(BARBARA) WALLRAFF, WORD FUGITIVES — Are toujours vu, newbiquitous, and coincidensity... words? No, not quite. They are the verbal equivalents of... Tinker Bell, whose little light will be extinguished if we don't believe in her. They are words only if we use them.
A. | Online promo for a TV show | WEBISODE |
B. | Splitsville settlement | ALIMONY |
C. | Unsportsmanlike attack (2 wds.) | LOWBLOW |
D. | Emulsifier in cooking sprays | LECITHIN |
E. | Prompt to pick up | RINGTONE |
F. | Digital gesture often denoting sarcasm (2 wds.) | AIRQUOTES |
G. | Polishes off; wraps up | FINISHES |
H. | Do with a crest and short sides | FAUXHAWK |
I. | Casablanca's English analogue (2 wds.) | WHITEHOUSE |
J. | Censure or blame; disgrace or shame | OBLOQUY |
K. | Right-leaning place, since 2000 (2 wds.) | REDSTATE |
L. | Arbiter on acceptability of terms | DICTIONARY |
M. | Soldier of fortune; stalling tactic on the Hill | FILIBUSTER |
N. | Restore, as a computer file or e-mail | UNDELETE |
O. | Chowhound, gourmand, trencherman | GLUTTON |
P. | Neologistic, like "blobject" or "Tebowing" | INVENTED |
Q. | Follow-up such as "Goldfinger" or "Batman Forever" | THREEQUEL |
R. | Untamed; roaming free (3 wds.) | INTHEWILD |
S. | Toxic and easily caught | VIRULENT |
T. | Locus for a fresh meme, it seems | EVERYWHERE |
U. | Apple-pitching Buddhist (2 wds.) | STEVEJOBS |