The Washington Post – Jun 25 2016 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| ‘Hud’ star Patricia |
NEAL |
| ‘Turandot’ tune |
ARIA |
| ‘What’s more …’ |
ALSO |
| 2013 film in which the female lead is never seen |
HER |
| Abridge, say |
SHORTEN |
| Balmy |
GENTLE |
| Be acquainted with |
KNOW |
| Bird that lays the largest eggs |
OSTRICH |
| Brief snowfall |
FLURRY |
| Building extension |
ELL |
| Camping alternatives |
HOTELS |
| Cap |
LID |
| Capital that replaced Istanbul |
ANKARA |
| Cause of some nit-picking? |
LOUSE |
| Celebratory suffix |
FEST |
| Claiborne with a fashion flair |
LIZ |
| Common culprit in the closet |
MOTH |
| Common gimlet ingredient |
GIN |
| Cooking fuel |
GAS |
| Cover for a con man? |
CHEATSHEET |
| Cover for a fortysomething? |
MIDDLEAGESPREAD |
| Cover for a passenger screener? |
SECURITYBLANKET |
| Cover for Norman Bates in ‘Psycho’? |
CRAZYQUILT |
| Elliptical shape |
OVAL |
| Filmdom’s Billy who loved to dance |
ELLIOT |
| Flying off the shelves |
HOT |
| Frisky |
PLAYFUL |
| Frying pan |
SKILLET |
| General vicinity |
AREA |
| Hamilton’s fatal fight |
DUEL |
| Hibernation location |
DEN |
| Home in Havana |
CASA |
| Home to Arthur Ashe Stadium |
QUEENS |
| Indignant |
MAD |
| Indignation |
IRE |
| It hangs around in the winter |
ICICLE |
| It may be climbing the walls |
IVY |
| John and Jane, notably |
DOES |
| Josh |
KID |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Lighthearted |
AIRY |
| Lipstick ___ pig |
ONA |
| Loan shark |
USURER |
| Locale shown on the Sistine Chapel ceiling |
EDEN |
| Long-running series featuring special agents |
NCIS |
| Loosen, as skates |
UNLACE |
| Macramé basic |
KNOT |
| Major |
KEY |
| Meal opener? |
OAT |
| Moves fast |
ZIPS |
| Nursery rhyme victims of the farmer’s wife |
MICE |
| Passageway for tears |
DUCT |
| Pay for |
FUND |
| Peeve |
IRK |
| Perennial problem for the iconic Pauline |
PERIL |
| Pharmaceutical giant ___ Lilly |
ELI |
| Place to change at the pool |
CABANA |
| Prepares to sing the national anthem |
STANDS |
| Program with more than 40 Primetime Emmys, briefly |
SNL |
| Ran with long strides |
LOPED |
| Reddish dye applied to the skin of many Indian brides |
HENNA |
| Relayed |
SENT |
| Remove all traces of |
ERASE |
| Ruse |
PLOY |
| Sam’s Club competitor |
COSTCO |
| Scold harshly |
RAILAT |
| Screwball |
ZANY |
| Seem reasonable |
ADDUP |
| Shire of the ‘Rocky’ films |
TALIA |
| Singer whose archive was acquired by the University of Tulsa in 2016 |
DYLAN |
| Some special agents, briefly |
FEDS |
| Staple of slapstick humor |
PIE |
| Turn down |
DENY |
| Vikki with the album ‘It Must Be Him’ |
CARR |
| Virgil’s masterwork |
AENEID |
| Was in session |
SAT |
| Where many good works are on display |
ARTSHOW |
| Wide ruffle |
FLOUNCE |
| WWII turning point |
DDAY |
