The Washington Post – Jun 1 2018
Published in The Washington Post Crossword. Tags: AREA, ART, EURO, PEA, REAR, RUSE, SLY.
| Clues |
Answers |
| ‘Beetle Bailey’ hound |
OTTO |
| ‘Better Call __’ |
SAUL |
| ‘Don’t mess with me’ |
IMBAD |
| ‘Fallen woman,’ in a Verdi title |
TRAVIATA |
| ‘__ Ben Adhem’ |
ABOU |
| *Bumper repair site |
SHOP |
| *Circadian rhythm |
CLOCK |
| *Coveted journalism award |
PEA |
| *Hypothetical object that absorbs all incident electromagnetic radiation |
BLACK |
| *Nonverbal communication |
LANGUAGE |
| *Snoop |
BUSY |
| *Star or nebula |
HEAVENLY |
| *Tattoos |
ART |
| Abrades painfully |
RUBSRAW |
| Anatomical pouch |
SAC |
| AuctionWeb, since 1997 |
EBAY |
| Awful |
NASTY |
| Bar |
BAN |
| Bearded bovine |
BISON |
| Bind |
TRUSS |
| Brazilian hero |
PELE |
| Bug |
IRK |
| Bug bite soother |
ALOE |
| Caboose |
REAR |
| Café |
EATERY |
| Chihuahua chow |
TACO |
| Clouseau’s rank: Abbr |
INSP |
| Court |
WOO |
| Cry after a holdup |
STOPHIM |
| Deepest, as feelings |
INMOST |
| Dominica native |
CARIB |
| Dose people? |
DEM |
| Dye holder |
VAT |
| Ecologically challenged Asian sea |
ARAL |
| Elite prep school |
ETON |
| Ewe’s output |
LAMB |
| Eye-rolling word |
PUHLEASE |
| Face |
MEET |
| Feathered mimic |
MYNA |
| Clues |
Answers |
| First course in German? |
SUPPE |
| Flay’s flipper |
SPATULA |
| Foxy |
SLY |
| French bread |
EURO |
| Furious |
IRATE |
| Game that may involve bumpers |
POOL |
| Generous, as a contract |
FAT |
| Hillary’s peak |
EVEREST |
| Ingrid, in ‘Casablanca’ |
ILSA |
| Jack and Jill’s Waterloo? |
HILL |
| Jake __, first Congressman to fly in space |
GARN |
| Little bit |
DRIB |
| Mama with two Papas |
CASS |
| Mend |
HEAL |
| Neighborhoods |
LOCALES |
| Nonpro sports org |
AAU |
| One 60-trillionth of a min |
PSEC |
| Op-ed takes |
VIEWS |
| Outdoor gear giant |
REI |
| Ovine output |
BAABAA |
| Pen with oink, not ink |
STY |
| Penne __ vodka |
ALLA |
| Ploy |
RUSE |
| Pop’s Perry |
KATY |
| Pressure prefix |
ACU |
| Realm |
AREA |
| See 27-Across |
BODYSNATCHERS |
| Sign of summer |
LEO |
| Spread |
SOW |
| Star followers |
MAGI |
| Take advantage of a day off, maybe |
SLEEPIN |
| Tell’s apple support |
SON |
| Text alert, often |
TONE |
| Thailand, once |
SIAM |
| The SEC’s Tigers |
LSU |
| They churn out dough |
ATMS |
| Watch a neighbor’s pooch, say |
PETSIT |
| What a crossword is often constructed on |
SPEC |
| With 44-Across, classic 1956 film … and why the answers to starred clues aren’t quite themselves? |
INVASIONOFTHE |