The Washington Post – Jul 18 2018
Published in The Washington Post Crossword. Tags: ACE, EAST, LGBT, New Orleans, OSS, TWERP, UFO.
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| 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 |