The Chronicle of Higher Education - Jan 16 2015

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'A chemistry degree will provide the base I need,' Tom said ___ ACIDLY
'A law diploma is a paper I could chase,' Tom said ___ BRIEFLY
'Culinary arts could whisk me off to fame and fortune,' Tom said ___ SAUCILY
'I could make hay in agronomy,' Tom said ___ BALEFULLY
'I have high hopes for aviation science,' Tom said ___ AIRILY
'I'm pining to be in forestry,' Tom said ___ SAPPILY
'If I were sharp, I'd pursue music education,' Tom said ___ NATURALLY
'Maine' has just one: Abbr SYLL
'Out of the question!' UHUH
'Petroleum engineering would leave me well-equipped,' Tom said ___ CRUDELY
'Princess Mononoke' genre ANIME
'Transportation and logistics is the route to take,' Tom said ___ CIVILLY
15-mL unit TBSP
A crane may extend over it HEARTH
Agree SAYYES
Ant-lion pit, e.g TRAP
Atypical ODD
Auditorium HALL
Author inspired to give his stories a Hook? BARRIE
Battle lines? SCARS
Brown or Auburn: Abbr UNIV
Calc prerequisite, usually TRIG
Carp cousin TENCH
Company whose logo features a crooked vowel DELL
Course taken along with U.S. citizenship test prep, perhaps ESL
Covers completely COATS
David who was #1 on the PGA Tour money list in 1998 DUVAL
Didn't merely get misty SOBBED
Dubious IFFY
Early Beatle Sutcliffe STU
Egg-shaped OOID
Ellipsis alternative, maybe ETC
Engine spec CYLS
Fast-growing houseplant FICUS
Geologist who was a colleague of Darwin LYELL
Gloomy atmosphere MURK
Golden Globe winner for 'L.A. Law' in 1988 DEY
Head of a fleet ADMIRAL
Help-wanted letters SOS
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Incursion RAID
Intergalactic distances: Abbr LTYRS
iPod Touch, for one PDA
Jamaican barbecue staple YAM
Kisser YAP
Leader of the so-called 'Yellow Hat' sect DALAILAMA
LeShan who wrote 'When Your Child Drives You Crazy' EDA
Less draconian MILDER
Like some sandpaper COARSE
Make into a parfait, say LAYER
Matutinal periods, for short AMS
Music giant who appeared in 'Training Day' DRDRE
Not built to code, say SHODDY
One could be attached to your Fender AMP
Org. engaged in pier review? ILWU
Org. that declassified the 'family jewels' in 2007 CIA
Oyster thief or mermaid's wineglass, e.g ALGA
Part of SRO ONLY
Partakes of HAS
Passed in a flash RACEDBY
Persist LAST
Physicist Heisenberg WERNER
Place to graze LEA
Pound sound YIP
Provider of a bird's-eye view SKYCAM
Rap-sheet datum ALIAS
Reaction to a burst of fireworks OOH
Register SIGNIN
RICO Act enforcer FBI
See 51 Down TOAST
Sets off IRES
Social-media phenomenon MEME
Speakeasy opponents DRYS
Surveyed impolitely OGLED
Tisane HERBTEA
Toward calmer seas ALEE
Unwrap eagerly RIPOPEN
Wind instrument VANE
With 8 Down, hors d'oeuvre base created by Auguste Escoffier MELBA