The Washington Post Sunday – Apr 8 2018
Published in The Washington Post Sunday Crossword. Tags: ASH, CREATE, ESTER, LEAD, NEAT, Paris, PATIO, YEAST.
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| 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 |