The Washington Post – Feb 8 2016 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Solutions |
| ”Guys and Dolls” character known for her lament |
ADELAIDE |
| ‘2001’ nonhuman villain |
HAL |
| ‘American Pastoral’ novelist |
ROTH |
| ‘Delta of Venus’ author |
NIN |
| ‘Foucault’s Pendulum’ author |
ECO |
| ‘Peachy keen!’ |
NEATO |
| ‘Rough day?’ response, maybe |
DONTASK |
| 2009 Peace Nobelist |
OBAMA |
| Adobe dwelling |
PUEBLO |
| African hunter’s quarry? |
CONGOGAME |
| Allstate competitor |
GEICO |
| Apt title for a Cuban drummer’s memoir? |
BONGOVOYAGE |
| Arrived impolitely |
BARGEDIN |
| Artist’s cap |
BERET |
| Backsplash material |
TILE |
| Best Picture of 2012 |
ARGO |
| Biblical twin |
JACOB |
| Biblical twin |
ESAU |
| Big name in dental care |
ORALB |
| Bizet work |
OPERA |
| Broadway title role for Angela Lansbury |
MAME |
| Capital of Samoa |
APIA |
| Center of gravity? |
VEE |
| Clock stopper, at times |
REF |
| Colorado ski resort |
VAIL |
| Composer Stravinsky |
IGOR |
| Continuously |
ONEND |
| Copier supply |
TONER |
| Cribbage marker |
PEG |
| Curly cabbage |
KALE |
| Daniel Webster, notably |
ORATOR |
| Everywhere |
FARANDWIDE |
| Former Colombian cartel city |
CALI |
| Former Swedish subsidiary of General Motors |
SAAB |
| Gas station fixture |
PUMP |
| Great Seal figure |
EAGLE |
| Hersey’s ‘A Bell for ___’ |
ADANO |
| Hodgepodge |
OLIO |
| In agreement |
ONBOARD |
| Clues |
Solutions |
| Indigo dye |
ANIL |
| Jargon |
LINGO |
| Jellied garnish |
ASPIC |
| Kind of question |
YESNO |
| Laugh heartily |
HOWL |
| Longest river entirely in Spain |
EBRO |
| Lucky leftover? |
ASH |
| Manage |
GETBY |
| Mason, for one |
JAR |
| Menu item at a Mexican restaurant |
TACO |
| Mercury or Saturn |
GOD |
| Moon goddess |
LUNA |
| Mucho |
LOTSA |
| Named |
CITED |
| Oklahoma city |
ENID |
| Olympics cheer |
USA |
| Once-a-week special on a certain tropical fruit? |
MANGOFRIDAY |
| Outdoor gear brand |
REI |
| Patio furniture wood |
TEAK |
| Pick up, in a way |
LEARN |
| Point at the dinner table? |
TINE |
| Prefix with plasm |
ENDO |
| Proposal |
OFFER |
| Purple shade |
LILAC |
| Queue for a Latin ballroom dance? |
TANGOLINE |
| Relinquish |
CEDE |
| Retainer |
FEE |
| Rip apart |
REND |
| Roof overhang |
EAVE |
| Seethe |
BOIL |
| Some market fluctuations |
DIPS |
| Summers on the Seine |
ETES |
| Surgical procedure that can improve the way you look? |
LASIK |
| Take out, editorially |
DELE |
| Tijuana water |
AGUA |
| Unyielding |
RELENTLESS |
| Use a divining rod |
DOWSE |
| ___ Janeiro |
RIODE |
| ___ up (catches on) |
WISES |