The Washington Post – May 27 2018
Published in The Washington Post Crossword. Tags: ABET, APE, CBS, LGBTQ, LIDS, PLEA, TACO, TALENT.
| Clues |
Answers |
| ’80s-’90s crime boss |
GOTTI |
| ‘A Day Without Rain’ New Ager |
ENYA |
| ‘Affliction’ actor |
NOLTE |
| ‘Curious though it may seem … ‘ |
FUNNILYENOUGH |
| ‘Have patience’ |
NOTYET |
| ‘Heidi’ author |
SPYRI |
| ‘It’s cold out there’ |
BUNDLEUP |
| ‘Li’l Abner’ critter |
SHMOO |
| ‘Night Moves’ singer |
SEGER |
| ‘Spin’ that really doesn’t affect the ball |
BODYENGLISH |
| ‘The Orchid Thief’ author Susan |
ORLEAN |
| ‘You wouldn’t dare!’ response |
TRYME |
| 45 player |
PHONO |
| Alternative to de Gaulle |
ORLY |
| Apothecary’s measures |
DRAMS |
| Asylum seeker |
EMIGRE |
| Attitude |
SASS |
| Attraction in L.A.’s Hancock Park |
LABREA |
| Back up on a job? |
ABET |
| Baja resort |
CABO |
| Base adviser |
PADRE |
| Berkshire jackets |
ETONS |
| Big pain |
HEADACHE |
| Boiling |
MAD |
| Bonkers |
LOCO |
| Bring together |
UNITE |
| By and by, to a bard |
ERELONG |
| Cardiology concern |
AORTA |
| CBS military drama |
NCIS |
| Celebrity chef Burrell |
ANNE |
| Cheney’s successor |
BIDEN |
| City near Vance Air Force Base |
ENID |
| Common cold sign |
REDNOSE |
| Completed with a stroke |
ACED |
| Cope |
GETBY |
| Corona and Tsingtao |
IMPORTS |
| Courtroom cry |
OYEZ |
| Creative works |
ART |
| Document often framed |
DEGREE |
| Donovan of ‘Clueless’ |
ELISA |
| Dubai dignitaries |
EMIRS |
| Eligibility factors |
AGES |
| Ends a prayer |
SAYSAMEN |
| Entreaty |
PLEA |
| Excited to the max |
HYPER |
| Exercises in a pool |
DOESLAPS |
| Fairway challenge |
DOGLEG |
| Fairy tale feature |
HAPPYENDING |
| Feuding (with) |
ATODDS |
| Fist-pump cry |
YEAH |
| Fix text |
EMEND |
| Floods |
SPATES |
| Focusing completely |
FULLYENGAGED |
| Frank account, e.g |
DIARYENTRY |
| Gift |
TALENT |
| Gimlet options |
GINS |
| Glorify |
EXALT |
| Go back on one’s word |
RECANT |
| Governing gp |
ADMIN |
| Guitarist Paul |
LES |
| He pardoned Richard |
GERALD |
| He plays Steve in ‘Jobs’ |
ASHTON |
| Help dishonestly |
LIEFOR |
| Hockey immortal |
ORR |
| Home to Dollywood: Abbr |
TENN |
| Inc. relative |
LLC |
| Invasive spam spreader |
BOTNET |
| Invitation enclosure |
REPLYENVELOPE |
| Islands staple |
TARO |
| Jupiter and Mars |
GODS |
| Katz of ‘Hocus Pocus’ |
OMRI |
| Key next to F |
GFLAT |
| Clues |
Answers |
| L, at times: Abbr |
LGE |
| Landlord’s sign |
TOLET |
| Language group that includes Swahili |
BANTU |
| Lengthy lunch? |
HERO |
| Light beer? |
PALEALE |
| Like some early hieroglyphics |
MAYAN |
| Long ride? |
LIMO |
| Louisiana wetland |
BAYOU |
| Macbeth’s burial isle |
IONA |
| Make fun of |
APE |
| Mayor before Emanuel |
DALEY |
| Military construction expert |
ARMYENGINEER |
| Miss the beginning |
BELATE |
| Mixed nuts tidbit |
PECAN |
| Motive |
REASON |
| Needing a nap |
BEAT |
| Nincompoop |
BOOB |
| No-fuss course |
EASYENTREE |
| Old star makeup |
TIN |
| On the take |
DIRTY |
| One in training, perhaps |
HIREE |
| Our __ |
GANG |
| Parcel measure |
ACRE |
| Part of LGBTQ |
GAY |
| Perfect Sleeper, e.g |
SERTA |
| Perpetual, poetically |
ETERNE |
| Piles of chips |
POTS |
| Plan, as a course |
CHART |
| Playoff pass |
BYE |
| Proper partner |
PRIM |
| Property attachment |
LIEN |
| Puts in order |
SORTS |
| Rarity for a duffer |
PAR |
| Read digitally |
SCAN |
| Refined chap |
GENT |
| Reproductive cells |
GAMETES |
| Road warning |
HORN |
| Rural expanse |
PASTURE |
| Sarcophagus holder |
CRYPT |
| Scott of ‘Scandal’ |
FOLEY |
| Semiaquatic rodent |
RIVERRAT |
| Shot in the dark |
STAB |
| Shout after un pase |
OLE |
| Signs often numbered |
EXITS |
| Sinus dr |
ENT |
| Skips past |
OMITS |
| Small application |
DAB |
| Some Little Leaguers |
GIRLS |
| Songs in Bollywood soundtracks |
RAGAS |
| Spiral-shaped light sources, briefly |
CFLBULBS |
| Square up |
ALIGN |
| Starbucks stack |
LIDS |
| Stopped stalling |
ACTED |
| Surfer’s shade? |
TAN |
| Syrian leader |
ASSAD |
| Test release |
BETA |
| Texas tourist spot |
ALAMO |
| They may rest on sills: Abbr |
ACS |
| Tons |
OODLES |
| Trickle |
SEEP |
| Urge hidden in this puzzle’s eight longest answers |
YEN |
| Web site |
ATTIC |
| Where sailors go |
TOSEA |
| Wine city near Turin |
ASTI |
| Wine label first name |
CARLO |
| Wood-shaping tool |
ADZ |
| Word with pack or pick |
ICE |
| Words with friends? |
SPATS |
| Worked on a course? |
ATE |
| __ Bell: fast-food chain |
TACO |
| __ mat |
PLACE |
| __ pollution |
NOISE |