevin of Shark Tank (6)
OLEARY
Coarse salt in French cuisine (7)
SELGRIS
Kay ___, old-time bandleader (5)
KYSER
2000 #1 Radiohead album (4)
KIDA
Hand gesture of greeting or parting (5)
SHAKA
Antarctic penguin (6)
ADELIE
Certain tech exec (3)
CIO
Male turkey (3)
TOM
Heidi Klum’s model daughter (4)
LENI
California’s San ___ Valley (5)
RAMON
French composer who influenced Ravel and Debussy (5)
SATIE
Fin beneath a surfboard (4)
SKEG
Jargons (6)
ARGOTS
Texas’ Laguna (5)
MADRE
“If I Can’t Have You” singer Yvonne (7)
ELLIMAN
___ Drogo, “Game of Thrones” role for Jason Momoa (4)
KHAL
Japanese electronics brand (4)
AIWA
Smack (4)
BUSS
Adjusted the spacing of, as between letters (6)
KERNED
Crane (5)
DAVIT
Stalin protégé depicted by Michael Palin in 2017’s “The Death of Stalin” (7)
MOLOTOV
Dorothea who documented the Great Depression (5)
LANGE
Jenkins known as “The First Lady of Children’s Music” (4)
ELLA
Actress Ferris (3)
PAM
Stinky ___, “Toy Story 2” antagonist (4)
PETE
Tots, in Tijuana (5)
NENES
Imbibe (4)
TOPE
Liquid ___ (gluten-free soy sauce substitute) (6)
AMINOS
Treat with snooty disdain (7)
HIGHHAT
Kith’s partner (3)
KIN
Damage with a bradawl (5)
GOUGE
Cowardly Lion portrayer (4)
LAHR
“Master Melvin” of baseball (3)
OTT
Physics phenomenon exemplified by a vibrating violin string (12)
STANDINGWAVE
Novelist Ferber (4)
EDNA
Sacrificial chess tactic (6)
GAMBIT
Aviation company that built the RAF’s World War I Camel biplane (7)
SOPWITH
Hill who wrote the memoir “Speaking Truth to Power” (5)
ANITA
Healing figures in D&D (7)
CLERICS
Winglike (4)
ALAR
Butterfly, e.g. (5)
IMAGO
Funnyman Foxx (4)
REDD
Whale constellation (5)
CETUS
Leaves’ central veins (7)
MIDRIBS
Highest-ranking Asian American politician before Harris (6)
INOUYE
Plunder, archaically (5)
REAVE
Reddish-purple shade (7)
CARMINE
Language family of the Pacific Northwest (6)
SALISH
19th century author of “poor boy makes good” tales (5)
ALGER
“The Maltese Falcon” actress Mary (5)
ASTOR
“Feminasty” author Gibson (4)
ERIN