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 |