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 |