The Washington Post Sunday – Apr 8 2018
Published in The Washington Post Sunday Crossword. Tags: ASH, CREATE, ESTER, LEAD, NEAT, Paris, PATIO, YEAST.
| Clues |
Answers |
| ‘Almost done’ |
LASTONE |
| ‘Clueless’ retort |
ASIF |
| ‘Dear’ alternative |
HON |
| ‘Fat chance!’ |
HAH |
| ‘Flora’s Secret’ singer |
ENYA |
| ‘Glee’ actress Michele |
LEA |
| ‘I’m Dying Up Here’ actress Graynor |
ARI |
| ‘In memoriam’ item |
OBIT |
| ‘It’s time for my grand entrance’ |
IMON |
| ‘Olympia’ artist, 1863 |
MANET |
| ‘We ___ liftoff!’ |
HAVE |
| ‘Who’s on First?’ performer |
ABBOTT |
| ‘___ include players, umpires and fans’ |
BALLPARKFIGURES |
| ‘___ Land’ (2016 musical film) |
LALA |
| ‘___, and first and third will be colorful’ |
PAINTTHECORNERS |
| ‘___, and first, second and third will be protected by a tarp’ |
COVERYOURBASES |
| ‘___, and there will be new batters’ |
SWITCHHITTERS |
| ‘___, and you won’t see another game for maybe 12 months’ |
WAITTILLNEXTYEAR |
| ‘___, and you’ll be at home’ |
STEPUPTOTHEPLATE |
| ‘___? Then the batter isn’t safe after that deep drive not to center or right’ |
OUTINLEFTFIELD |
| Actress Garr or Hatcher |
TERI |
| Ad time |
NITE |
| After the buzzer |
LATE |
| Also |
TOO |
| Alters Time? |
EDITS |
| Ark place |
ARARAT |
| Auto guide, briefly |
GPS |
| Barbecue spot |
PATIO |
| Be excessive, with ‘it’ |
OVERDO |
| Belonging to that gent |
HIS |
| Bioengineered food source, briefly |
GMO |
| Brewery need |
YEAST |
| Build |
CREATE |
| Burn mark? |
SMOKE |
| Butter servings |
PATS |
| Causing alarm, maybe |
EERIE |
| Cells with ooplasm |
OVA |
| Christmas party guests, at times |
INLAWS |
| Clio, e.g |
MUSE |
| Colorado people |
UTES |
| Combustion residue |
ASH |
| Connects (with) |
LIAISES |
| Cry from the accused |
IMINNOCENT |
| Cultural value system |
ETHOS |
| Ekebergparken city |
OSLO |
| Elderly neighbor of Jon, in ‘Garfield’ comics |
REBA |
| Element in many stained-glass windows |
LEAD |
| Enjoyed 13 Down, say |
SKIED |
| Enter slowly |
EASEIN |
| Escorts to the 10th floor of a high-rise apartment building, say |
SEESUP |
| Evil Edward of fiction |
HYDE |
| Far from tons |
FEW |
| Fault-finders? |
LINEJUDGES |
| Ferrets’ relatives |
ERMINES |
| Financial supporter |
PATRON |
| Former deputy attorney general Sally |
YATES |
| Former Giants QB Phil |
SIMMS |
| Fragrant compound |
ESTER |
| Frat friend, maybe |
BRO |
| Futile |
NOUSE |
| General Mills offering |
KIX |
| Good name for a CPA? |
IRA |
| Got ready for a new day, in a way |
SLEPT |
| Green Day drummer |
TRECOOL |
| Hanukkah gift |
GELT |
| Hardly fine food |
GLOP |
| Home of Athens, Berlin, Moscow and Paris |
USA |
| Humanitarian offering |
AID |
| Humble abode |
HUT |
| Interstate heavyweight |
SEMI |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Involving intimidation, say |
COERCIVE |
| Iron workers? |
GOLFERS |
| Is for many people? |
ARE |
| Key of ‘(Don’t Fear) The Reaper’ |
AMINOR |
| Lax to the max |
LOOSEST |
| Least verbose |
TERSEST |
| Liberal or conservative leader? |
NEO |
| Like Olympians |
FIT |
| Like red diamonds |
RARE |
| Like some cat litter |
SCENTED |
| Made short work of shortcake, say |
ATE |
| Magnificent |
STELLAR |
| Make more constrictive |
TIGHTEN |
| Margaret who received a GLAAD Golden Gate Award in 2000 |
CHO |
| Meg of ‘When Harry Met Sally’ |
RYAN |
| Memorable obscurity? |
ECLIPSE |
| Merino mother |
EWE |
| Metaphorical resources |
ARSENAL |
| Napoleon’s bicorn, e.g |
HAT |
| Not kidding |
EARNEST |
| Offering before a meal at a Japanese restaurant, at times |
HOTTOWEL |
| Officially validate |
RATIFY |
| Opposite of cluttered |
NEAT |
| Oracle’s specialty, for short |
TECH |
| Palindromic magazine |
ELLE |
| Panera Bread purchase |
LOAF |
| Pants problems |
RIPS |
| Pasty Hawaiian dish |
POI |
| Person who just. Won’t. Shut. Up |
GASBAG |
| Persuade with flattery |
CAJOLE |
| Phi ___ Jama (dunking nickname of Hakeem Olajuwon and Clyde Drexler’s college hoops team) |
SLAMA |
| Physicist Ohm |
GEORG |
| Place in a pyramid, e.g |
ENTOMB |
| Plant regulator, briefly |
OSHA |
| Pocket that may be full of yogurt sauce |
PITA |
| Pool setting |
SPA |
| Put through a kitchen filter |
SIEVED |
| Qdoba dip, for short |
GUAC |
| Realty or auction unit |
LOT |
| Require |
ENTAIL |
| Resort with a run called Alf’s High Rustler |
ALTA |
| Runs |
FLEES |
| Saltimbocca seasoning |
SAGE |
| Scarface, e.g |
RAPSTAR |
| Scrape off |
ABRADE |
| Shaving mishap |
NICK |
| Show with numbers |
REVUE |
| Site |
LOCALE |
| Sites of some sprains |
ANKLES |
| Smith’s item |
ANVIL |
| Snack that may come in a sleeve |
OREO |
| Some haunted house props |
NOOSES |
| Spirit of old stories |
GENIE |
| Stimulate interest in |
ENTHUSE |
| Superlatively irritated |
SOREST |
| Surpluses |
GLUTS |
| Tanking-up station? |
BARSTOOL |
| Taylor of ‘The Nanny’ |
RENEE |
| Temperature tester |
TOE |
| The S of RSVP |
SIL |
| Tim ‘The ___’ Taylor (nickname on ‘Home Improvement’) |
TOOLMAN |
| To be, in Toulouse |
ETRE |
| Tuna at a luau |
AHI |
| Vehicle used in some gimmicks for the WWE’s Undertaker |
HEARSE |
| View from Dun Laoghaire |
IRISHSEA |
| Visible part of the ear |
AURICLE |
| Vocal encouragement |
CHEER |
| Volsunga saga deity |
ODIN |
| Western European land |
IBERIA |
| Wizards forward Porter |
OTTO |