The Washington Post – Jun 24 2018
Published in The Washington Post Crossword. Tags: AAA, HMO, ISLE, OLEO, ONEA, REFI, TV, Victoria Secret.
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| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| ‘Fire!,’ say? | ALARMBELLOW |
| ‘Happy Days’ actor | BAIO |
| ‘Hold on now, pal’ | WHOATHERE |
| ‘I’m not listening to you’ | LALALA |
| ‘Let’s move it!’ | CMON |
| ‘Peer Gynt’ widow | ASE |
| ‘That bloke is hurt!’ | FELLOWDOWN |
| ‘The Insider’ director Michael | MANN |
| ‘Two and a Half Men’ co-star | CRYER |
| ‘__ Believer’: ’60s hit | IMA |
| 1957 war movie title river | KWAI |
| 1985 U.S. Open champ Mandlikova | HANA |
| A jerk may serve one | COLA |
| Acted sheepishly? | BAAED |
| Adm.’s subordinate | CAPT |
| Afternoon services | TEASETS |
| Age __ | GAP |
| Ancient | OLD |
| APR reducer | REFI |
| Arabic ‘son of’ | IBN |
| Baby marsupial | JOEY |
| Back | REAR |
| Bamboozled | SNOWED |
| Bar purchase | SOAP |
| Berkshire school | ETON |
| Big belt | SWIG |
| Big name in Egyptian kings | RAMSES |
| Big tower, briefly: Abbr | AAA |
| Bishop’s jurisdiction | DIOCESE |
| Bit of ocular relief | EYEDROP |
| Blanc behind Bugs | MEL |
| Bronzing method | SPRAYONTAN |
| Bustles | ADOS |
| Capital on I-84 | BOISE |
| Caviar | ROE |
| CBS CEO Moonves | LES |
| Chant, often | MONOTONE |
| Child measures?: Abbr | TSPS |
| Cold, in Cartagena | FRIA |
| Complex trap | WEB |
| Consumer who admires store displays? | WINDOWSURFER |
| Corrida chant | OLE |
| Crazy Eights cousin | UNO |
| Crime lab holdings | DNASAMPLES |
| Danson and Knight | TEDS |
| Deemed appropriate | SAWFIT |
| Demanded maximum effort | ASKEDALOT |
| Designated, perhaps incorrectly | SOCALLED |
| Disappointing digs for pigs? | DRYWALLOW |
| Dropped an egg? | OVULATED |
| Egg-shaped wind instruments | OCARINAS |
| Fact or fiction starter | NON |
| Farm female | SOW |
| Fit for service | ONEA |
| Fiver | ABE |
| Floor opposition | NAYS |
| Foot in a pound | PAW |
| Hard to make out | BLEARY |
| Held in high regard | ADMIRED |
| High-tech all-night study aid? | SMARTPILLOW |
| Hightails it | LAMS |
| Historic Jordanian city | PETRA |
| Hit song from ‘Flashdance’ | MANIAC |
| Hold in high regard | ADORE |
| Homes for F-16s | AIRBASES |
| Impel | GOAD |
| Indonesian resort island | BALI |
| Issa __, creator of HBO’s ‘Insecure’ | RAE |
| Jenna of ‘Dharma & Greg’ | ELFMAN |
| Jersey, for one | ISLE |
| LAX posting | ETA |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Make a humble retraction | EATCROW |
| Marlins manager Mattingly | DON |
| Masthead VIPs | EDS |
| Med. care group | HMO |
| Mountaineer’s rope fasteners | CARABINERS |
| Muse of comedy | THALIA |
| One-third of nove | TRE |
| Online guffaw | LOL |
| Orderly arrangements | ARRAYS |
| Pale yellow, light brown, etc.? | FALLOWCOLORS |
| Pat on a pancake, perhaps | OLEO |
| Pittsburgh Steelers’ founder | ARTROONEY |
| Planning considerations | IFS |
| Prefix with natal | NEO |
| Presumed defense against mind-reading | TINFOILHAT |
| Primary aspirant’s challenge | SMEAR |
| Professional org. since 1878 | ABA |
| Property recipient, in law | ALIENEE |
| Puts into words | VOICES |
| Quartet for walking? | BALLS |
| Racer Yarborough | CALE |
| Red Muppet | ELMO |
| Red-carpet figure | CELEB |
| Ring on a burger | RAWONION |
| Room for a home theater | DEN |
| Scent | ODOR |
| Searches with a divining rod | DOWSES |
| Serving liquor, as a town | WET |
| Shocker | JOLT |
| Sign attracting wickerwork craftspeople? | FREEWILLOW |
| Sitcom sign-off word | NANU |
| Skunk River city | AMES |
| Slow start? | ESS |
| Snarky | SNIDE |
| Some Guggenheim works | PICASSOS |
| Sonnet ending? | EER |
| Spanish sherry | AMOROSO |
| Sprat no-no | FAT |
| Start of a duel | ENGARDE |
| Stately steed | ARAB |
| Stopover spot | INN |
| Subject to discussion | ATISSUE |
| Sushi bar supplier | EELER |
| Swain | BEAU |
| Swimming pool adjunct | SPA |
| Symbol of peace | VEE |
| Tabernacle singers | CHOIR |
| Tackles, e.g | LINEMEN |
| Takes to court | SUES |
| Time to party | NEWYEARS |
| Tough test metaphor | ABEAR |
| Tree native to southern Brazil | BALSA |
| Turgenev’s birthplace | OREL |
| TV hillbilly __ May Clampett | ELLY |
| Unflappable | COOL |
| Useful | OFVALUE |
| Very | OHSO |
| Victoria’s Secret spec | DCUP |
| Wagnerian soprano | ISOLDE |
| Wash. neighbor | ORE |
| Weaken by eroding | UNDERMINE |
| Web portal since 1994 | LYCOS |
| Wedding consequence, perhaps | MRS |
| Went (over) thoroughly | PORED |
| Where Fez is | MOROCCO |
| Withdrawn | ASOCIAL |
| Workout regimen | TAEBO |
| Works on bare spots | RESEEDS |
| __ exam | BAR |
| __ rule | ASA |
| __-pitch | SLO |