The Washington Post – Feb 16 2016 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Solutions |
| ‘Kill the ump!’ |
BOO |
| ‘Look what we just did!’ |
TADA |
| ‘___ the ramparts we watched …’ |
OER |
| African antelope |
ELAND |
| Alpine refrains |
YODELS |
| Attractive offer from a car dealership |
NOMONEYDOWN |
| Be proactive |
PLAN |
| Big burden |
ONUS |
| Brass band instrument |
TROMBONE |
| Business sign abbr |
ESTAB |
| Captures |
SNARES |
| Citation shortener |
ETAL |
| Coiled shape |
HELIX |
| Country singer McEntire |
REBA |
| Debonair neckwear |
ASCOT |
| Delta House attire |
TOGA |
| Detective novelist Grafton |
SUE |
| Dunham of ‘Girls’ |
LENA |
| Ed of ‘Lou Grant’ |
ASNER |
| Exchanging words |
ATIT |
| Exercise regimen |
YOGA |
| Fetches |
GETS |
| First-stringers |
ATEAM |
| Foul mood |
SNIT |
| Fraternity letter |
ETA |
| Haggard |
DRAWN |
| Half of Mork’s sign-off |
NANU |
| High-end fashion magazine |
VOGUE |
| It might be docked |
TAIL |
| Jai ___ |
ALAI |
| Jason Bourne, for Matt Damon |
ROLE |
| King or queen |
SIZE |
| Knock off |
WHACK |
| Knocked loopy |
DOWNFORTHECOUNT |
| Knuckles under |
ACCEDES |
| Leaves speechless |
AWES |
| Like many bootees |
KNITTED |
| Lone Star State moniker |
TEX |
| Longtime Balkan leader |
TITO |
| Clues |
Solutions |
| McGregor of ‘Velvet Goldmine’ |
EWAN |
| Memory unit |
BYTE |
| Mexican munchie |
NACHO |
| MP’s quarry |
AWOL |
| Mumbo jumbo |
JIVE |
| Mushroom cloud maker |
ABOMB |
| Paternity suit evidence |
DNA |
| Perched on |
ATOP |
| Period after Shrove Tuesday |
LENT |
| Pinza of ‘South Pacific’ |
EZIO |
| Place |
LIEU |
| Pocket rockets, in poker |
ACES |
| Pop-up list |
MENU |
| Pro ___ |
RATA |
| Purges |
RIDS |
| Put on board |
LADE |
| Reads the riot act to |
BAWLSOUT |
| Sabermetrics datum |
STAT |
| Satellite transmission |
FEED |
| Saw logs |
SNORE |
| Senate affirmative |
YEA |
| Small salamander |
NEWT |
| Spanish tennis player nicknamed Rafa |
NADAL |
| Sparkling Italian export |
ASTI |
| Stagger |
REEL |
| They can be fragile and need to be stroked |
EGOS |
| Tired |
TRITE |
| Tribute that might seem more like a trial |
ROAST |
| Trinity’s interest in ‘The Matrix’ |
NEO |
| Trumpeter from New Orleans |
ALHIRT |
| Turns gray, perhaps |
AGES |
| Unpretentious |
DOWNTOEARTH |
| Venerate |
ESTEEM |
| Widely known |
NOTED |
| Wimple wearer |
NUN |
| Words of reassurance |
IWONTLETYOUDOWN |
| ___ Cruz, California |
SANTA |
| ___ Island, New York |
CONEY |
| ___ Z (hip-hop entrepreneur) |
JAY |