The Washington Post – Feb 4 2016 Crossword Solution
| Clues | Solutions |
|---|---|
| ‘Dude,’ in the ’50s | DADDYO |
| ‘Murder, ___ Wrote’ | SHE |
| ‘Oh, Lady Be Good!’ singer Fitzgerald | ELLA |
| ‘The Big Sleep’ genre | NOIR |
| ‘The House at ___ Corner’ (1928 children’s book) | POOH |
| ‘___ to worry!’ | NOT |
| A.L. lineup members | DHS |
| Amigo | PAL |
| Anna’s sister, in ‘Frozen’ | ELSA |
| Aquafina rival | EVIAN |
| Backbone-related | SPINAL |
| Bob and ___ | WEAVE |
| Brand with Hibiskus and Berri Açaí varieties | ABSOLUT |
| By way of | VIA |
| Capital on the Dnieper River | KIEV |
| Card player’s favorite exercise? | JUMPINGJACKS |
| Casual assent | YEAH |
| Chess opening? | CEE |
| Composer of the Mephisto Waltzes | LISZT |
| Contact by phone, in a way | TEXT |
| Cops check them out | ALIBIS |
| Creator of the Watson supercomputer | IBM |
| Cut off, as branches | LOP |
| Dance music style that incorporates funk and hip-hop | ACIDJAZZ |
| Deliberate insults | SLIGHTS |
| Denny’s rival | IHOP |
| Eager to listen | ALLEARS |
| Epic in which Hector is slain | ILIAD |
| Falls away | EBBS |
| Follower’s suffix | IST |
| Freedom from worries | EASE |
| Fully convinced | SOLD |
| Glum expression | LONGFACE |
| Got a good look at | EYED |
| Hairstylist’s favorite exercise? | BICEPSCURL |
| Hearts, for one | SUIT |
| Intense passion | FERVOR |
| iPhone downloads | APPS |
| It consists of five books | TORAH |
| Clues | Solutions |
|---|---|
| Judge’s favorite exercise? | BENCHPRESS |
| Key signature with four sharps | EMAJOR |
| Knock for a loop | STUN |
| Letters on a wedding invitation | RSVP |
| Liquid in a drum | OIL |
| Lizard studied by Darwin | IGUANA |
| Lugosi of ‘The Raven’ | BELA |
| Map dots | ISLETS |
| Monopoly location | JAIL |
| Mustangs, e.g | CARS |
| Naut. heading | SSW |
| Next yr.’s college freshmen | SRS |
| Nonkosher fish | EEL |
| Noted Ravel composition | BOLERO |
| Old-fashioned preposition | UNTO |
| Onetime General Motors subsidiary | SAAB |
| Org. with patrol leaders | BSA |
| Passover cracker | MATZO |
| Perform like Lil Wayne | RAP |
| Piecrust flavor | OREO |
| Popular poodle name | FIFI |
| Prince Harry, to Princess Charlotte | UNCLE |
| Private detective’s favorite exercise? | SHADOWBOXING |
| Quite devout | PIOUS |
| Salon job, briefly | PERM |
| Seating section | TIER |
| Shape of a parenthesis | ARC |
| Shrill bark | YIP |
| Some Missouri natives | OSAGES |
| Spill carelessly | SLOP |
| Stinging blows | SLAPS |
| Talk wildly | RANT |
| To the ___ degree | NTH |
| Trendy watering hole | BREWPUB |
| Unlocked? | BALD |
| War on Poverty prez | LBJ |
| Williams of ‘Happy Days’ | ANSON |
| Wood for a cooper, at times | ELM |
| Words from a bluffer, perhaps | IRAISE |