The Washington Post – Jul 15 2018
Published in The Washington Post Crossword. Tags: NERD, PC, PETROL, RIFE, ROAR, TREATY.
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| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| ‘… giant __ for mankind’ | LEAP |
| ‘Ahem’ relative | HEY |
| ‘Count me in!’ | IMTHERE |
| ‘Didn’t wanna know that!’ | TMI |
| ‘Don’t change anything!’ | IADOREIT |
| ‘Masterpiece’ airer | PBS |
| ‘Two owls and __’: Lear limerick line | AHEN |
| 1840s Rhode Island rebellion leader Thomas | DORR |
| 24 minutes, in the NBA | HALF |
| Accord | TREATY |
| Actor Chaney | LON |
| Agric. labor group | UFW |
| Arboretum feature | SHADE |
| Arnold’s Terminator, e.g | CYBORG |
| Bawdier Bavarian britches? | LEWDERHOSEN |
| Beefcake’s breakfast | BRAWNFLAKES |
| Beginning | OUTSET |
| Ben Nevis, e.g | SCOTCH |
| Big brass container? | PENTAGON |
| Big top, for one | TENT |
| Bit in a horse’s mouth? | OAT |
| Bluebeard’s last wife | FATIMA |
| Bomb big-time | LAYANEGG |
| Brings honor to | GRACES |
| Buttinskies | PRIERS |
| Bygone Persian title | SHAH |
| Coastal raptor | ERNE |
| Comics scream | EEK |
| Contradictory word | WASNT |
| Crime boss | DON |
| Crowd around | MOB |
| Deficiencies | SHORTFALLS |
| Dessert for a large legal firm? | TRIPLELAWYERCAKE |
| Detroit labor org | UAW |
| Director Wertmüller | LINA |
| Dispute decider | ARBITER |
| Distressed cry | YOWL |
| Disturbing bank msg | NSF |
| Dorm VIPs | RAS |
| Drawback of the best place to watch the fight? | RINGSIDESWEAT |
| Easily bent | PLIABLE |
| Easily riled types | HOTHEADS |
| En pointe, in ballet | ONTOE |
| Enjoy courses | EAT |
| Enlarging, as a hole | REAMING |
| Enola Gay manufacturer | BOEING |
| Exaggerate on stage | HAMUP |
| Eye layer | RETINA |
| Fannie __: securities | MAES |
| Favored one | PET |
| Field in acting | SALLY |
| Figurehead spot | PROW |
| Flood barrier | DIKE |
| Formosa, now | TAIWAN |
| Frodo pursuer | ORC |
| Fuel for a lorry | PETROL |
| Get emotional, with ‘up’ | TEAR |
| Girl in the pasture | EWE |
| Give an oath to | SWEARIN |
| Have credit from | OWETO |
| Heiress, perhaps | WIDOW |
| Humdinger | WOWSER |
| Ilsa __: ‘Casablanca’ heroine | LUND |
| In a reasonable manner | SANELY |
| In reserve, with ‘on’ | ICE |
| In short order | ANON |
| Indian term of respect | SRI |
| Intellectual | IDEAMONGER |
| It tops a deuce | TREY |
| It’s tossed into a pot | ANTE |
| Judge’s announcement | RECESS |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Karaoke performer’s problem | TINEAR |
| Kristen of ‘Bridesmaids’ | WIIG |
| Lack of influence | NOSAY |
| Lambaste | RIP |
| Last down | FOURTH |
| Leslie Caron title role | LILI |
| Like A/C in most cars | STD |
| Like Howdy Doody’s face | FRECKLED |
| Like some closet doors | BIFOLD |
| Like top Michelin ratings | THREESTAR |
| Longhorn rivals | SOONERS |
| Lowly short-order cook? | FRYINGPAWN |
| M.A. seeker’s hurdle | GRE |
| Mag honchos | EDS |
| Maple extract | SAP |
| Marquis __ | DESADE |
| Marshland | FEN |
| Mauna __ | KEA |
| Met regular | OPERAFAN |
| More twisted | WRYER |
| Nasty storm | NOREASTER |
| Norman on the links | GREG |
| Nullify | NEGATE |
| Number for the weight-conscious? | LOWCALANESTHETIC |
| Overflowing | RIFE |
| PC hookup | LAN |
| PC key under Z | ALT |
| Picture book pachyderm | BABAR |
| Polite online letters | PLS |
| Pope John Paul II’s given name | KAROL |
| Popeye’s __’Pea | SWEE |
| Pratt & Whitney helicopter engine with two power sections | TWINPAC |
| Prefix meaning ‘billionth’ | NANO |
| QBs’ stats | INTS |
| Radio host Shapiro | ARI |
| Return from a salamander farm? | NEWTPROFIT |
| Road sign ruminant | DEER |
| Rooter for the Bulldogs | ELI |
| Sandburg’s ‘little cat feet’ arrival | FOG |
| Scot’s nots | NAES |
| Searches carefully | SCOURS |
| Shipping wts | TNS |
| Some Dadaist paintings | ERNSTS |
| Some NFL linemen | RGS |
| Some ski lodges | AFRAMES |
| Spoke | ORATED |
| Stadium reaction | ROAR |
| Storage compartments | BAYS |
| Suffix for fabric | ATOR |
| Thai currency | BAHTS |
| Thornfield Hall governess | EYRE |
| Tommy’s kid brother on ‘Rugrats’ | DIL |
| Toondom’s Le Pew | PEPE |
| Track circuit | ONELAP |
| Trembling | ASHAKE |
| Uncool one who lately is sort of cool | NERD |
| Unsteady walk while using social media? | TWEETERTOTTER |
| Vegas-to-Denver dir | ENE |
| Victorious shout | IWON |
| Walk or trot | GAIT |
| Warring son of Zeus | ARES |
| Went before | LED |
| What ‘E’ may mean | EMPTY |
| Wisconsin winter hrs | CST |
| Word processing function | TABSET |
| Words with a gift | FORYOU |
| Work unit: Abbr | FTLB |
| X x XXX | CCC |
| Yield as a return | PAY |
| __ Bo | TAE |
| __ Island | CONEY |