The Washington Post – Jul 18 2018
Published in The Washington Post Crossword. Tags: ACE, EAST, LGBT, New Orleans, OSS, TWERP, UFO.
Clues |
Answers |
‘Burnt’ pigment |
UMBER |
‘Don’t make __ hard!’ |
ITSO |
‘How cool!’ |
NEATO |
‘It is the __, and Juliet is the sun’: Romeo |
EAST |
‘No argument’ |
TRUE |
‘__, Brute?’ |
ETTU |
*Deep __ |
SOUTH |
*It may be political |
SCIENCE |
*Main idea |
THEME |
*New Orleans time zone |
CENTRAL |
*Period in the Age of Reptiles |
JURASSIC |
Analogy words |
ISTO |
Atlantis dweller of comics |
AQUAMAN |
Au pair’s subj |
ESL |
Backwoods possessive |
HISN |
Baja bear |
OSO |
Blossoms-to-be |
BUDS |
Chef’s hat |
TOQUE |
CIA predecessor |
OSS |
City map parts: Abbr |
STS |
Comic strip woman who married Irving |
CATHY |
Common paella ingredients |
MUSSELS |
Completes a road test maneuver … or the answers to starred clues, as arranged |
PARALLELPARKS |
Craftsmen paid by the barrel? |
COOPERS |
Creates, as a fuss |
KICKSUP |
Criterion: Abbr |
STD |
Director Craven |
WES |
Disapproving sound |
TSK |
Doughnut finish |
GLAZE |
Drew (in) |
LURED |
Ewe-ish? |
OVINE |
Former JFK lander |
SST |
Game before the finals |
SEMI |
Greed |
AVARICE |
Greek cheese |
FETA |
Heist puller |
PERP |
Intimation |
OVERTONE |
Clues |
Answers |
Jazz vibraphonist Jackson |
MILT |
Lake Placid, vis-à-vis New York City |
UPSTATE |
Language suffix |
ESE |
Little untruth |
FIB |
Low-level employment |
MCJOB |
Mac |
FELLA |
Many Olympic events |
RACES |
Master |
ACE |
Medieval weapons |
MACES |
Moo __ pork |
SHU |
Mountaineer’s aid |
ICEAXE |
Mysterious craft |
UFO |
Omar of ‘House’ |
EPPS |
One wearing gloves to work |
BOXER |
Pipsqueak |
TWERP |
Police |
COPS |
Poolroom array |
CUES |
Prefaced |
LEDINTO |
Pride parade letters |
LGBT |
Protocols |
RUBRICS |
Ragtime dance |
ONESTEP |
Richard of ‘Law & Order: SVU’ |
BELZER |
Skinny toon Olive |
OYL |
Some ski lifts |
TBARS |
Spritzer mixer |
CLUBSODA |
Stammering sounds |
ERS |
Starbucks purchases |
HOTTEAS |
Starz competitor |
TMC |
Subject to court judgment |
TRIABLE |
Sweet text |
ILUVU |
Tax form IDs |
SSNS |
Tomato variety |
ROMA |
Uncertainty |
DOUBT |
Uncultivated, as farmland |
FALLOW |
Vistula River city |
KRAKOW |
Wolfs (down) |
SCARFS |
__ II razor |
TRAC |