The Washington Post Sunday – Jul 15 2018
Published in The Washington Post Sunday Crossword. Tags: AVAIL, AVON, BARE, BUGS, March Madness, OAT, PENNE.
| Clues |
Answers |
| ‘Exactly right!’ |
YES |
| ‘Hair’ space, say |
STAGE |
| ‘I like this back rub!’ |
AAH |
| ‘It’s unfortunate, but …’ |
SADLY |
| ‘The Bone People’ author Hulme |
KERI |
| ‘The Simpsons’ principal |
SKINNER |
| ‘Trinity’ author |
URIS |
| ‘___ said that?’ |
WHO |
| 0, at the World Cup |
NIL |
| 1940s first lady Perón |
EVA |
| 1940s first lady Truman |
BESS |
| 2007 AL MVP, to fans |
AROD |
| 79 Down and others |
MOVIESTARS |
| Activity such as the one hinted at by this puzzle’s theme |
PARLORGAME |
| Actor who played Gomer Pyle (he was in ‘Cannonball Run II’ with Burt Reynolds, who was in ‘Starting Over’ with 79 Down) |
JIMNABORS |
| Actor whose name is spelled out by the letters between six degrees in this puzzle |
KEVINBACON |
| Aerial mammal |
BAT |
| Androids who interact with guests on ‘Westworld’ |
HOSTS |
| Apple jam product? |
ITUNES |
| Apt name for a wrestler |
NELSON |
| Avaricious sorts |
MISERS |
| Banks making bank on TV |
TYRA |
| Bat mitzvah party dance |
HORA |
| Bedazzled feeling |
AWE |
| Bill handled in Jordan |
DINAR |
| Bit of graduation attire |
CAP |
| Blundering blockheads |
OAFS |
| Body spray brand |
AXE |
| Box full of bills |
ATM |
| Bucks’ toppers |
ANTLERS |
| Capital in 1975 news |
SAIGON |
| Carrier for an NFL team |
RUSHER |
| Cattle digs |
PEN |
| Cause a crack in, e.g |
MAR |
| Cell phone collection |
DATA |
| Champ Kind’s portrayer in ‘Anchorman’ (he was in ‘My One and Only’ with 79 Down) |
DAVIDKOECHNER |
| Chaser |
PURSUER |
| Clinton and Carter were in his Cabinet |
OBAMA |
| Cole of ‘Black-ish’ |
DEON |
| Commanderette Zircon’s portrayer in ‘Spaceballs’ (she was in ‘The Lonely Guy’ with Andy Garcia, who was in ‘The Air I Breathe’ with 79 Down) |
LESLIEBEVIS |
| Connecticut city on Long Island Sound |
NORWALK |
| Couple of People? |
ITEM |
| Denpasar’s island |
BALI |
| Deteriorate over time |
ERODE |
| Diagnostic aids, briefly |
MRIS |
| Do a Safari exploration? |
SURF |
| Duelist’s shout |
DRAW |
| East Lansing inst |
MSU |
| Emollient ingredient |
ALOE |
| Enjoys Spotify, say |
LISTENS |
| Entertainer with the 2015 Christmas album ‘Slay Belles’ |
RUPAUL |
| Entomology subjects |
BUGS |
| Exam taken by jrs |
PSAT |
| Film director Louis |
MALLE |
| Flings with force |
HEAVES |
| Former child actor on ‘The Partridge Family’ (he was in ‘The Jerk Theory’ with Tom Arnold, who was in ‘We Married Margo’ with 79 Down) |
DANNYBONADUCE |
| Freeing for a high price |
RANSOMING |
| General Mills cereal |
KIX |
| Gomez’s hirsute cousin |
ITT |
| Have a bawl |
SOB |
| Have a bawl |
CRY |
| Heart |
MIDST |
| Historical drama in which 79 Down played a post-presidential chief of staff |
FROSTNIXON |
| History segment |
ERA |
| Honorary co-chair of the 2017 March for Science |
NYE |
| Industry event, briefly |
