The Washington Post Sunday – Jun 24 2018
Published in The Washington Post Sunday Crossword. Tags: ABYSSES, DASH, EVE, NASA, ORCA, OTTO, Paris.
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| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| ‘Already heard the alarm, thanks’ | IMUP |
| ‘Blackfish’ mammal | ORCA |
| ‘Eek!’ elicitor | RAT |
| ‘I’m in awe!’ | OOH |
| ‘Immediately!’ | PRONTO |
| ‘Metropolis’ painter Dix | OTTO |
| ‘Michael’ director Nora | EPHRON |
| ‘That’s How Heartaches Are Made’ soul singer | BABYWASHINGTON |
| ‘The Drop’ composer | ENO |
| ‘The Terminator’ actress | LINDAHAMILTON |
| ‘To infinity and ___!’ (‘Toy Story’ phrase) | BEYOND |
| ‘Treasure Island’ narrator | JIM |
| ‘Why are you bothering me yet again?’ | WHATNOW |
| ‘___ Lisa Overdrive’ (1988 sci-fi novel) | MONA |
| 3rd-century Fr. bishop and patron of Paris | STDENIS |
| Adidas alternative | AVIA |
| Aircraft carriers? | LUGGAGE |
| All-purpose conjunction | ANDOR |
| Approvals | OKS |
| Artemis launcher | NASA |
| Assert assertively | AVER |
| At full speed, archaically | AMAIN |
| Attached, as patches | SEWNON |
| Bash in a CNN studio | DANA |
| Berry in many Sambazon products | ACAI |
| Big burden | ONUS |
| Bill who once danced to ‘Weird Science’ on ‘Dancing With the Stars’ | NYE |
| Block party game? | JENGA |
| Body of politics | SENATE |
| Book reports? | AUDITS |
| Buccaneer’s beverage | GROG |
| Calligrapher’s fluids | INKS |
| Catch some waves? | LISTEN |
| Chairman Meow or Fidel Catstro, e.g | PUN |
| Checks’ numbers | TOTALS |
| Chess legend Karpov | ANATOLY |
| Classic role for Ingrid | ILSA |
| Comedian Kirkman | JEN |
| Company that merged with DuPont in 2017 | DOW |
| Completely cockamamie | ASININE |
| Cozy lodging | INN |
| Curling iron brand | CONAIR |
| Custodian’s cleaner | MOP |
| Dances with dips | TANGOS |
| Deep spaces | ABYSSES |
| Depend (on) | RELY |
| Disorderly stacks | HEAPS |
| Drops on a field | DEW |
| Elves’ weapons in Middle-earth | Longbows |
| English digit seen in this clue number | ONE |
| Enter ‘key,’ say | TYPE |
| Entertaining Carson or Tyne | DALY |
| Environmental prefix | ECO |
| First woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame | ARETHAFRANKLIN |
| Former New York Times theater critic with a Pulitzer Prize | MARGOJEFFERSON |
| Fortnight’s 14 | DAYS |
| Founder of a luxury skin-care company | ELIZABETHGRANT |
| From Kyrgyzstan, say | ASIAN |
| Ghostly glows | AURAS |
| Giant with 511 homers | OTT |
| Gillette brand | ATRA |
| Go from E to F, in a way | GASUP |
| Inside info? | MRI |
| Invite out for | ASKTO |
| Jazz singer who wrote songs inspired by the civil rights movement | ABBEYLINCOLN |
| John of ‘Blockers’ | CENA |
| King and queen’s source of amusement | FOOL |
| Kool stuff | ASH |
| Korben Dallas’s vehicle in ‘The Fifth Element’ | CAB |
| Laced item, often | SHOE |
| Lands at O’Hare, say | ARRIVES |
| Language spread by the Ministry of Truth in ‘1984’ | NEWSPEAK |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Las Vegas’s WNBA team | ACES |
| Lighthouse light | BEACON |
| Like a lose-lose situation | NOWIN |
| Like some chocolate | DARK |
| Like some contracts | ORAL |
| Like the NFL’s best QB | ALLPRO |
| Like tuna in some rolls | RAW |
| List of publishing flubs | ERRATA |
| Make nice and tidy | NEATEN |
| Many HP products | PCS |
| Matched, as a competitor | RIVALED |
| Melt | LIQUEFY |
| Moves at a brisk pace | TROTS |
| Mr. T’s TV crew | ATEAM |
| Name that’s a homophone of 39 Down | OREL |
| NBA star ___-Anthony Towns | KARL |
| One who rejoiced after the 2016 World Series | CUBSFAN |
| Orioles great Ripken | CAL |
| Person to be paid | PIPER |
| Picture of Peter Pan or Pinocchio, e.g | CEL |
| Pierce | IMPALE |
| Plumbing problems | CLOGS |
| Pointed features of Gothic-style buildings | ARCHES |
| Portrait artist Alice | NEEL |
| Prison abolition advocate Davis | ANGELA |
| Pungent bit of a salad | RADISH |
| Racers on snowy hills | SLEDS |
| Received | GOT |
| Recipient of the Icon Award at the 2018 Billboard Music Awards | JANETJACKSON |
| Recite sans inflection | INTONE |
| Recuperation location | SPA |
| Reproductive Freedom Project org | ACLU |
| River embankment | LEVEE |
| Runner-up in 1996 | BOBDOLE |
| Scented substance | ODORANT |
| Security at a university | TENURE |
| Sentimental fondness | SOFTSPOT |
| Shanghai-born NBA Hall of Famer | YAO |
| Shrill bark | YELP |
| Shrill, as trumpet calls | CLARION |
| Sign for a clairvoyant | OMEN |
| Silver Legacy Resort Casino locale | RENO |
| Skater Midori | ITO |
| Small discrete units of energy | QUANTA |
| Spanish digit seen in this clue number | UNO |
| Spewed a la Vesuvius | ERUPTED |
| Storied loch | NESS |
| Summit figure | LEADER |
| Takes the greyhound home, say | ADOPTS |
| Telescope opening | APERTURE |
| Tequila brand with a bull and matador on its label | ELTORO |
| The G of LGBTQIA | GAY |
| The Promise Ring genre | EMO |
| Trending thing | FAD |
| Twice-a-month tide | NEAP |
| Unconventional | OUTRE |
| Vague recipe amount | DASH |
| Vice writer Peyser | EVE |
| Wave to, say | GREET |
| When a rooster crows | DAWN |
| Where to make a pit stop in California? | LABREA |
| William of ___ (friar with a famous razor) | OCCAM |
| Wizards’ workplaces | ARENAS |
| Woolly beast | LLAMA |
| Woolly beast | EWE |
| Word-loving Webster | NOAH |
| Wry writer Bombeck | ERMA |
| YouTube annoyance | LAG |
| Zombie film feature | GORE |
| ___ code | PROMO |
| ___ journalism | GONZO |
| ___ ring | TOE |