The Washington Post – May 27 2018
Published in The Washington Post Crossword. Tags: ABET, APE, CBS, LGBTQ, LIDS, PLEA, TACO, TALENT.
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| 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 |