CrosswordDictionary2024July Flashcards
Greek counterpart of Aurora (3)
EOS
Series of film shorts that featured “The Little Rascals” (7)
OURGANG
Soprano Netrebko (4)
ANNA
___-Coeur (5)
SACRE
Capital on the Gulf of Guinea (4)
LOME
Fictional sleuth McGee (6)
TRAVIS
TV horse (4)
MRED
Robotic motors (6)
SERVOS
Actress Alice of “City of God” (or also, I suppose, her aunt Sonia) (5)
BRAGA
Model Mena (5)
ERICA
Top-level domain since 2001 (3)
BIZ
Smelt fish whose roe is sometimes called masago (7)
CAPELIN
Actress/YouTuber Milan (4)
LALA
One of the Three Musketeers (5)
ATHOS
What James Brown “paid the cost to be,” in a 1973 song (7)
THEBOSS
Certain NCO (4)
MSGT
“Yankee Doodle Dandy” Oscar winner James (6)
CAGNEY
Pitcher Jim who wrote the 1970 memoir “Ball Four” (6)
BOUTON
Poet James Russell ___ (6)
LOWELL
Pioneering chemist Lavoisier (7)
ANTOINE
Emanuel’s predecessor in Chicago (5)
DALEY
Weak-willed and irresponsible (8)
FECKLESS
“QB VII” author Leon (4)
URIS
Blame It ___ (1984 Michael Caine film) (5)
ONRIO
Fishbone frontman Moore (6)
ANGELO
Major metals manufacturer (5)
ALCOA
Harold who composed “Over the Rainbow” (5)
ARLEN
New York Rangers great Brian (6)
LEETCH
Maeby Funke portrayer on “Arrested Development” (12)
ELIASSHAWKAT
French 10 (3)
DIX
TV producer David E. ___ (6)
KELLEY
Spartan queen of myth (4)
LEDA
Third oldest of the March sisters (4)
BETH
Model Rau who became the first openly trans Playboy Playmate in 2017 (4)
INES
“The Perfect Nanny” novelist Slimani (5)
LEILA
“Calvin and Hobbes” girl (5)
SUSIE
“Inventing ___” (2022 miniseries about a real-life con artist) (4)
ANNA
___ Martin cognac (4)
REMY
Class of difficult problems, in computation complexity theory (6)
NPHARD
Hit the bottle, old-style (4)
TOPE
“Agent ___” (short-lived Marvel series) (6)
CARTER
1994 Denis Leary black comedy (6)
THEREF
Black Arts Movement poet Jones (5)
LEROI
Aunt played by Marisa Tomei (3)
MAY
Worked steadily at (5)
PLIED
Burst with emotion (5)
PLOTZ
Whitlock Jr. of “The Wire” and “Veep” (5)
ISIAH
Arizona county known for its saguaros (4)
PIMA
Ancient Egyptian architect who was later deified (7)
IMHOTEP
This, in French (3)
CET
Composer Rorem (3)
NED
Jack of “Twin Peaks” (5)
NANCE
Colombian cyclist and Tour de France winner Bernal (4)
EGAN
Nobel winner Hammarskjöld (3)
DAG
TV network and production house for arthouse flicks (3)
IFC
Mid-Atlantic grocery chain ___ Markets (4)
WEIS
Fried lentil snack resembling a donut (4)
VADA
“Rhinestone Cowboy” singer Campbell (4)
GLEN
Traditional Inuit knife (3)
ULU
Kapoor of “Slumdog Millionaire” (4)
ANIL
Make a foolish mistake (4)
DERP
Defensive boxing strategy (9)
ROPEADOPE
Home run, slangily (5)
TATER
Manhattan Theater District eatery with caricature-lined walls (6)
SARDIS
Seasonal stream, perhaps (4)
RILL
Reddit’s alien mascot (4)
SNOO
Classic Chrysler (4)
KCAR
