CrosswordDictionaryA Flashcards
Swiss river (4)
AARE
Harlem Renaissance artist Douglas (5)
AARON
Iranian port near the Iraq border (6)
ABADAN
Fathers, in Hebrew (5)
ABBAS
French clerics (5)
ABBES
Supreme Court appointee before Thurgood Marshall (9)
ABEFORTAS
Countenance (5)
ABIDE
French and Saunders Britcom, familiarly (5)
ABFAB
Roughs up? (7)
ABRADES
___ acid, essential component of vinegar (6)
ACETIC
Vita ___ (philosopher Hannah Arendt’s alternative to contemplation) (6)
ACTIVA
___ Twist (best-selling picture book) (3)
ADA
Nathan’s beloved in “Guys and Dolls” (8)
ADELAIDE
“The Story of ___” (1975 film by Francois Truffaut) (6)
ADELEH
Chicago’s ___ Planetarium (5)
ADLER
___ Fenty, former mayor of Washington, D.C. (6)
ADRIAN
Mythological shield (5)
AEGIS
Some Saab convertibles (5)
AEROS
Nestle bars filled with tiny bubbles (5)
AEROS
Norse pantheon (5)
AESIR
Big workers’ group (6)
AFLCIO
Turkish title (3)
AGA
Opposin’ (4)
AGIN
Fit for a sweater (4)
AGUE
“Game of Thrones” actor Gillen (5)
AIDAN
“The Hobbit” actor Turner (5)
AIDAN
River isle (3)
AIT
“Something Like an Autobiography” author Kurosawa (5)
AKIRA
Supermodel Adut (5)
AKECH
Wings: Lat. (4)
ALAE
Hail of “Licorice Pizza” (5)
ALANA
Dress for the clergy (3)
ALB
“Three Tall Women” playwright (5)
ALBEE
“Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” playwright Edward (5)
ALBEE
Alaska’s Unangam Tung language, by another name (5)
ALEUT
Freezing cold (5)
ALGID
Actress Shawkat of “Search Party” (4)
ALIA
___ Waters, pioneering farm-to-table chef (5)
ALICE
Comedy character who once asked the U.N. secretary general if Disneyland was part of the U.N. (4)
ALIG
___ B. Lattimer, civil rights activist in the National Women’s Hall of Fame (5)
ALLIE
Shipwrecked king in “The Tempest” (6)
ALONSO
Brightest star in the Eagle constellation (6)
ALTAIR
“Gosford Park” director, 2001 (6)
ALTMAN
“Insecure” actress Seales (6)
AMANDA
Audrey Tautou role (6)
AMELIE
Hatcher of “Desperate Housewives” (5)
AMGEN
Bon (3)
AMI
Titular woman in a 1975 Pure Prairie League hit (4)
AMIE
Nitrogen-containing compounds (6)
AMINES
Gas brand bought out by BP in 1998 (5)
AMOCO
Tony and Grammy winner Mitchell (5)
ANAIS
Three-syllable foot, as in “bada-bing” (7)
ANAPEST
French France (7)
ANATOLE
Candy brand with a mountain logo (5)
ANDES
Actor Braugher of “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (5)
ANDRE
Chef Jose ___, founder of the relief organization World Central Kitchen (6)
ANDRES
MacDowell of “Maid” (5)
ANDIE
Resident of the U.S.’s second-largest city (8)
ANGELENO
White, in Mexico (5)
ANGLO
Inner self, to Jung (5)
ANIMA
Ouzo component (7)
ANISEED
Loos who wrote “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” (5)
ANITA
One of the Pointer Sisters (5)
ANITA
___ Bonny (pirate whose execution was stayed on the grounds of pregnancy) (4)
ANNE
Strengthen, as metal (6)
ANNEAL
Years, in Latin (4)
ANNI
___ mundide (4)
ANNO
Social breakdown (6)
ANOMIE
Composer Bruckner (5)
ANTON
“The Empire of the ___” (H.G. Wells short story) (4)
ANTS
Influential early heavy metal band (5)
ANVIL
“Neon Future” DJ Steve (4)
AOKI
So-called “missing links” (6)
APEMEN
Honeybees’ genus (4)
APIS
Traditional crustless fruit pie (10)
APPLEBETTY
Jordanian port city (5)
AQABA
Constellation known as “The Altar” (3)
ARA
Old Testament peak (6)
ARARAT
Chile de (5)
ARBOL
Dizzy (5)
AREEL
Rocky glacial ridge (5)
ARETE
Odysseus’ faithful dog in the “Odyssey” (5)
ARGOS
Insider language (5)
ARGOT
Nirvana achiever (5)
ARHAT
“Empire” actress Nicole (3)
ARI
Stand-up comedian Shaffir (3)
ARI
Sprite in “The Tempest” (5)
ARIEL
Seed cover (4)
ARIL
Former Haitian leader Jean-Bertrand (8)
ARISTIDE
Pink-furred cat in “Garfield” (6)
ARLENE
HBO comedy about a sports agent (6)
ARLISS
Janis’s partner in the comics (4)
ARLO
Identity for one who doesn’t feel certain kinds of attraction, informally (3)
ARO
Elvis’s middle name (4)
ARON
Dada pioneer (3)
ARP
___ Nova (3)
ARS
Horace’s “___ Poëtica” (3)
ARS
Moreno who owns the MLB’s Angels (4)
ARTE
Jazz great Shaw (5)
ARTIE
Al Jolson’s actual first name (3)
ASA
Hedonist’s opposite (7)
ASCETIC
Yiddish language author Sholem (4)
ASCH
Metal receptacle by the fireplace (6)
ASHCAN
Syrian strongman (5)
ASSAD
Home to the world’s largest population of Indian rhinos (5)
ASSAM
Colorful, conical candy on a stick (8)
ASTROPOP
Taiwanese computer company (4)
ASUS
Org. Whose initials omit its “E” (for “Explosives”) (3)
ATF
Thick masa-based drink (5)
ATOLE
Perfume ingredient (5)
ATTAR
“The Plains of Passage” novelist Jean (4)
AUEL
Actress Cravalho who voiced Moana (5)
AULII
“La Cage ___ Folles” (3)
AUX
“The Night of the Iguana” star Gardner (3)
AVA
Nautical direction (5)
AVAST
Lincoln Center philanthropist (5)
AVERY
City known for its walls (5)
AVILA
Grain beard (3)
AWN
Salamander named after an Aztec deity (7)
AXOLOTL
Psychoanalyst Alfred (5)
ADLER