The Washington Post Sunday – May 13 2018
Published in The Washington Post Sunday Crossword. Tags: ALI, Germany, OMANI, ORNATE, REEVE, SIR, SNEER.
Clues |
Answers |
‘And there it is!’ |
TADA |
‘Argo’ actor Alan |
ARKIN |
‘Bad’ singer, in tabloids |
JACKO |
‘Confound it!’ |
BLAST |
‘Glad that’s over!’ |
WHEW |
‘Hairspray’ spray, e.g |
PROP |
‘I’ll chase him round Good Hope, and round the Horn, and round the Norway Maelstrom’ speaker of fiction |
AHAB |
‘It’s ___!’ (‘Things are getting exciting!’) |
LIT |
‘Q: ___ We Not Men? A: We ___ Devo!’ (debut Devo album) |
ARE |
‘Superman’ man |
REEVE |
‘The Graduate’ actress Katharine |
ROSS |
‘The Power’ novelist Alderman |
NAOMI |
‘Well, it actually might work if …’ |
UNLESS |
‘___ only just begun’ |
IVE |
Advertising exec on ‘Black-ish’ |
DRE |
Agricultural aircraft |
CROPDUSTERS |
Angers me? |
MOI |
Apt surname for a metalworker |
SMITH |
Beasts of burden |
ASSES |
Biceps, metaphorically |
GUNS |
Big party nights |
EVES |
Blood drive donation |
PLASMA |
Blotter entry |
ARREST |
Bobby whose junior ice hockey team was the Oshawa Generals |
ORR |
Bold competitor |
ALL |
Boxing position |
STANCE |
Bristol bottoms |
ARSES |
Brittany city |
BREST |
Buggy version, perhaps |
BETA |
Built |
MADE |
Buzzer with antennae |
BEE |
Causes |
BRINGSABOUT |
Change, as a sketch |
REDRAW |
Chipotle purchase |
TACO |
Chuck |
HURL |
Close-knit groups |
CLANS |
Cognizant |
AWARE |
Come by |
ATTAIN |
Comedian Wong |
ALI |
Confirms the transmission of an email |
HITSSEND |
Covers, in a way |
PAYSFOR |
Craft project wood |
BALSA |
Crime lab items |
SWABS |
Cross-referencing word |
SEE |
Cry after taking a blow |
OOF |
Custom Cruiser producer, once |
OLDS |
Dealt with |
ADDRESSED |
Deep blue |
CERULEAN |
Deficit indicator |
REDINK |
Discontinue |
HALT |
Dolt’s display |
IDIOCY |
Eject, as lava |
SPEW |
Emerged from slumber |
AWOKE |
Emulates Raphael |
PAINTS |
Enemy of 28 Across |
WHALE |
Entertaining Caesar |
SID |
Erred on, as a check |
MISDATED |
Exchange in a window |
CHAT |
Expressed joy, in a way |
WEPT |
Flavor of many Welch’s juices |
GRAPE |
Formal title |
SIR |
Former NBC host |
LENO |
Former NBC host |
PAAR |
Former tennis star MandlĂková |
HANA |
French composer Satie |
ERIK |
From Muscat, say |
OMANI |
Gets ready for sleep |
TUCKSIN |
Grain repository |
SILO |
Group of characters |
FONT |
Growls at, say |
WARNS |
Gyllenhaal’s co-star in ‘Nightcrawler’ |
RUSSO |
Haughty expression |
SNEER |
Clues |
Answers |
Heroic companion of Dale Arden and Dr. Hans Zarkov |
FLASHGORDON |
Hesse of Germany, e.g |
STATE |
Hoax |
SHAM |
Homeroom skippers |
TRUANTS |
Homes of the cubs |
DENS |
Hopper |
FROG |
Imperiled one’s signal |
SOS |
Impose (on) |
FOIST |
Intricately embellished |
ORNATE |
It broke up in 1991 |
USSR |
It’s sought by Predators |
GOAL |
Jazz singer Jones |
ETTA |
Jerks might serve them |
MALTS |
Kim Kardashian West was on its April 2018 cover |
ELLE |
Large bodies |
OCEANS |
Leading the field |
ONTOP |
Leave home |
GOOUT |
Left or right, in the ring |
JAB |
Like drakes |
MALE |
Like shooting fish in a barrel |
REALEASY |
Many successfully converted ‘and one’ scores in basketball |
THREEPOINTPLAYS |
More perplexing |
ODDER |
More, in Monterrey |
MAS |
Nannies on a farm |
GOATS |
Nano-technology device? |
IPOD |
Need to have a drink |
THIRST |
New Jazz star, e.g |
ROOKIE |
Non-musical record (though it bears the name of a music genre) |
RAPSHEET |
One helping around the house |
AUPAIR |
One working for kicks? |
MARTIALARTIST |
Ophthalmology subjects |
EYES |
Organized whole, from the German word for ‘form’ |
GESTALT |
Part of a garden fork |
TINE |
Prep school with a ‘wall game’ tradition |
ETON |
Preschool lessons |
ABCS |
Princeton, e.g |
TOWN |
Protective feature of a work boot |
STEELTOE |
Ready to erupt |
IRATE |
Result of labor, maybe |
SON |
Rochester’s love |
EYRE |
Run after a home run |
TROT |
Sarcophagus location |
TOMB |
Scuff up |
MAR |
Selects, with ‘for’ |
OPTS |
Six years in D.C., maybe |
TERM |
Some bakery loaves |
RYEBREADS |
Some Coppertone or Neutrogena products |
SUNBLOCKS |
Something that signals impending doom |
KISSOFDEATH |
Sources of stories |
MEDIA |
Spanakopita cheese |
FETA |
Special counsel in 2018 headlines |
ROBERTMUELLER |
Spirited tune |
LILT |
Steamy spot |
SAUNA |
Sweetie |
DEAR |
Sympathetic ___ |
EAR |
The one for 11 Down is 11 Down |
ANSWER |
They may be present in corn or rice, briefly |
GMOS |
Things grown during in vitro fertilization |
EMBRYOS |
Took a long trip |
TREKKED |
Under siege |
BESET |
Untouchables head |
NESS |
Water runs through it |
SIEVE |
Waters near the Alaska Peninsula and a strait sharing the same name |
BERINGSEA |
What Ralph uses to call a meeting in ‘Lord of the Flies’ |
CONCH |
Whodunit feature |
MURDER |
World Cup cry |
OLE |
Worth keeping around |
USABLE |
___ it up (laugh) |
YUK |
___ lick |
SALT |
___ practice |
BEST |
___ Sisters (D.C.-based dessert shop) |
PIE |
___ suspect |
HIGHLY |