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 |