BuzzFeed - Dec 17 2015

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Clues Answers
'Help me out here, I could be more condescending' BEAPAL
'Interstate Love Song' band, briefly (I had it on colored vinyl) STP
'Put a sock in it, I'm spreading wisdom here, people' SHUTTHEHELLUP
'The Godfather' first name, it's a classic film so you should know this VITO
'Un Ballo in Maschera' song that means 'it was you' if you spoke Italian (I do) ERITU
'___ have something smart to say about that' IMAY
17-Across like a 41-Across MANSPLAIN
Answer to the question 'Who is more knowledgable about things than me?' NOONE
Apple appointment app you might use to get your life together ICAL
Aware of, as the fact that this puzzle is making fun of douches who 55-Across ONTO
Barely worth mentioning, like whatever you do vis-a-vis my brilliant career MERE
Barley grain pasta, it's good with kale ORZO
Beer that's got a lot of hops (you'd probably prefer a Heineken or Coors) PALEALE
Borscht base (borscht is a delicious soup I know how to cook) BEETS
Bring a house down - it's like an apartment, only bigger and for one family RAZE
British nobleman EARL
Buzzard relative, big wings, eats dead animals, get it? VULTURE
Candlelight event for remembering, say, the patriarchy before it crumbles VIGIL
Car roof you can take off (not ACTUALLY, just for a ride or something) TTOP
Church bells sound, I know, you wouldn't know as you're a heathen who's never stepped foot in a church before or even walked by one PEAL
Comic unit (I prefer graphic novels, which are serious comics) STRIP
Dicks (it's the formal word, so you may not know it yet) PHALLI
Dish in a lab used for examining cultures (those are science terms for those who haven't studied science) PETRI
DJ Lowe who played my band once - I'm a very talented musician ZANE
Dumps, like condos that can't afford cleaners STIES
Easy question, metaphorically (again NOT actually LOB
Eel, in sushi-speak - it's delicious UNAGI
Estimator's phrase, they make educated guesses ORSO
Federal agcy. that takes money from your paycheck - they take a lot from me, trust me IRS
Final purpose you might seek if you had direction ENDALL
Flap one's gums, that's slang for 'talk incessantly' BLAB
Floor cleaner's tool...it probably touched where you're standing MOP
Gay icon Minnelli, watch 'Cabaret' when you have a moment it's very important LIZA
General Rommel (he's a historical figure from World War II) ERWIN
Gun org. full of people who *get* me NRA
Head coverings (like, you put them on your head) CAPS
I have one for fine art EYE
Indifferent to pain, as one should be STOIC
Instagram posting (follow me @fleetwoodwack for some mind-blowing shit) PIC
Clues Answers
Julia Roberts's ex Lyle, he's a country singer LOVETT
Kill the sound, like I bet you wish you could do with someone talking like a 41-Across MUTE
Large animal in the deer family (not actual family, but in the species sense) ELK
Like many fifth-graders - ask your cousin AGETEN
Literally everybody at the office beneath me PEON
Little ones that you give to your hired help to push around in jogging carriages TOTS
Money for a club membership, join a couple when you have a chance DUES
Neglects to mention, as I can't seem to understand how to do OMITS
One who talks like he's obviously superior but he's actually just privileged CHAUVINISTPIG
Opera highlight - it's a high-cultured thing kind of like a 'musical' only in a foreign language ARIA
Parkinson's battler that Robert De Niro's character took in 'Awakenings,' you should watch it sometime LDOPA
Part of an attack plan (in war) PRONG
Pasta shaped like a tube, that's like a cylinder only without tops ZITI
Playful prank, for example pretending I don't know what I'm talking about ANTIC
Rayed autumn flower, that's the time of year we go back to school ASTER
Really digging, as I am myself INTO
Said with a wink (a blink but with only one eye) SLY
Send forth, as light (did you take physics?) EMIT
Shrinking Asian sea (I've traveled in Asia) ARAL
Singer Lou who is very good - he sounds like some singers that you might know like Al Green RAWLS
Ski resort in New Mexico because Vail was so 2009 TAOS
Skin and bones, metaphorically (not literally) LEAN
Slow, graceful dance I learned how to do it at Juilliard MINUET
Small obstacle in plans that aren't good HITCH
Spread wisdom as people should let me do more often ORATE
Stop existing, as the patriarchy DIE
Strahan's co-host (on TV) RIPA
Street corner things that tell you you can't park here, if you should stop, where to go, etc SIGNS
Submarine sandwich - I make a great one HOAGIE
Superman's accessory (he's a very strong superhero) CAPE
Terrible shame, but you'll get over it PITY
Things I give 10% for, no matter what (I had to work for my money) TIPS
Treat condescendingly, like the clues in this puzzle PATRONIZE
TV show that's not nearly as good as a real show like 'The Wire' because it takes place in a high school and is a musical GLEE
Twerking body part, if you're a peasant ASS
Uses, as a chair - or the floor if you don't understand what a chair is SITSON
Vincent van Gogh chopped one off (painter who painted 'The Starry Night') EAR
Volume button, it's the round thing on the stereo KNOB
What Rosie does on some posters (from history) RIVET