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 |