The Washington Post – Feb 3 2016 Crossword Solution
| Clues | Solutions |
|---|---|
| ’21’ singer | ADELE |
| ‘Cavalleria rusticana,’ for one | OPERA |
| ‘The Big Bang Theory’ network | CBS |
| ‘___ Maria’ | AVE |
| 2016, e.g | YEAR |
| Abu Dhabi native | ARAB |
| Actress Spelling | TORI |
| Assignment for Sherlock Holmes | CASE |
| ATF agent | FED |
| Baby blues | EYES |
| Benjamin Harrison, e.g | FORT |
| Biblical birthright seller | ESAU |
| Brand of loafers | VANS |
| Cheerful tune | LILT |
| Common sight in 6-Down | GLACIER |
| Competed in the steeplechase | RAN |
| Crossword puzzle solver’s lament | IMSTUCK |
| Cryptanalyst Turing | ALAN |
| Dallas Cowboys symbol | STAR |
| Defaults? | LEAVESALOAN |
| Degrees held by many CEOs | MBAS |
| Deli loaf | RYE |
| Dennis the Menace, to Mr. Wilson | PEST |
| Drum and hammer setting | EAR |
| Dynamic introduction? | AERO |
| Eeler’s cry of discovery? | THATSAMORAY |
| Eligible for Mensa | SMART |
| Exactly right | SPOTON |
| Folksinger Burl | IVES |
| Fresno-to-Los Angeles dir | SSE |
| Gets in the crosshairs, with ‘at’ | AIMS |
| Graceland icon | ELVIS |
| Graybeard | ELDER |
| Highland games garment | KILT |
| Home to the Great Wall and the Wailing Wall | ASIA |
| Impulse | URGE |
| Inner circle | CADRE |
| Juvenile | YOUNG |
| Lifeless | INERT |
| Clues | Solutions |
|---|---|
| March Madness allure? | POWEROFATOURNEY |
| McGregor of ‘Angels & Demons’ | EWAN |
| Minimalist’s focus | LEAST |
| Nancy Drew, for one | SLEUTH |
| Neither’s partner | NOR |
| Nickname of Ernest Hemingway | PAPA |
| Novak Djokovic, notably | SERB |
| Obsidian makeup | LAVA |
| One of a Columbus trio | NINA |
| One out of 10? | ZERO |
| Paradise of Genesis | EDEN |
| Parking place | LOT |
| Paying passenger | FARE |
| Pimped-out ride feature | STEREO |
| Plain as day | OVERT |
| Put into service | USE |
| Remark by Arnold Ziffel | OINK |
| Riot squad weapon | TASER |
| Rocky beginning | BADSTART |
| Round handles | KNOBS |
| Rowdy shindig | ORGY |
| Scrumptious | TASTY |
| Security problems | LEAKS |
| Short drive | SPIN |
| Spill the beans | TELL |
| Stadium section | TIER |
| Subject of Senator Tom Cotton’s letter | IRAN |
| Swashbuckler Flynn | ERROL |
| Swear | AVER |
| Take back | UNDO |
| Take to the skies | SOAR |
| Tennis Grand Slam winner Rod | LAVER |
| The Last Frontier | ALASKA |
| Ticked off Popeye? | AGGRAVATEDASALT |
| Utility bill figure | RATE |
| Where Hawks play with Raptors | ARENA |
| Wood strip | LATH |
| Work the room | SCHMOOZE |
| ___ noir | PINOT |