CrosswordDictionary2024May Flashcards
Rope fiber (5)
SISAL
Stand-up comedian Marc (5)
MARON
Martian who wears a green helmet and skirt (6)
MARVIN
Some carry-ons (7)
VALISES
Pip’s love in “Great Expectations” (7)
ESTELLA
Syd who co-founded Pink Floyd (7)
BARRETT
Russian country house (5)
DACHA
Elfin folk (3)
FAY
Japanese aesthetic that embraces imperfection (8)
WABISABI
Poet Rainer Maria ___ (5)
RILKE
“Bob’s Burgers” daughter (4)
TINA
Rapper-activist who had a “Moment” in the 1992 Clinton campaign (13)
SISTERSOULJAH
___ Yung (founder of modern Taiwanese Buddhism) (5)
HSING
Valencia visionary? (3)
OJO
___ Collins, Parliament-Funkadelic bass guitarist (6)
BOOTSY
___ spectrum (community of orientations) (3)
ACE
Director eponym of the “lifetime achievement” Golden Globe (7)
DEMILLE
Door-to-door salesman in a classic Arthur Miller play (10)
WILLYLOMAN
Charles Wilson ___, George Washington portraitist (5)
PEALE
Lee ___, Republican political strategist of the 1980s (7)
ATWATER
Feature of deerstalker hats (7)
EARLAPS
Capital of Zambia (6)
LUSAKA
Cartoonish Hoff who wrote “Danny and the Dinosaur” (3)
SYD
Waterproof overshoes (7)
ARCTICS
Coward (7)
MILKSOP
Bassist Meyer (5)
EDGAR
“___ and the Deterctives” (1929 novel) (4)
EMIL
Abnormally deep sleep (5)
SOPOR
Hall-of-Fame pitcher Warren (5)
SPAHN
German direction (3)
OST
Fishing basket (5)
CREEL
Mitchell & ___ (sports apparel company) (4)
NESS
Pigeon dish (5)
SQUAB
Collectible doll (6)
KEWPIE
Scotland’s Firth of ___ (3)
TAY
Love note acronym (4)
SWAK
“Of the,” abroad (3)
DES
Swimmer also known as a moonfish (4)
OPAH
Actress ___ Grace Moritz (5)
CHLOE
Italian seaport that’s home to Miramare Castle (7)
TRIESTE
___ Meyer, the V.P. on “Veep” (6)
SELINA
Lie, in slang (3)
CAP
Metal ring that holds a pencil’s eraser (7)
FERRULE
Dr. ___, talk show host with the catchphrase “Get some” (4)
RUTH
Programming language used in government and banking (5)
COBOL
Mountain nymph (5)
OREAD
Civil rights activist Baker (4)
ELLA
___ O’Malley Dillon of the Biden White House (3)
JEN
Celebrity chef Roy (4)
CHOI
Al ___, discus thrower in the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame (6)
OERTER
___ Joliot-Curie, chemist daughter of Marie (5)
IRENE
Have ___ (freak out) (4)
ACOW
Young-adult novelist whose works include “Legend” and “The Young Elites” (7)
MARIELU
Violinist’s stroke indicated by a “V” (5)
UPBOW
“Jesus & ___” (late-night show that ended in 2022) (4)
MERO
Dance style that developed in Oakland (9)
BOOGALOO
Psychologist Alfred who researched the measurement of intelligence (5)
BINET
“Survival in Auschwitz” and “The Periodic Table” author Primo (4)
LEVI
“Finnegans Wake” character ___ Livia Plurabelle (4)
ANNA
Bing Crosby’s record label (5)
DECCA
Budweiser beer is aged using this wood (5)
BEECH
Beldame (5)
CRONE
Bacterium requiring oxygen (6)
AEROBE
Battery type (5)
NICAD
Basic drum (6)
TOMTOM
Burns books? (5)
POESY
Bivalve mollusks (7)
COCKLES
Byrd’s rank: Abbr. (3)
ADM
___ anglais (3)
COR
Radio confirmation (5)
WILCO
Hong Kong megastar (3)
LAU
Yesterday, in Spanish (4)
AYER
Japan, in Japanese (5)
NIHON
“Shirt Front and Fork” sculptor, 1922 (3)
ARP
Colorful variety of lettuce (7)
REDLEAF
Stag (4)
HART
Archer’s wife on “All in the Family” (5)
EDITH
“The Resident” actor Malcolm-___ Warner (5)
JAMAL
Actress McClanahan of “The Golden Girls” (3)
RUE
Largest teachers’ union in the U.S. (3)
NEA
Actress Swenson (4)
INGA
Bluey and Bingo’s parent (3)
MUM
U.S./Canada military acronym (5)
NORAD
Believe that all beings have a spirit (7)
ANIMISM
Al or Bobby of auto racing (5)
UNSER
Dano of “The Fabelmans” (4)
PAUL
Coast Guard rank: Abbr. (3)
ENS
It’s wool is the rarest natural fiber (6)
VICUÑA
Prominent stegosaurus features (6)
PLATES
Soprano Tebaldi (6)
RENATA
Actress Cuthbert (6)
ELISHA
Daughter of Muhammad (6)
FATIMA
