Complete Clue List
Across
1. Consume alcohol; a "shicker" (or "shiker") is a drunkard, someone known to ____
5. Diddly-squat; Yiddish term for "less than (29D)" (var.)
9. Brouhaha
11. Openness (UK spelling)
12. "Should've listened to me!" (4,3)
13. Plenty
14. Meaning of the Yiddish expression "Oy vey" (2,3)
16. 12A can mean "Just like I ____"
18. Sweet potato
20. 26A and 20A: "Yutz" a ____, clueless ____ (second word)
23. "Meshuggeners" (or "meshugeners") are these sorts of people
25. Mutt
26. 26A and 20A: "Yutz" a ____, clueless ____ (first word)
28. "Schmooze" (or "shmooze")
31. Encountered
33. "Schmo", a dull type; or a "nudnik" (see 36D)
34. "Chutzpah"
35. Eyelid affliction
38. Bottlenecks (7 or 3-4)
39. Irritably, perhaps from contending with "nudniks" or "schmucks"
40. Loving murmur
41. "Farshtunken" means a disagreeable smell or this other English term
42. "Kvetch" or "noodge"
Down
2. "Golem" is Yiddish for a man-made humanoid, a Frankenstein-like ____
3. Aware of, as a secret or prank (2,2)
4. Ribald or vulgar, like some Yiddish words (e.g.: "putz" or "schmuck")
5. "Tuches" and "tush" refer to this part of the anatomy
6. Visibly shaken
7. Displaying a lack of stress or anxiety (3,4)
8. Yiddish term meaning to drag or haul 10D (or drag a 10D)
10. Unwanted baggage
15. A schemer who uses deceitful methods
17. Entertainer. "Shtick" is a theme or repeated gimmick, often from this type
19. Elegant sitting room where "hockers" may "kibitz" or "schmooze" (see 28A)
21. "Nosh" is the Yiddish term for this activity
22. Silent assent
23. Yiddish expression of indifference or boredom
24. Conceit
26. Understated, unlike many Yiddish expressions
27. A 31D is this type of person
29. Zilch; also see 5A
30. "Shalom" can also be this sort of farewell remark (3-3, same word repeated)
31. Yiddish word for a good guy
32. A broadcast medium where Jewish scriptwriters introduced Yiddish words (2,4; first word abbr.)
36. "Nudnik": a pest or "____ in the neck"
37. "Bah, humbug!" Exclamation possibly derived from "phooey"