The Washington Post – Jun 18 2018
Published in The Washington Post Crossword. Tags: AFAR, APE, France, ILIAD, ILL, STAG, TOGA, Trojan War.
| Clues |
Answers |
| ‘Aladdin’ monkey |
ABU |
| ‘George of the Jungle’ elephant |
SHEP |
| ‘Gorillas in the Mist’ author |
DIANFOSSEY |
| ‘I wannit!’ |
GIMME |
| ‘If I Ruled the World’ rapper |
NAS |
| ‘See ya!’ |
TATA |
| ‘You convinced me’ |
IAGREE |
| ‘Young Frankenstein’ role |
INGA |
| ‘__ Fiction’: 1994 Tarantino film |
PULP |
| ‘__ on the dotted line’ |
SIGN |
| *Indiana university |
PURDUE |
| *Raucous party |
SHINDIG |
| *Thin metallic layer |
PLATING |
| *Uniform top |
JERSEY |
| 66, for one: Abbr |
RTE |
| Alabama march city |
SELMA |
| Bacchanalian revelries |
ORGIES |
| Barbershop singer |
BASS |
| Baseballers Kaline and Rosen |
ALS |
| Beer purchase |
CASE |
| Book of maps |
ATLAS |
| Buck |
STAG |
| Caesar’s cover-up |
TOGA |
| Caesar’s surprised words |
ETTU |
| Cézanne’s summers |
ETES |
| Chinese watercraft |
SAMPAN |
| Choice from a tap, for short |
IPA |
| Church area behind an altar |
APSE |
| Classic theater name |
ROXY |
| Close to |
ABOUT |
| County near London |
ESSEX |
| Crisis telephone |
HOTLINE |
| Cross paths |
MEET |
| Discussion platforms |
FORUMS |
| Employed full time |
ONSTAFF |
| Fruit served in balls |
MELON |
| Head Stooge |
MOE |
| Hex |
WHAMMY |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Hex |
JINX |
| Home of the NBA’s Heat |
MIAMI |
| IHOP’s ‘I,’ originally: Abbr |
INTL |
| In a crowd of |
AMONG |
| Israel’s Abba |
EBAN |
| Marriott alternative |
HYATT |
| Meat safety org |
USDA |
| Mine, in France |
AMOI |
| Museum filler |
ART |
| Native Rwandan |
HUTU |
| On the wall, as art |
HUNG |
| One starts, ‘The Lord is my shepherd’ |
PSALM |
| One working at home? |
UMP |
| Pacific cyclone |
TYPHOON |
| Part of DOS: Abbr |
SYST |
| Pig-tailed Muppet |
BETTYLOU |
| Potato chip, to Mr. Chips |
CRISP |
| Relaxing, as restrictions |
EASINGUP |
| Sanctify with oil |
ANOINT |
| Shelter resident |
POOCH |
| Shoot out |
EMIT |
| Sick |
ILL |
| Some Halloween figures |
HAGS |
| Soon |
ANYDAY |
| Spring onslaught at the IRS |
TAXRETURNS |
| Subject for 30-Down |
APE |
| Surrenders formally |
CEDES |
| Trojan War epic |
ILIAD |
| U. of Maryland team |
TERPS |
| U2 frontman |
BONO |
| Unlike new clothes |
WORN |
| Vermouth name |
ROSSI |
| Vet school subj |
ANAT |
| Water vapor |
STEAM |
| Way, way off |
AFAR |
| What’s left when you remove the first and last letters of the answers to starred clues |
FOREIGNLANGUAGE |
| Yearly records |
ANNALS |
| Yesterday’s hit |
OLDIE |