The Washington Post – Feb 20 2016 Crossword Solution
Clues |
Answers |
‘At ease,’ e.g |
ORDER |
‘Cast of thousands’ member |
EXTRA |
‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ playwright |
MAMET |
‘Humble’ home |
ABODE |
‘Let’s get going!’ |
CMON |
‘Star Trek’ lieutenant |
SULU |
‘___ be of service?’ |
MAYI |
Athletic hero, say |
IDOL |
Baltimore & ___ Railroad |
OHIO |
Barnes’s business partner |
NOBLE |
Be pugilistic |
BOX |
Better safe ___ sorry |
THAN |
Biogenesis scandal nickname |
AROD |
Bryant of Crimson Tide fame |
BEAR |
Charged particle |
ION |
Coax or cajole |
URGE |
Contaminant-free |
PURE |
Contract proviso |
CLAUSE |
Corp. money managers |
CFOS |
Dealer’s choice choice |
FIVECARDSTUD |
Dernier ___ (latest fashion) |
CRI |
Dungeons & Dragons spellcaster |
MAGE |
Eaves droppers? |
ICICLES |
Exam administered on the forearm |
TBTEST |
Eye or whip follower |
LASH |
Famous fountain site |
TREVI |
Flat posting |
TOLET |
Flightless South American bird |
RHEA |
Forest inhabitants |
DEER |
Frigidaire competitor |
SUBZERO |
Gp. that opposes underage drinking |
SADD |
Haberdashery accessory |
TIECLIP |
Health care orgs |
HMOS |
Homeless child, to Jacob Riis |
STREETARAB |
Humdinger |
LULU |
Ivy League athletes |
ELIS |
Just a little cracked |
AJAR |
Just lying around |
IDLE |
Luggage |
BAGS |
Clues |
Answers |
Make unnecessary |
OBVIATE |
Makes sense of |
DIGESTS |
Muscular firmness |
TONE |
Needling remark |
BARB |
Not as remote |
NEARER |
Odist’s preposition |
ERE |
Otto I’s realm, briefly |
HRE |
Part of a whaling yell |
THAR |
Person whose talent is very limited |
ONETRICKPONY |
Pie ___ mode |
ALA |
Plummeted |
SANK |
Political commentator Brit |
HUME |
Pooch without papers |
MUTT |
Pros that are usually busy in Apr |
CPAS |
Proverbial small, unimportant town |
PODUNK |
Rapper Shawn Carter |
JAYZ |
Reinforcements |
AID |
Religious sculpture |
PIETA |
Revolver inventor |
SAMUELCOLT |
Rite places |
ALTARS |
Rock band Mötley ___ |
CRUE |
Sacred serpents of old |
ASPS |
Scary African fly |
TSETSE |
Sealing material |
CAULK |
Send forth, as light |
EMIT |
Severinsen and Holliday |
DOCS |
Sister of Eva and Magda |
ZSAZSA |
Somalian supermodel |
IMAN |
Some nest eggs, for short |
IRAS |
Squids’ kin |
OCTOPI |
Storage space, often |
ATTIC |
Successful puzzler’s cry |
AHA |
Surround |
ENVELOP |
Tanzanian tribesman |
MASAI |
The opposition |
THEM |
Tuesday, in New Orleans |
MARDI |
Video game pioneer |
ATARI |
Work on a keyboard |
TYPE |
Work on soundtracks |
DUB |