CrosswordDictionaryD

Question 1

Out to lunch (4)

Answer 1

DAFT

Question 2

Digital media site with the tagline “News you can do something about” (8)

Answer 2

DAILYKOS

Question 3

Bandmate of Townshend, Entwistle, and Moon (7)

Answer 3

DALTREY

Question 4

Longtime Lacey portrayer (4)

Answer 4

DALY

Question 5

New York senator succeeded by Schumer (6)

Answer 5

DAMATO

Question 6

Greek immortalized in a metaphor of impending doom (8)

Answer 6

DAMOCLES

Question 7

___ bug (long-limbed predatory insect) (6)

Answer 7

DAMSEL

Question 8

Aikido rank (3)

Answer 8

DAN

Question 9

Princess whose unwanted suitor agrees to make himself scarce when her son slays Medusa (5)

Answer 9

DANAE

Question 10

Gurira of “Black Panther” (5)

Answer 10

DANAI

Question 11

Paul of “The Batman” (4)

Answer 11

DANO

Question 12

The Sacred Art of Giving ___” (Te-Nehisi Coates piece for The Atlantic) (3)

Answer 12

DAP

Question 13

Toyota alternative, once (6)

Answer 13

DATSUN

Question 14

Besmear, as a canvas (4)

Answer 14

DAUB

Question 15

Protagonist in “2001: A Space Odyssey” (4)

Answer 15

DAVE

Question 16

Household brand with “refillable bait stations” (4)

Answer 16

DCON

Question 17

Dexter’s sister, on “Dexter” (3)

Answer 17

DEB

Question 18

Preclude (5)

Answer 18

DEBAR

Question 19

“20/20” co-anchor Roberts (7)

Answer 19

DEBORAH

Question 20

Record label that famously turned down the Beatles (5)

Answer 20

DECCA

Question 21

Actor Billy ___ Williams (3)

Answer 21

DEE

Question 22

Layer of online content behind paywalls (7)

Answer 22

DEEPNET

Question 23

Dangerous parasite eaten by chicken and fire ants (8)

Answer 23

DEERTICK

Question 24

Vox populi, vox ___ (3)

Answer 24

DEI

Question 25

Actress Reese of “Touched by an Angel” (5)

Answer 25

DELLA

Question 26

Alain dubbed the “male Brigitte Bardot” (5)

Answer 26

DELON

Question 27

Actor Leary (5)

Answer 27

DENIS

Question 28

Actress/civil rights activist ___ Nicholas (6)

Answer 28

DENISE

Question 29

Response to “Merci” (6)

Answer 29

DERIEN

Question 30

Primatologist Fossey (4)

Answer 30

DIAN

Question 31

Sophia Nomvete’s role in “The Rings of Power” (4)

Answer 31

DISA

Question 32

Low-quality copies of yore (6)

Answer 32

DITTOS

Question 33

Compounds comprising two identical linked molecules (6)

Answer 33

DIMERS

Question 34

Yo-yos (9)

Answer 34

DINGDONGS

Question 35

___ Mendeleev, creator of the periodic table (6)

Answer 35

DMITRI

Question 36

Can’t they all just git along? (6)

Answer 36

DOGIES

Question 37

1994 single by Hole whose cover art depicts a miniature wedding dress and veil (9)

Answer 37

DOLLPARTS

Question 38

Sri analogue (3)

Answer 38

DON

Question 39

Actor James who played Scotty on “Star Trek” (6)

Answer 39

DOOHAN

Question 40

___ Horn (British sheep breed) (6)

Answer 40

DORSET

Question 41

Eccentric (5)

Answer 41

DOTTY

Question 42

Worthless stuff (5)

Answer 42

DRECK

Question 43

Ice cream brand in West Coast supermarkets (7)

Answer 43

DREYERS

Question 44

Mil. medal since 1918 (3)

Answer 44

DSC

Question 45

Old Venetian money (5)

Answer 45

DUCAT

Question 46

Russian assembly (4)

Answer 46

DUMA

Question 47

Sly of Jamaican rhythm section Sly and Robbie (6)

Answer 47

DUNBAR

Question 48

___ meter (music rhythm with two pulses per measure) (5)

Answer 48

DUPLE

Question 49

Comedian Jimmy with a self-described "schnozzola" (7)

Answer 49

DURANTE

Question 50

Wheat for semolina (5)

Answer 50

DURUM

Question 51

Like death, in Macbeth’s “tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow” speech (5)

Answer 51

DUSTY

Question 52

Lydic of "The Daily Show" (4)

Answer 52

DESI