The Washington Post – Aug 8 2018
Published in The Washington Post Crossword. Tags: ACTUAL, ENGLISH, GALE, LASH, NEE, NEST, SIN.
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| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| ‘Don’t text and drive’ ad, e.g | PSA |
| ‘Radames’ Letter’ musical | AIDA |
| ‘Ready Player One’ novelist Ernest | CLINE |
| ‘The Kiss’ sculptor | RODIN |
| ‘We the Living’ writer Rand | AYN |
| 1965 Yardbirds hit | IMAMAN |
| Airport area with carousels | BAGGAGECLAIM |
| Albumen container | EGG |
| Belittling | ABASING |
| Big name in makeup | ESTEE |
| Body wrap spot | SPA |
| Bona fide | ACTUAL |
| Clams up, with ‘down’ | PIPES |
| Clout | PULL |
| Corrosive substance | LYE |
| Dinghy implement | OAR |
| Do a bakery job | KNEAD |
| Ending with Wal | MART |
| Enjoy the sun | BASK |
| Eye protector | LASH |
| Eye woe | STYE |
| Feudin’ with | AGIN |
| Fruity beverages | ADES |
| Game fish | BASS |
| Garden in a Sistine Chapel mural | EDEN |
| Genesis kingdom | EDOM |
| Getz of jazz | STAN |
| Gimlet liquor | GIN |
| Glorifying homage | ODE |
| Gobbled up | EATEN |
| Have grand plans | ASPIRE |
| Heredity unit | GENE |
| High-calorie cake | TORTE |
| Homer’s neighbor | NED |
| Inevitable generational differences | AGEGAPS |
| Jaunty tune | LILT |
| Jessica of ‘Dark Angel’ | ALBA |
| Joke used repeatedly … and aptly found in 19-, 26-, 38-, 46- and 54-Across | RUNNINGGAG |
| Kontinental Hockey League trophy named for an astronaut | GAGARINCUP |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Like a dotted note, in mus | STAC |
| Market surplus | GLUT |
| Megastars | IDOLS |
| Missouri River tributary | OSAGE |
| Moral misstep | SIN |
| Mottled | PIED |
| Name change indicator | NEE |
| Off-the-wall | STRANGE |
| Old Royale 8’s | REOS |
| Olympian warmonger | ARES |
| One arranging gigs | BOOKINGAGENT |
| One of a clashing pair, perhaps | EGO |
| One way to stand | PAT |
| Overflowing (with) | AWASH |
| Paperless journal | BLOG |
| Part of pewter | TIN |
| Peeling gadget | PARER |
| Pique-nique place | PARC |
| Planning to wed | ENGAGED |
| Powerful wind | GALE |
| Prone to prying | NOSY |
| Pulitzer-winning author James | AGEE |
| Seeker of intel | SPY |
| Sign of spoilage | ODOR |
| Small knobs | KNURLS |
| Smith of Fox News | SHEP |
| Source of some tweets | NEST |
| Stephen of ‘Counterpart’ | REA |
| Tropical raccoon relative | COATI |
| Trudge (through) | SLOG |
| Twice-monthly tide | NEAP |
| Wee bit | SMIDGEN |
| West Coast gas brand | ARCO |
| With skill | ABLY |
| World’s third-most spoken language | ENGLISH |
| Wrangler maker | JEEP |
| WWII flag-raising island | IWOJIMA |
| Zoomed | TORE |
| __ blitz | MEDIA |