The Washington Post Sunday – May 19 2019
Published in The Washington Post Sunday Crossword. Tags: CACHE, ESSAY, IRIS, TV.
| Clues | Answers |
| ’50s politico Stevenson | ADLAI |
| ‘A ___ Good Men’ | FEW |
| ‘Beauty and the Beast’ beauty whose name is French for ‘beautiful’ | BELLE |
| ‘Check this out!’ | LOOK |
| ‘Correct’ | YES |
| ‘Do called a ‘natural’ | FRO |
| ‘EarthBound’ hero | NESS |
| ‘Eureka!’ | AHA |
| ‘Guitar Man’ singer | ELVIS |
| ‘In that case …’ | IFTRUE |
| ‘In ___ respects …’ | SOME |
| ‘Othello’ lieutenant | CASSIO |
| ‘That clears it up’ | ISEE |
| ‘That’s repulsive!’ | UGH |
| ‘___ go bragh!’ | ERIN |
| 2001 biopic of a boxer | ALI |
| Activity with many events, or a description of the circled words in 107 Across | TRACKANDFIELD |
| Actor Grint or media executive Murdoch | RUPERT |
| Aid for unbinding documents | STAPLEREMOVER |
| Attraction | LURE |
| Band at a luau | LEI |
| Barely balance atop | TEETERON |
| Big deal | ADO |
| Borden mascot | ELSIE |
| Cat’s rumble | PURR |
| Chain with Moons Over My Hammy sandwiches | DENNYS |
| Chem major’s expense | LABFEE |
| Chillax | LOLL |
| Classic cars | REOS |
| Clatter | DIN |
| Clinic figure, briefly | DOC |
| Colts legend Johnny | UNITAS |
| Completely exhausted | SPENT |
| Composer Kurt | WEILL |
| Cosmic body | STAR |
| Course of action that affects urban planning | HOUSINGPOLICY |
| Crony | PAL |
| Dicey, or a description of the circled words in 90 Across | TOUCHANDGO |
| Diner-reviewing site | YELP |
| Disappearing sea | ARAL |
| Edge for a pool player | RAIL |
| Elite squad | ATEAM |
| Emmy-winning sportscaster John | MADDEN |
| English assignment | ESSAY |
| Epic with a chariot race | BENHUR |
| Establishment battler | REBEL |
| Etching solution | ACID |
| European ___ (tree) | ASH |
| Expecting | DUEFOR |
| Exploding 50 Across | NOVA |
| Feel remorse about | RUE |
| Fellows | GENTS |
| Firefighting tool | HOSE |
| Flower spot | BED |
| Former ESPN analyst John | KRUK |
| Gerbil, e.g | PET |
| Gets upset on stage, say | EMOTES |
| Grant of ‘Charade’ | CARY |
| Gratuity rule at some restaurants | NOTIPS |
| Guesses | STABS |
| Hatcher with lines | TERI |
| Have the helm | STEER |
| Holm of ‘Alien’ | IAN |
| Hope that one can | SEEKTO |
| Immensely long span | EON |
| In the manner of | ALA |
| Income after deductions | NET |
| Kilmer of ‘Top Secret!’ | VAL |
| Kindergarten exercise, or a description of the circled words in 31 Across | SHOWANDTELL |
| Labour leader Jeremy | CORBYN |
| Lambaste | RIP |
| Lens-cleaning brand | RENU |
| Letter before lambda | KAPPA |
| Levy on out-of-state purchases | USETAX |
| Like one vacillating between two extremes, or a description of the circled words in 53 Across | HOTANDCOLD |
| Long-necked bird | EGRET |
| Man found in the vicinity? | VIC |
| Metal treat container | COOKIETIN |
| Mishandles, as punts | MUFFS |
| Model Holliday | TESS |
| Mysterious quality | AURA |
| Mystery novelist Lippman | LAURA |
| Not as much | LESSSO |
| One examining clues | SLEUTH |
| Organs with lobes | EARS |
| Paid for hand delivery? | ANTED |
| Paranormal power, briefly | ESP |
| Part of a lawn mower | BLADE |
| PC key near Ctrl | ALT |
| Piano producer | YAMAHA |
| Pizzeria offering | PIE |
| Played in a pickup game, say | SHOTHOOPS |
| Pony’s enclosure | STALL |
| Pooch found in panels | ODIE |
| Potential law | BILL |
| Prefix with thermal | GEO |
| Process that can involve positron emission | BETADECAY |
| Pupil setting | IRIS |
| Rehm once on NPR | DIANE |
| Reply at a revival | AMEN |
| Resort island near Java | BALI |
| Rib | TEASE |
| Rogaine user’s goal | HAIRRESTORATION |
| Rugby formation | SCRUM |
| Safe spaces? | BASES |
| Scale unit, perhaps | OCTAVE |
| Scale units: Abbr | LBS |
| Sci-fi admiral who shouted, ‘It’s a trap!’ | ACKBAR |
| Secret repository | CACHE |
| See 21 Down | MESSI |
| Sense | DETECT |
| Shampoo ingredient | ALOE |
| Signaled surreptitiously | WINKED |
| Singer Lana Del ___ | REY |
| Site of a West Coast boardwalk | SANTACRUZ |
| Slippery sea creature | EEL |
| Sonata quartet member? | TIRE |
| Southern U.S. locale of Space Camp | HUNTSVILLEALABAMA |
| Spherical Halloween decorations | EYEBALLS |
| Spinner in a generator | ROTOR |
| Starting at | ASOF |
| Stefan who won Wimbledon twice | EDBERG |
| Stick in the microwave | ZAP |
| Surveillance grp | NSA |
| Swerves, at sea | YAWS |
| Taiwanese PC brand | ACER |
| They may be obtuse | ANGLES |
| Third word of IPA | ALE |
| Three-part abbr. for a big U.S. financial corp | BOFA |
| Tony winner Leslie ___ Jr | ODOM |
| Tool for fixing locks? | COMB |
| Triage sites, for short | ERS |
| Troubadour’s number | BALLAD |
| TV series with former Second City performers | SNL |
| Underground collection | ORE |
| What a surfer visits | URL |
| What squirrels gather | ACORNS |
| White blanket | SNOW |
| With 4 Down, all-time leading goal scorer for Argentina | LIONEL |
| Work with Ajax | ILIAD |
| World 1-1 of Super Mario Bros., e.g | LEVEL |
| Yahoo competitor | AOL |
| Yahoo competitor | MSN |
| Youngster’s address | KIDDO |
| Zinc ___ | OXIDE |