The Washington Post Sunday – May 26 2019
Published in The Washington Post Sunday Crossword. Tags: ACRES, CBS, ODE, PREY.
| Clues | Answers |
| ‘Ceci n’est ___ une pipe’ (text written on a Magritte painting) | PAS |
| ‘Dirty Harry’ director Don | SIEGEL |
| ‘Don’t change a thing!’ | LOVEIT |
| ‘If you ___ us, do we not bleed?’ (line from ‘The Merchant of Venice’) | PRICK |
| ‘Juneteenth’ author Ellison | RALPH |
| ‘Law & Order: ___’ | SVU |
| ‘Night Mail’ poet | AUDEN |
| ‘Piecing Me Together’ author Watson | RENEE |
| ‘The Colossus’ painter | GOYA |
| ‘Well then, that makes sense’ | AHOKAY |
| ‘What a catastrophe!’ | OHGOD |
| ‘___ would fall back to Earth, so fortresses should be built on solid ground’ | CASTLESINTHEAIR |
| ‘___, and that ruler should release his hostage’ | PAYAKINGSRANSOM |
| ‘___, and the blades will intersect’ | CROSSSWORDS |
| ‘___, and the dismount from that large steed will be complete’ | GETOFFYOURHIGHHORSE |
| ‘___, and you’ll be lauding that nobleman’ | PRAISETHELORD |
| ‘___, and you’ll loudly call attention to that monarch’ | SCREAMQUEEN |
| ‘___? Over there, in black armor’ | THEDARKKNIGHT |
| 1978 horror film inspired by ‘Jaws’ | PIRANHA |
| 41 Down, e.g | TEST |
| Accustom (to) | INURE |
| Altar statements | IDOS |
| Amusement park freebies | MAPS |
| Approach | GONEAR |
| Apt rhyme of ‘trike’ | TYKE |
| Aragon appetizers | TAPAS |
| As late as | UNTIL |
| Bard’s plotter | IAGO |
| Be whistled for six personals, in the NBA | FOULOUT |
| Bill known for 14 Down | NYE |
| Bit of desert flora | AGAVE |
| Bit of subterfuge | PLOY |
| Blow, like Krakatoa | ERUPT |
| Bodybuilders might make them ‘bounce’ | PECS |
| Bungle | ERR |
| Bygone Dodge model | OMNI |
| CBS journalist O’Donnell | NORAH |
| Cereal bowl filler | MILK |
| Collection of sheets | REAM |
| Concurrence in Cancun | SISI |
| Consequential period | ERA |
| Containers used on Food Network’s ‘Kids Baking Championship’ | CAKEPANS |
| Deer, to a tiger | PREY |
| Delta force member? | PLANE |
| Demonstrate frugality | SCRIMP |
| Double-headed beast on Russia’s coat of arms | EAGLE |
| Early years, for many | GIRLHOOD |
| EcoTank printer maker | EPSON |
| Electrical unit | OHM |
| Electrical unit | VOLT |
| Electromagnetic field? | SCIENCE |
| Elicit | EDUCE |
| Emulate the Jets and the Sharks | SKATE |
| Enters quickly | RACESIN |
| Entertainment for NCOs | USO |
| Establish legislatively | ENACT |
| Exam that seems apt for future theater majors | ACT |
| Exhibiting bad manners | RUDE |
| Feature of an op-ed | SLANT |
| Fed. workplace monitor | OSHA |
| Fig. factoring into academic honors | GPA |
| Flamboyant | SHOWY |
| Flower feature, often | AROMA |
| Folkloric Himalayan | YETI |
| Golden rule word | UNTO |
| Hectare’s 2.47 | ACRES |
| Hephaestus, to Hera | SON |
| Hold | HAVE |
| Hold forth | ORATE |
| Homer’s dad | ABE |
| Imminent | NIGH |
| Implements for many puzzle solvers | PENS |
| In accordance (with) | ALONG |
| Informant’s item | WIRE |
| Instagram upload | IMAGE |
| Instrument with a bridge | VIOLA |
| It’s its own cube root | ONE |
| Kohl succeeded as chancellor by Gerhard Schröder | HELMUT |
| Landlocked Asian sea | ARAL |
| Liability’s opposite | ASSET |
| Lighten | EASE |
| Like a trickster | KNAVISH |
| Like dollar-store goods | CHEAP |
| Like the atmosphere of cigar lounges | SMOKY |
| Listing on RxList | DRUG |
| Lo ___ (noodle dish) | MEIN |
| Material no longer used in new pianos | IVORY |
| Meeting for an affair | TRYST |
| Mimì’s sweetheart in ‘La Bohème’ | RODOLFO |
| Most far-reaching | VASTEST |
| Nation whose flag features a stylized version of the word ‘Allah’ | IRAN |
| Notorious emperor | NERO |
| Old news paper? | SCROLL |
| One influenced by Marcus Garvey’s teachings | RASTA |
| One-named singer with the 1982 No. 3 hit ‘I’ve Never Been to Me’ | CHARLENE |
| Patrol figure | COP |
| Perceived to be | SEENAS |
| Plum or raspberry, e.g | COLOR |
| Power pack? | ELITES |
| Product number? | COST |
| Productions with lines | PLAYS |
| Protested a la Colin Kaepernick | KNELT |
| Quit slouching | SATUP |
| Reed section member | OBOE |
| References | CITES |
| Rock bottom locales? | CAVES |
| See 43 Down | ROMAN |
| Seized auto, briefly | REPO |
| Slakes, as thirst | QUENCHES |
| Snake alternative | DRANO |
| Source of ‘Toonces the Driving Cat’ sketches | SNL |
| Spotters’ spots | GYMS |
| Spread apart | SPLAYED |
| Strip bare | DENUDE |
| Strong craving | URGE |
| Stuck in Pamplona? | GORED |
| Supplied, as with pills | DOSED |
| Supporting | PRO |
| Tax form ID | SSN |
| Televised again | RERAN |
| Thesaurus possessive | ROGETS |
| They get fired when people are in distress | FLAREGUNS |
| This and that | STUFF |
| Thrash metal band with the songs ‘Spill the Blood’ and ‘Kill Again’ | SLAYER |
| Thunderous sound | CLAP |
| Travelers’ oases | RESTSTOPS |
| Tree of knowledge site | EDEN |
| Tribute to an icon, say | ODE |
| Unanticipated setback | SNAG |
| Untainted | PURE |
| Updates, as statutes | AMENDS |
| Used a dirigible, say | FLEW |
| Valuable sparkler | GEM |
| Waffling response | IMAY |
| Warlock’s practice | MAGIC |
| Was in the red | OWED |
| Weapon in a slumber party fight | PILLOW |
| With 95 Down, wrestling style | GRECO |
| ___ Penh | PHNOM |
| ___-binary (genderqueer) | NON |