Dot above an i or j (6)
TITTLE
River of Ukraine (6)
DONETS
Millie Bobby Brown’s Stranger Things role (6)
ELEVEN
James of the original Star Trek (6)
DOOHAN
Big name in travel guides (6)
FODORS
Thrash (6)
LARRUP
Felt (5)
BAIZE
Comic actress Martha (4)
RAYE
Cheat sheets (9)
CRIBNOTES
Big name in public opinion research (3)
PEW
Noggins (4)
NOBS
Kind of motor used in robotics (5)
SERVO
Mafia code of silence (6)
OMERTA
“The Time Machine” race (4)
ELOI
___ Domini (4)
ANNO
Paul who directed “Bridesmaids” (4)
FEIG
___ Maar, muse of Pablo Picasso (4)
DORA
Repetition of self-calming movements, such as finger-tapping or hair-twirling (8)
STIMMING
Soft leather variety (7)
DOESKIN
Informant, informally (7)
STOOLIE
Batman adversary ___ al Ghul (3)
RAS
Bond villain with an island lair (4)
DRNO
2007 Literature Nobelist Lessing (5)
DORIS
Drummer Neil of Rush (5)
PEART
Jurisdiction (5)
AMBIT
___ tatin (5)
TARTE
Film critic André to whom Francois Truffaut dedicated “The 400 Blows” (5)
BAZIN
Café cup (5)
TASSE
Primordial deity of Greek myth (4)
GAIA
French legislative body (5)
SENAT
“Roots” actor John (4)
AMOS
Title character played by Rosalind Russell onscreen and Angela Lansbury on Broadway (4)
MAME
Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Hayes (5)
ISAAC
Kwame who said, “In order for nonviolence to work, your opponent must have a conscience” (4)
TURE
“Bessie” co-writer and director Rees (3)
DEE
“salt.” poet Nayyirah (6)
WAHEED
Multimedia artist ___ Red Star (5)
WENDY
Org. that asks if we’re alone (4)
SETI
Bane of one’s existence (9)
BETENOIRE
Viva ___ (4)
VOCA
Japanese porcelain (5)
IMARI
Actress Skye of “Say Anything…” (4)
IONE
Heroic action (9)
DERRINGDO
Excessively, in a score (6)
TROPPO
Extreme point in an orbit (5)
APSIS
Nonsense (5)
BILGE
Keyboard instrument (7)
CELESTA
Hit with a club (6)
CUDGEL
Trash-collecting vehicle, in Britain (8)
DUSTCART
One of the “Gilligan’s Island” castaways (7)
MARYANN
Jimmy of “NYPD Blue” (5)
SMITS
Broadway composer Jule ___ (5)
STYNE
Satyajit Ray’s “The ___ Trilogy” (3)
APU
“99 Luftballoons” singer (4)
NENA
Singer Sands of the ’60s (4)
EVIE
Flying adversary of Godzilla (5)
RODAN
Dry steamed (4)
WADI
Follow, as orders (5)
HEWTO
Soft leather variety (7)
DOESKIN
Opera singer Norman with a National Medal of Arts (6)
JESSYE
Navajo dwelling (5)
HOGAN
Space on a CD track where a hidden song can be placed (6)
PREGAP
One way to prepare crepes (7)
SUZETTE
Beetle such as a zyzzyva (6)
WEEVIL
Connective organ tissue (6)
STROMA
Actor Judd (6)
HIRSCH
Ma dubbed “Mother of the Blues” (6)
RAINEY
Chewing gum ingredient (6)
TRYPAN
Dora’s foxing nemesis (6)
SWIPER
Rogues (10)
REPROBATES
I Dream of Jennie star: 2 words
BARBARAEDEN
Pamper (6)
COSSET
Onetime center of Italian winemaking (7)
CREMONA
One of Lear’s daughters (5)
REGAN
Artwork carved on bones (9)
SCRIMSHAW
She’s “got a gun” in an Aerosmith hit (5)
JANIE
Declining mental state (6)
DOTAGE
Cosa ___ (Mafia) (6)
NOSTRA
Italian “dear” (4)
CARA
Voice of Bugs Bunny and Barney Rubble (9)
MELBLANCH
Very quickly (8)
INATRICE
Blues great who wrote “Smokestack Lightning” (10)
HOWLINWOLF
___ Holmes, founder of the website Jezebel (4)
ANNA
Hankering, slangily (8)
FIENDING
“The Tempest” king (6)
ALONSO
___ Holmes, founder of the website Jezebel (4)
ANNA
Buck inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2022 (5)
ONEIL
Coral reef builder (5)
POLYP
___ Marbles (thing in the British Museum that you absolutely cannot roll around on the table) (5)
ELGIN
Garfield’s girlfriend (6)
ARLENE
Guru’s place of retreat (6)
ASHRAM
South American grassland (5)
PAMPA
Hungarian poet József (6)
ATTILA
“The Last of Us” actor Anna (4)
TORV
“Filthy” funds (5)
LUCRE
Detective game set in Golden Age Hollywood (7)
LANOIRE
Gender designation initialism (4)
MAMA
Dionne Warwick, for one (9)
CHANTEUSE