The Washington Post Sunday – Apr 1 2018
Published in The Washington Post Sunday Crossword. Tags: DEVIL, ID, PALEO, PLATEAU, SADNESS, SAG, White House.
The Washington Post Sunday – Apr 1 2018
| Clues |
Answers |
| ‘… it may be risky to describe it this way …’ |
DAREISAY |
| ‘Cut me ___ slack!’ |
SOME |
| ‘Giant’ author Ferber |
EDNA |
| ‘Hair’ piece? |
ACT |
| ‘HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN?!’ |
WHY |
| ‘It ain’t gonna happen’ |
NOPE |
| ‘Mars Attacks!’ fleet |
UFOS |
| ‘That’s probably true’ |
GUESSSO |
| ‘___ Misérables’ |
LEXS |
| *’Rebecca’ producer |
DAVIDSELZNICK |
| *Cold War leader |
HARRYTRUMAN |
| *Geneva-born automotive pioneer |
RANSOMOLDS |
| *Independent Spirit Award-winning star of ‘Pulp Fiction’ |
SAMUELJACKSON |
| *Notable socialist presidential candidate |
EUGENEDEBS |
| 2017 World Series champions |
ASTROS |
| About, on a memo |
INRE |
| Afternoon social drinks |
TEAS |
| Alan of ‘The Aviator’ |
ALDA |
| Anti-snow man, briefly? |
NARC |
| Antiquated pronoun |
YEX |
| Approximate distance of four laps around the track, in track and field |
ONEMILE |
| Basilica section |
APSE |
| Beasts in Tarzan novels |
APES |
| Big geographical expanse across the Four Corners states |
PLATEAU |
| Blackens |
TARS |
| Blakely who founded the shapewear brand Spanx |
SARA |
| Body of water that’s built in the board game Terraforming Mars |
OCEAN |
| Body part with a drum |
EAR |
| Bond player Connery |
SEAN |
| Bosnian or Bosniak |
SLAV |
| Burns things? |
VERSES |
| Bush once in the White House |
LAURA |
| Cage of ‘Rage,’ informally |
NIC |
| Chants sans inflection |
INTONES |
| Chum |
PAL |
| Collection of state highway maps |
ROADATLAS |
| Complete drubbing |
ROUT |
| Compute a total |
ADD |
| Concepts |
NOTIONS |
| Corsair’s milieu |
SEA |
| Covers, as ground |
SODS |
| Creepy plaything in a horror film |
DOLL |
| Criticize harshly |
SLAM |
| Dessert hurled during a classic food fight scene in the 1965 film ‘The Great Race’ |
PIXE |
| Didn’t go on |
ENDED |
| Disregard the script |
ADLIB |
| Dodged |
ELUDED |
| Don of morning radio |
IMUS |
| Druids’ sacred trees |
OAKS |
| English hunting canine |
POINTER |
| Expected result |
NORM |
| Feature of an essay |
THEME |
| Felix’s sitcom surname |
UNGER |
| Firefox alternative |
CHROME |
| First name in jazz |
ELLA |
| Floored it |
SPED |
| Following a prescribed regimen, informally |
ONMEDS |
| Food that may be covered in tobiko |
SUSHI |
| Former queen born in D.C |
NOOR |
| French city on the Orne |
CAEN |
| Garofalo of ‘Mystery Men’ |
JANEANE |
| Generic dog name |
REX |
| Giants slugger Mel |
OTT |
| Gives an edge to |
HONES |
| Got into a mess? |
ATE |
| Granola bar tidbit |
OAT |
| Have a dream, say |
SLEEP |
| Hero of ‘The Matrix’ |
NEO |
| Home pages? |
DEEDS |
| Hypotheticals |
IFS |
| ID first issued in 1936 |
SSN |
| In the style of |
ALXA |
| Indefinite ordinal |
NTH |
| Ingredient in a zombie |
RUM |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Instruction for finding more information |
SEENOTE |
| Intersect (Link, Part 2) |
CROSS |
| It covers the leftovers |
SARAN |
| It often lasts for years |
ERA |
| Item with cups |
BRA |
| James of ‘Elf’ |
CAAN |
| Kid sister of Yakko and Wakko on ‘Animaniacs’ (Link, Part 3) |
DOT |
| Kvetching exclamation |
OYVEY |
| Last part of the link that’s missing from this puzzle |
XXXXX |
| Lawn bowling game |
BOCCE |
| Letter-shaped fastener |
TNUT |
| Letters of immediacy |
ASAP |
| Longtime Syrian leader |
ASSAD |
| Looks at impolitely |
OGLES |
| Lounge for big shots, briefly |
VIPROOM |
| Lower, price-wise (Link, Part 5) |
SLASH |
| Make less tight |
LOOSEN |
| Many godparents |
AUNTS |
| Media mogul who starred in ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ |
OPRAH |
| Metadata-collecting org |
NSA |
| Metamorphic stage |
LARVA |
| Metro route locations |
STOPS |
| Morse code syllable |
DAH |
| NBA game site |
ARENA |
| Opportunity to slay, say |
SOLO |
| Org alternative (Link, Part 4) |
COM |
| Outperformed |
TOPPED |
| Part of a dark suit |
SPADE |
| Part of a drum set |
SNARE |
| Part of BYOB |
OWN |
| Part of QED |
ERAT |
| Perón of Argentina |
EVA |
| Petting zoo camelid |
LLAMA |
| Petty squabble |
SPAT |
| Pithy bit of wisdom |
ADAGE |
| Post a comment on a political blog, say |
OPINE |
| Postal abbr. of Helena’s state |
MXT |
| Primly restrained |
STAID |
| Procrastinate big-time |
LAZE |
| Program recorder |
TIVO |
| Project (out) |
JUT |
| Prom hairstyle, maybe |
UPDO |
| Prosecutors, briefly |
DAS |
| Ranges |
EXTENTS |
| Red Halloween outfit, typically (Link, Part 1) |
DEVIL |
| Remove, as a DVD |
EJECT |
| Reporters’ stations |
DESKS |
| Ring bearers? |
SPOUSES |
| Showed shame |
BLUSHED |
| Shows curiosity |
ASKS |
| Sicilian stratovolcano |
ETNA |
| SMTWTFS, collectively |
WEEK |
| Snow day vehicles |
PLOWS |
| Sorrowful state |
SADNESS |
| Soviet spy in John le Carré novels |
KARLA |
| Spur |
GOAD |
| Stick around |
STAY |
| Streamed lecture |
TEDTALK |
| Street ___ (rep) |
CRED |
| Succumb to gravity |
SAG |
| Time to turn in? |
DEADLINE |
| Title in colonial India |
SAHIB |
| To no ___ |
AVAIL |
| Turner on the radio? |
DIAL |
| Way to go, way up high |
AIRLANE |
| Wedding cake sections |
LAYERS |
| Well-intentioned sort? |
OILTYCOON |
| Wertmüller who was the first woman to be nominated for a best-director Oscar |
LINA |
| ___ Aviv |
TEL |
| ___ cry (sobbing that results in unpleasant contortions of the face) |
UGLY |
| ___ diet (modern fad, ironically) |
PALEO |
| ___ Jeanne d’Arc |
STE |
| ___ vera |
ALOE |