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 PerĂ³n |
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 |