Group of big hitters? |
MAFIA |
Group of five players that blow hard on stage until they all finish their piece |
WINDQUINTET |
High priest that sounds like a hilarious camelid |
LAMA |
It's made up of metric units |
POEM |
Let a fart loose, with 'one' |
RIP |
Letters on a metronome |
BPM |
Like an EPIC statue |
MONUMENTAL |
Like Avoxes in 'The Hunger Games,' because the government cut their tongues out |
MUTE |
Like good barbecue sauce |
TANGY |
Long story |
SAGA |
Maine town on the Penobscot River |
ORONO |
Metal tossed on a junk heap |
SCRAP |
Method of growing plants that... look, it's for weed, all right? You use this method to grow weed |
HYDROPONICS |
Mine was boldly titled 'A New Definition of the Steenrod Operations in Algebraic Geometry' |
THESIS |
Official order |
EDICT |
Piece of land sometimes connected to the mainland, depending on the time of day |
TIDALISLAND |
Place for a weekday evening quiz with one's chaps |
PUB |
Place you store food, assuming you live in, like, the mid-1800s |
LARDER |
Potential martini ingredient, but I'll take mine with vodka, thanks |
GIN |
Pretentious way to say 'oceans' |
DEEPS |
Shiny inner shell coating that makes pearls |
NACRE |
Shoe manufacturer whose name derives from the Latin for 'bird' |
AVIA |
Slaps one's own palms repeatedly |
CLAPS |
Slice left over from Thanksgiving, say |
PIE |
Smarter long-term alternative to fossil fuels... that could come from the starts to 17-, 30-, 49-, or 65-Across |
RENEWABLEENERGY |
Sport that is supposedly very subtle and technical but sure as heck just looks like two obese men shoving each other |
SUMO |
Starry |
ASTRAL |
Taco topper |
SALSA |
To be handed in |
DUE |
To this point |
YET |
Totally comprehend |
GROK |
Trashy champagne brand that comes in peach and strawberry |
ANDRE |
Type of restaurant that for years my wife thought served Indian food because of the way it sounds |
DELI |
Unit spotted at a gym (in both ways) |
REP |
Vegas landmark with a Mardi Gras motif |
HARRAHS |
Viewpoint, metaphorically |
LENS |
Will Ferrell movie with the line 'Not now, arctic puffin!' |
ELF |
World's third-smallest country, trailing only Vatican City and Monaco |
NAURU |
___ Northman ('True Blood' hunk) |
ERIC |