The Chronicle of Higher Education - Dec 16 2011

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Clues Answers
'All ___' (1984 comedy) OFME
'Groovy!' FAROUT
'I and the Village' painter Chagall MARC
'___ et veritas' (Yale's motto) LUX
Actor missing from the credits EXTRA
Annoy a bedmate, maybe SNORE
Cathedral sections NAVES
Complete circuit LAP
Display of pomp ECLAT
Elder brother of Moses AARON
Emotional reminder SCAR
Encrypt? INTER
Exodus fare MANNA
Extremists ULTRAS
Feedbag tidbit OAT
Fireworks-show byproduct SMOKE
Gimme on the green TAPIN
Goes it alone SOLOS
Grammy-winning Irish singer ENYA
Gran Paradiso's range ALPS
Gym gear SWEATS
Half of hexa- TRI
Hot pot holder KILN
Inflexible STEELY
Journal-publishing org AMA
Kind of eclipse LUNAR
Latin 101 word AMO
Like most music TONAL
List-ending abbr ETC
Make a choice OPT
Many Gilbert & Sullivan works OPERETTAS
Milk source UDDER
Most docile TAMEST
Not inclined AVERSE
Ocean sounds ROARS
Oeuvre in the Louvre ART
Opener of a Steinbeck title EAST
Org. headquartered in Brussels NATO
Org. that employs mathematicians NSA
Clues Answers
Oz visitor TOTO
P's, to Pythagoras RHOS
Perplexed ATSEA
Picasso's '___ Maar au Chat' DORA
Piece captured en passant PAWN
Pro ___ (proportionally) RATA
Religious offshoot SECT
Round of ground round PATTY
Rover's owner NASA
Rush-hour pace CRAWL
Sedgwick of 'The Closer' KYRA
Send out EMIT
Shore up BRACE
Short-term securities, briefly TBILLS
Skull-session output IDEAS
Square footage AREA
Starts to enter HEADSINTO
Superman's forehead feature CURL
Symbol on Morocco's flag STAR
Teen's dream gift CAR
Thick-skinned creature RHINO
Trading places MARTS
Undisturbed INSITU
Use a ladder CLIMB
Waring competitor OSTER
Watson's partner CRICK
Where the Light Brigade charged CRIMEA
White-paper contents FACTS
Word spoken during a checkup AAH
Word that can mean 'a hit' or 'a miss' STRIKE
Word that can mean 'attach' or 'separate' CLEAVE
Word that can mean 'deteriorate' or 'resist deterioration' WEAR
Word that can mean 'entangle' or 'disentangle' RAVEL
Word that can mean 'gone' or 'remaining' LEFT
Word that can mean 'join together' or 'fall apart' BUCKLE
Word that can mean 'now' or 'later' PRESENTLY
Word that can mean 'show' or 'hide' SCREEN
Word that has two diametrically opposed meanings (like this puzzle's eight theme entries) CONTRANYM
Wordy rant TIRADE