The Washington Post Sunday – Dec 30 2018 December 30 2018
Published in The Washington Post Sunday Crossword. Tags: ANTHRAX, IDEA, SATE, TUT.
| Clues | Answers |
| ‘Anyone ___?’ | ELSE |
| ‘Crucify’ singer Tori | AMOS |
| ‘Dilate’ singer DiFranco | ANI |
| ‘Feed me Whiskas!’ | MEOW |
| ‘Forget about it’ | NAH |
| ‘Interesting’ | ISEE |
| ‘Last Battle’ publisher | SEGA |
| ‘Love and Basketball’ star Epps | OMAR |
| ‘Me too’ | SOHAVEI |
| ‘My word!’ | ISAY |
| ‘Tell me the truth’ | DONTLIE |
| ‘What’s the ___?’ | IDEA |
| *’Pride or Prejudice’ author Austen | J{UA}NE |
| *’___ no Ted’ | DUL{LY} |
| *Be a seeker, in a kids’ game | {AH}IDE |
| *Bern perfume, as at church | CE{NA}SE |
| *Browse bestbuy.gov, say | SHO{DP} |
| *Canine foaming at the mouth with rubies | MADDO{GW} |
| *Dec. 30 et al | {YE}VES |
| *Eschews food | {ER}ATS |
| *Feels healthy | {NA}ILS |
| *Groups calling stripes | {UA}NIONS |
| *Highest temperature projections | LO{GW}S |
| *Knitting tread | {YE}ARN |
| *Landlocked European country | CHA{DP} |
| *Longest word in RSVP | SI{LP} |
| *Modern form of ‘you’ | THE{NE} |
| *Prominent feature of one with six-pack abs | {LP}AUNCH |
| *Repair, as shocks | DAR{NE} |
| *Robert’s wife on ‘Downtown Abbey’ | COR{AN} |
| *Scrooge McDuck, to Donald Duck | {AH}UNT |
| *Southpaw | RIGHT{SY} |
| *Spreads out, as a flag | FU{ER}LS |
| *Tares into shreds | RE{AN}DS |
| *Toothless tool | {SY}AW |
| *Unbundled, as hay | BA{LY}ED |
| 1962 title film villain | DRNO |
| 4 or 5, for a certain H.S. student | APSCORE |
| Address in a window | URL |
| Adobe field, briefly | TECH |
| Adulterated | TAINTED |
| Arboretum specimen | SHRUB |
| Arrange for Uber transportation, say | GETARIDE |
| Barrier on a waterway | DAM |
| Bit of a joule | ERG |
| Bit split at a plant | ATOM |
| Bordered (on) | VERGED |
| Broker’s employer | FIRM |
| Care USA CEO Michelle | NUNN |
| Caspian X’s realm | NARNIA |
| Cautionary leader? | PRE |
| Changes a D to a C, say | REGRADES |
| Cinematic ex-Green Beret John | RAMBO |
| CNN anchor Burnett | ERIN |
| Coke-seizing org | DEA |
| Competitor on an oval | RACER |
| Computer lab array | SCREENS |
| Condition treated by AZT | HIV |
| Connects with | TIESTO |
| Cries of epiphany | AHAS |
| Cylinder’s pair | EDGES |
| DCA or LAX projection | ETA |
| DDT banner of 1972 | EPA |
| Deep spaces | OCEANS |
| Deer friend of Flower | BAMBI |
| Defended one’s king, in a way | CASTLED |
| Dish with chopped, hard-boiled ingredients | EGGSALAD |
| Dishonor from false charges | BADRAP |
| District | AREA |
| Early retirement place? | CRIB |
| Elroy’s canine buddy | ASTRO |
| Embroidery material | LACE |
| Evidence of dropping the ball, as found in the starred clues and in 12 crossings in this puzzle | ERRORS |
| Exerted much effort | STROVE |
| Explorer of other worlds | ROVER |
| Faculty figure | DEAN |
| Figure calculated from an income statement | TAXRATE |
| Film with a distinctive alternating two-note sequence in its score | JAWS |
| Flowing water source | OPENTAP |
| Former Geo models | METROS |
| Fulfill to excess | SATE |
| Great Basin people | UTES |
| Hank with 755 homers | AARON |
| Helping at Thanksgiving | TURKEYLEG |
| Heroic spirit | DERRINGDO |
| Hill top | CREST |
| Hired henchman | GOON |
| How some stock is sold | ATPAR |
| In a self-absorbed way | VAINLY |
| Inspects rudely | OGLES |
| Ivy appendage | TENDRIL |
| James who played Harry on ‘Dexter’ | REMAR |
| John, for short | LAV |
| Jumper lines | SEAMS |
| Kyzylkum Desert site | ASIA |
| Lengthy sentences | RUNONS |
| Like much medication | ORAL |
| Like much sushi | RAW |
| Linguistically coarser | SALTIER |
| Maintenance | UPKEEP |
| Make big changes to | REVAMP |
| Malcolm X’s birth city | OMAHA |
| Miscellaneous | ASSORTED |
| More miffed | SORER |
| Mystery writer Earl ___ Biggers | DERR |
| New Kingdom king | TUT |
| Oft-quoted pugilist | ALI |
| Oregon Trail vehicles | WAGONS |
| Org. responding to wildfires | FEMA |
| Parked oneself | SAT |
| Part of a cell | IRONBAR |
| PBS benefactor | NEA |
| Person who makes a good impression? | MIMIC |
| President who served as solicitor general | TAFT |
| Put on notice | WARN |
| Remove, as a king | OUST |
| Repairs, as socks | SEWS |
| Ring master? | SUMO |
| See 36 Down | MAO |
| Sets straight | ORIENTS |
| Shakespearean stir | ADO |
| Short time, informally | JIFF |
| Show stopper, briefly? | TVAD |
| Side-to-side distance | BREADTH |
| Snow ___ (dessert) | CONE |
| Source of destruction | BANE |
| Stages, as old battles | REENACTS |
| Subj. of ESPNU shows | NCAA |
| Summer Games sword | EPEE |
| Tangles | ENSNARLS |
| Territory of north India | DELHI |
| The Times Square ball, with respect to changing times, e.g | SYMBOL |
| They might tweet | USERS |
| Those who can help raise people’s spirits? | MEDIUMS |
| Those who whistle while they work | REFS |
| Thrash metal band with the album ‘Spreading the Disease’ | ANTHRAX |
| Tireless transport | SLED |
| Toy box? | PETCRATE |
| Trekkies, for one | FANBASE |
| University of Alaska Southeast locale | JUNEAU |
| Vermilion’s lake | ERIE |
| With 51 Across, leader whose portrait hangs at Tiananmen Square | CHAIRMAN |
| Zilch | NIL |
| ___ blanket | WET |
| ___ degree | NTH |
| ___ Relaxo (‘The Simpsons’ spa with a Spanglish name) | RANCHO |
| ___ Valley, Calif | SIMI |
| ___-weekly | ALT |