The Washington Post – Feb 24 2016 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| ‘Amazing’ paranormal debunker |
RANDI |
| ‘L’Immoraliste’ author André |
GIDE |
| ‘___ Flux’ (Charlize Theron movie) |
AEON |
| Actress who plays Detective Carrie Wells on TV’s ‘Unforgettable’ |
POPPYMONTGOMERY |
| Available space |
ROOM |
| Bacterium with a bad reputation |
ECOLI |
| Bad, bad Brown of song |
LEROY |
| Balderdash |
ROT |
| Ballparks |
STADIA |
| Batik maker |
DYER |
| Before, poetically |
ERE |
| Biblical boatbuilder |
NOAH |
| Big Bird’s home |
SESAMESTREET |
| Bigfoot’s Asian cousin |
YETI |
| Canines, e.g |
TEETH |
| Categorize |
SORT |
| Channel choice of armchair jocks |
ESPN |
| Citrus hybrid from Jamaica |
UGLI |
| Cookie that Donald Trump said he was ‘never eating again’ in protest of a plant move to Mexico |
OREO |
| Dazzling success |
ECLAT |
| Erstwhile Fox drama that starred Peter Gallagher and Mischa Barton |
THEOC |
| Far-fetched |
TALL |
| Footwear that might be right on point |
TOESHOE |
| Gaelic |
ERSE |
| Golden Rule preposition |
UNTO |
| Halitosis condition that would repel Dracula |
GARLICBREATH |
| Hankering |
YEN |
| Helpful, congenial character in ‘The Wind in the Willows’ |
OTTER |
| It lets you let |
LEASE |
| Item thrown in by a quitter |
TOWEL |
| Jean Valjean’s escape route through Paris |
SEWER |
| Kremlin roofline feature |
ONIONDOME |
| Like a short little teapot of song |
STOUT |
| Linney of ‘Mr. Holmes’ |
LAURA |
| Long Island iced tea ingredient |
COLA |
| Loose |
LAX |
| Lou Grant’s portrayer |
EDASNER |
| Louis Armstrong, to his friends |
SATCH |
| Makes like a disturbed jellyfish |
STINGS |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Managed care gps |
HMOS |
| Many an applicant for a learner’s permit |
TEEN |
| Many servicepeople work for them |
TIPS |
| Melville’s ‘Typee’ sequel |
OMOO |
| Middle Eastern pocket |
PITA |
| Neckwear for Thurston Howell III |
ASCOT |
| New blood for the company |
HIREE |
| Nincompoop |
DODO |
| No head-turner, she |
PLAINJANE |
| Olive product |
OIL |
| Oodles |
TONS |
| Passé |
DATED |
| Personal secy., for example |
ASST |
| Polynesian kingdom whose currency unit is the pa’anga |
TONGA |
| Posted, as a letter |
SENT |
| Preside over, in court |
TRY |
| Privy to |
INON |
| Quiz’s more formal relative |
EXAM |
| Refuse |
SAYNO |
| Sales help |
CLERK |
| School lunch favorite, familiarly |
PBJ |
| Separate |
PART |
| Seriously unimpressive |
BLAH |
| Server’s receptacle |
TRAY |
| Service winner |
ACE |
| Shul skullcap |
YARMULKE |
| Slitherers along the Nile |
ASPS |
| Sotomayor of the Supreme Court |
SONIA |
| Suffix for Siam or Peking |
ESE |
| Tampa-to-Orlando dir |
ENE |
| They might be minced or solemn |
OATHS |
| Transmits a quick cybermessage to |
IMS |
| Tripes ___ mode de Caen (rustic French dinner classic) |
ALA |
| Two-bagger (abbr.) |
DBL |
| Under the weather |
ILL |
| Utopia visited by Voltaire’s Candide |
ELDORADO |
| What bills become after they’re passed |
ACTS |
| Wild card in canasta |
DEUCE |
| ___Lo Green |
CEE |