EXPO |
| Insect forms of some ancient amulets |
SCARABS |
| Islamic denomination |
SUNNI |
| Japan Golf Tour Organization chairman Aoki |
ISAO |
| Jazz singer Anderson whose name sounds like a climbing plant |
IVIE |
| Jerry’s business partner |
BEN |
| Journal article summary |
ABSTRACT |
| Journalist Tarbell |
IDA |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Jumbo preceder |
MUMBO |
| Kodiak Island’s locale |
ALASKA |
| Lacking decoration |
BARE |
| Lady Macbeth, for one |
SCOT |
| Large, curly do |
AFRO |
| Like red emeralds |
RARE |
| Like wallflowers |
SHY |
| Magritte of surrealism |
RENE |
| Make an inquiry |
ASK |
| March Madness org |
NCAA |
| Mark in ‘I, Claudius’? |
COMMA |
| Migratory antelopes |
GNUS |
| Minotaur’s island |
CRETE |
| Muesli morsel |
OAT |
| Neither companion |
NOR |
| Notable mascara maker |
AVON |
| O.J. trial judge |
ITO |
| Office tools with ‘teeth’ |
STAPLERS |
| One of 16 in Germany |
STATE |
| One scuttling sideways |
CRAB |
| Ordered (around) |
BOSSED |
| Org. in which Blazers wear jerseys |
NBA |
| Oscar nominee for ‘Passion Fish’ (she was in ‘Blue Chips’ with Alfre Woodard, who was in ‘Beauty Shop’ with 79 Down) |
MARYMCDONNELL |
| Oscar winner for ‘L.A. Confidential’ (she was in ‘The Natural’ with Robert Duvall, who was in ‘Jayne Mansfield’s Car’ with 79 Down) |
KIMBASINGER |
| Palindromic DuVernay |
AVA |
| Pare hair |
SHAVE |
| Parthenon features |
COLUMNS |
| Perps’ patterns |
MOS |
| Pizzeria purchases |
PIES |
| Plant’s container |
SAC |
| Pleasant-sounding |
MELODIC |
| Pop singer Carter |
AARON |
| Postnuptial title, maybe |
MRS |
| Pride Lands king |
SIMBA |
| Prove useful to |
AVAIL |
| Quaint contraction |
TIS |
| Rachel’s biblical sister |
LEAH |
| Rapper ___ Jon |
LIL |
| Requires rest, maybe |
AILS |
| Retreat in the mountains |
SKILODGE |
| River barrier |
LEVEE |
| Scavenging arthropod |
MILLIPEDE |
| Sculling object |
OAR |
| Sets of 12 wine bottles |
CASES |
| Show to the door |
SEEOUT |
| Showed faith in |
TRUSTED |
| Sibling of Chico |
HARPO |
| Single player? |
RADIO |
| Sources of cold cuts |
DELIS |
| Supplements |
ADDSTO |
| Tenor Pavarotti |
LUCIANO |
| Test the concentration of, as a solution |
TITRATE |
| Tethered toy |
KITE |
| They form by oogenesis |
OVA |
| Through |
VIA |
| Timetable, informally |
SKED |
| Tonga Room in the Fairmont San Francisco hotel, e.g |
TIKIBAR |
| Tubular trattoria dish |
PENNE |
| Up to, for short |
TIL |
| Vague but large amount |
MANY |
| Variable in the ideal gas law equation |
PRESSURE |
| Web connection letters |
DSL |
| What a retinal scanner scans |
EYE |
| Whirlpool setting |
SPA |
| White Sox great Frank Thomas’s nickname, with ‘the’ |
BIGHURT |
| Wilson of ‘The Rocker’ |
RAINN |
| Without stopping |
ONEND |
| Yankees shortstop Gregorius with a repetitive first name |
DIDI |
| ___ Mahal |
TAJ |
| ___ pickings |
SLIM |
| ___ Torino |
GRAN |
| ___ town (flee secretly) |
SKIP |
| ___-choice |
PRO |