The Washington Post Sunday – Apr 29 2018
Published in The Washington Post Sunday Crossword. Tags: AGE, EMU, IRONIC, LOPE, MSG, NBA, SCARRED, SOSA.
| Clues |
Answers |
| ‘A Thousand Miles’ singer Carlton |
VANESSA |
| ‘A Woman Called Golda’ role |
MEIR |
| ‘Be My Love’ lyricist |
CAHN |
| ‘Dallas’ or ‘Nashville,’ e.g |
SHOW |
| ‘House’ parties? |
NURSES |
| ‘Kite Stories’ composer Brian |
ENO |
| ‘Not gonna happen!’ |
YOUWISH |
| ‘Rubyfruit Jungle’ writer ___ Mae Brown |
RITA |
| ‘Sounds like fun to me’ |
IMGAME |
| ‘The Four Seasons’ star |
ALANALDA |
| ‘The Shock Doctrine’ author Naomi |
KLEIN |
| ‘___ What I Like’ (Grammy-winning song by Bruno Mars) |
THATS |
| 1986 rock memoir |
ITINA |
| Actress Cooke who played Art3mis in ‘Ready Player One’ |
OLIVIA |
| Aggravated |
VEXED |
| AL MVP in 1927 and 1936 |
GEHRIG |
| Alamo rival |
AVIS |
| Ancient temple builders |
MAYA |
| Anecdotal knowledge |
LORE |
| Apt to pull a ruse |
SLY |
| Artists’ workplaces |
ATELIERS |
| Athletic center org.? |
NBA |
| Auto club job |
TOW |
| Back |
REAR |
| Barbecue receptacle |
AS{HP}IT |
| Barber’s offering |
OPERA |
| Barber’s offering |
TRIM |
| Big island in the Malay Archipelago |
SUMATRA |
| Big river swimmers |
HIPPOS |
| Blue- or green-winged duck |
TEAL |
| Blunder |
FLUB |
| Bolt providing electricity at the Olympics, once |
USAIN |
| Bone seen in X-rays |
RIB |
| Books on electronic devices? |
MANUALS |
| Bush’s opponent, once |
REAGAN |
| Cake number, at times |
AGE |
| Candied side item |
YAM |
| Capital of the ___ (nickname of Innsbruck, Austria) |
ALPS |
| Carried |
BORNE |
| Cartesian plane line |
AXIS |
| Castle wall attachment |
TURRET |
| Causing cynicism in |
JADING |
| Certain military strike |
SORTIE |
| Character shipwrecked on what he called the ‘Island of Despair’ |
CRUSOE |
| Chess player’s friend? |
MATE |
| Clubbing weapons |
MACES |
| Co. ending |
INC |
| Code-breaking govt. org |
NSA |
| Coin ___ |
SLOT |
| Coniferous evergreens |
YEWS |
| Contents of 56 Down |
ICE |
| Convinced with flattery |
CAJOLED |
| Daily Planet surname |
KENT |
| Deep cut, perhaps |
L{ACER}ATION |
| Don, as pajamas |
SLIPINTO |
| Erupts |
HASAFIT |
| Excavation site |
RUIN |
| Expected landing hr |
ETA |
| Extensive school assignment |
RESEARC{HP}ROJECT |
| Features of the Mars landscape |
MESAS |
| Form 2555-EZ publisher |
IRS |
| Former SNL star Kristen |
WIIG |
| Former Swedish imports |
SAABS |
| German auto pioneer |
BENZ |
| Goes under the bar |
LIMBOS |
| Gold or platinum, e.g |
HUE |
| Got comfy |
SAT |
| GPA maximums, maybe |
FIVES |
| Gradually remove (from) |
WEAN |
| Greet the queen, say |
RISE |
| Group get-together |
MEETUP |
| Growing concerns |
CROPS |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Have a blue face, say |
MOPE |
| He slew the Cyclopes, in some myths |
APOLLO |
| Interactive programs on some websites |
JAVA{APPLE}TS |
| Interest |
BEHALF |
| Jennifer of ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ |
GREY |
| Jerry’s sitcom ex |
ELAINE |
| Jet-skiing spot |
LAKE |
| Land line? |
BORDER |
| Large lager holders |
KEGS |
| Like bulls and bucks |
MALE |
| Like Columbus |
GENOESE |
| Like Eid al-Fitr traditions |
ISLAMIC |
| Like life in Death Valley |
IRONIC |
| Load, as old settings on a desktop |
RESTORE |
| Long-necked bird |
EMU |
| Longtime Colts QB |
UNITAS |
| Marvel mutant who can absorb other mutants’ superpowers |
ROGUE |
| Metaphorical durability |
LEGS |
| Mineo of ‘Exodus’ |
SAL |
| Modern battle cry |
ITSON |
| Night ___ |
SHIFT |
| Nursery rhyme character |
FARMERINTHE{DELL} |
| Offbeat and innovative |
EDGY |
| Old term for desktops and laptops, and a hint to this puzzle’s theme |
MICROCOMPUTERS |
| One way to sway |
FRO |
| Palomino’s gait, maybe |
LOPE |
| Part of a voltaic cell |
ANODE |
| Part of the rial world? |
OMAN |
| Party staples |
DIPS |
| Passed, as a race car |
LAPPED |
| Peking duck additive, maybe |
MSG |
| Permanently marked |
SCARRED |
| Preposition in directions |
VIA |
| Required one’s words to be bowdlerized, maybe |
CUSSED |
| Returns pro, briefly |
CPA |
| Sammy seen in many ESPN highlights in 1998 |
SOSA |
| Scattered about |
STREWN |
| See 48 Down |
BEER |
| Shut (up) |
PENT |
| Sigmatism, by another name |
LISP |
| Sign of inflammation |
ABSCESS |
| Singer on the 1950s album ‘The Story of the Blues’ |
{DELL}AREESE |
| Single-stranded chain |
RNA |
| Soda container |
CAN |
| Soda containers |
COOLERS |
| Some metal bands |
DUOS |
| Sonneteer’s preposition |
ERE |
| Space where a heating appliance is installed |
FURN{ACER}OOM |
| Steeping item |
TEABALL |
| Storyteller’s tale |
LIE |
| Strange, a la an alternate universe in Superman comics |
BIZARRO |
| Subs’ pulse emitters |
SONARS |
| Sunlit spaces |
SOLARIA |
| Suppose to be true |
ASSUME |
| Surface area? |
SEALEVEL |
| The continuation of the status quo |
BUSINESS{ASUS}UAL |
| This clue number divided by nove |
TRE |
| Top off |
FRESHEN |
| Trains seen at the end of tunnels? |
ELS |
| Trapeze supporter |
ROPE |
| Tries to understand, as a problem |
GR{APPLE}SWITH |
| Trough locale |
STY |
| Unloads, in a way |
SELLS |
| Weapon for d’Artagnan |
RAPIER |
| What Gandhi once practiced |
LAW |
| Winged creature in the TriStar Pictures logo |
PEG{ASUS} |
| With 62 Across, product from a small brewery |
CRAFT |
| Yonder people |
THEM |
| Youngster in a den |
BEARCUB |
| [This was their mistake] |
SIC |
| ___ Grady (‘Jurassic World’ protagonist) |
OWEN |
| ___ USA |
MISS |