Poivre partner (3)
SEL
Old Irish daggers (6)
SKEANS
Ratatouille director Bird (4)
BRAD
Fat-burning metabolic state (7)
KETOSIS
Skype tech (4)
VOIP
He played Ed Norton on The Honeymooners (9)
ARTCARNEY
East African language spoken by Lupita Nyong’o (3)
LUO
Muppeteer Jerry (6)
NELSON
Easton with the #1 hit “Morning Train (9 to 5)” (6)
SHEENA
Three sheets to the wind (6)
SOUSED
Twisted Sister’s genre (9)
HAIRMETAL
Patterned East African dress, or a Milne character (5)
KANGA
“A Letter to ___” (documentary co-directed by Scorcese (4)
ELIA
The Wiz actress Horne (4)
LENA
Wake-up calls (9)
REVEILLES
___ Douglas-Home, former British P.M. (4)
ALEC
Jean who wrote “The Thief’s Journal” (5)
GENET
Famed sportscaster Howard (6)
COSELL
“___ Breckinridge” (1968 Gore Vidal novel) (4)
MYRA
City that’s home to the Green Dome (6)
MEDINA
Film studio with a Pegasus logo (7)
TRISTAR
Chevron alternative (4)
ARCO
Summary (6)
PRECIS
Young Sheldon actor Armitage (4)
IAIN
Hikaru Nakamura or Yoko Ono, e.g. (5)
ISSEI
Marxist Luxemburg (4)
ROSA
Lathe, drill press, or gear shaper (11)
MACHINETOOL
Wild West sheriff’s badge (7)
TINSTAR
Nasal partitions (5)
SEPTA
Mezzo-soprano Anne ___ von Otter (5)
SOFIE
Icelandic epic with prose and poetic sections (4)
EDDA
Guitar manufacturer whose name is the Spanish equivalent of “Johnson” (6)
IBANEZ
Local dialect (6)
PATOIS
Cried like a crow (5)
CAWED
Getting on board? (6)
LADING
“Meeting in the Ladies Room” sextet (1985) (7)
KLYMAXX
Brand in the razor aisle (4)
ATRA
Drugstore makeup brand named after the Greek goddess of the night (3)
NYX
Harmful algal blooms (8)
REDTIDES
“Razor-billed” bird (3)
AUK
Light yellow flowers often found near cattle (6)
OXLIPS
Bud’s partner in classic comedy (3)
LOU
Rhyming synonym for “nonsense” (8)
CLAPTRAP
Broadway songwriter Sammy (4)
CAHN
“Lupin” star Sy (4)
OMAR
Hebrew for “the nations” (5)
GOYIM
March who hosted “The $64,000 Question” (3)
HAL
Haute-___ (department of eastern France) (5)
SAONE
Artist with seventeen #1’s on the top New Age Albums chart (5)
YANNI
Scholar and activist Grace Lee ___ (5)
BOGGS
Exhausting trek (8)
FOOTSLOG
“Broad City” character Wexler (5)
ILANA
Poppycock (6)
PIFFLE
“Lemon Tree” singer Lopez (5)
TRINI
“My Neighbor __”: 1988 Miyazaki film (6)
TOTORO
Painter Velázquez (5)
DIEGO
Duchess of ___ (Goya subject) (4)
ELBA
Cloris ___, Emmy-winning actress on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” (8)
LEACHMAN
Something wanted (11)
DESIDERATUM
Olympian Sebastian (3)
COE
Clea who played Natasha Lyonne’s love interest in 1999’s “But I’m a Cheerleader” (6)
DUVALL
Circular gasket (5)
ORING
Blacksmith who raised Pip in Great Expectations (9)
JOEGARGER
Titular princess of a Gilbert and Sullivan opera (3)
IDA
Like a castrated horse (6)
GELDED
Unoriginal and trite (9)
HACKNEYED
PBS documentary series (3)
POV
___ vincit amor (5)
OMNIA
Scott who wrote the legal thriller “Presumed Innocent” (5)
TUROW
Ramirez of “Madam Secretary” (4)
SARA
Loss of the sense of smell (7)
ANOSMIA
Greek goddess of falling stars (7)
ASTERIA
___ Felton, title detective of “The Puzzle Lady Mysteries” (4)
CORA
Casino card game (8)
BACCARAT
Nothing, in Nantes (4)
RIEN
Queen ___ al-Abdullah of Jordan (5)
RANIA
“A Delicate Balance” playwright (5)
ALBEE
Country duo Maddie & __ (3)
TAE
La Dame de ___ (sobriquet for the Eiffel Tower) (3)
FER
Latin for “actually existing” (6)
INESSE
“Arrested Development” actor whose character claims to have awards “from Army” (8)
TONYHALE
Boyfriend of Nancy Drew (3)
NED
Super-successful, in old slang (5)
SOCKO
The Doctor’s Time Machine (6)
TARDIS
Fancy tchotchke (6)
BAUBLE
Brewers broadcaster Bob (6)
UECKER
Dunaway who incorrectly announced “La La Land” as Best Picture (4)
FAYE
Hindu god of destruction (4)
SIVA
With the bow, musically (4)
ARCO
Indonesian textile process in which the yarn is dyed prior to weaving (4)
IKAT
Rulers used on drafting tables (9)
TSQUARES
Spanish port city with a Guggenheim Museum (6)
BILBAO
“___ Loves Chachi” (6)
JOANIE
Barinholtz who won “Celebrity Jeopardy!” in 2023 (3)
IKE
Chicago Bears great Walter (6)
PAYTON
Old Scottish title (5)
THANE
Crispy Indian snack noodles made from chickpea flour (3)
SEV
Indigenous people of Hokkaido (4)
AINU
“Get Smart” gadget (9)
SHOEPHONE
“___ Curtis Wishlist” (Xiu Xii track) (3)
IAN
Sudden incursion (6)
SORTIE
Enjoyed oneself immensely (7)
HADAGAS
Swindle (4)
BILK
Abstract painter ___ Thomas (4)
ALMA
Gait faster than a trot (6)
CANTER
Landscape architect André who designed the gardens at Versailles (7)
LENOTRE
Sister, in Portuguese (4)
IRMA
Feature of high heels popularized in the 1920s (6)
TSTRAP
Recharge before going out? (8)
DISCONAP
Like some piggy banks (7)
DIECAST
Hilton-owned hotel chain (3)
TRU
Speaks, biblically (5)
SAITH
Fiji’s capital (4)
SUVA
Epithet for the attractive dancer in “Rear Window” (9)
MISSTORSO
Benin, before 1975 (7)
DAHOMEY
___ 5 (1993-98 sci-fi series) (7)
BABYLON
Comedian Martin (3)
MAE
___-culottes (bloc that advocated for economic equality during the French Revolution) (4)
SANS
Chemical compound in plastics and rubber (7)
STYRENE
Artist Margaret portrayed by Amy Adams in “Big Eyes” (9)
KEANE
Troy’s best friend, on Community (4)
ABED
Verdi opera (6)
OTELLO
Animals in a holt (6)
OTTERS
“Crazy Rich Asians” director Jon M. ___ (3)
CHU
Yes-man, of a kind (11)
APPARATCHIK
Abstract painter ___ Woodsey Thomas (4)
ALMA
Snowmobile brand (6)
SKIDOO
Hebrew letter (3)
YOD
Ashby who directed “Shampoo” and “Being There” (3)
HAL
Gillette razor that débuted in 1977 (4)
ATRA
__ Leonowens (“The King and I” protagonist) (4)
ANNA
Lindelof who co-created “Lost” and “The Leftovers” (5)
DAMON
Eastern flycatcher (6)
PHOEBE