The Washington Post – Feb 26 2016 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| ‘Sure, tell me another one’ |
ILLBET |
| ‘___ Is Born’ (Streisand film) |
ASTAR |
| ABC news anchor David |
MUIR |
| Activity for the long run? |
MARATHON |
| African grassland grazers |
ZEBRAS |
| Based on error |
FALSE |
| Battery part |
ANODE |
| Brink |
EDGE |
| Broadway attraction |
SHOW |
| Carried along |
BORNE |
| Civic promoter? |
HONDA |
| Creator of the Imagine Peace Tower |
ONO |
| Cuernavaca coin |
PESO |
| Cupid’s missile |
ARROW |
| Deprive of some fleece |
SHEAR |
| Doozy |
LULU |
| Engage in a smackdown |
WRESTLE |
| Farm alarm |
ROOSTER |
| Fig leaf wearer |
EVE |
| Fish’s downfall, perhaps |
NETS |
| Fish’s downfall, perhaps |
BAIT |
| Fish’s downfall, perhaps |
LURE |
| Flycatchers? |
WEBS |
| Furry tunnelers |
MOLES |
| Groovy guys |
COOLDUDES |
| Hathaway of ‘Interstellar’ |
ANNE |
| Hospital division |
WARD |
| Huge horned herbivore, familiarly |
RHINO |
| Injured |
HURT |
| Last-second dunk |
BUZZERBEATER |
| Literary whaler |
AHAB |
| Lowlifes in the aquatic food chain |
ALGAE |
| Lug |
SCHLEP |
| Mammography tool |
XRAY |
| Matinee idol, say |
HEARTTHROB |
| Matt Damon’s locale in a 2015 film |
MARS |
| Merchant |
SELLER |
| Mimics |
APES |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Morels may be found around them |
ELMS |
| Mosque leader |
IMAM |
| Motormouth |
WINDBAG |
| Nanny goat |
DOE |
| Obtain by coercion |
EXTORT |
| One with a mass audience? |
POPE |
| Oscars, e.g |
AWARDS |
| Passé displayer of stock prices |
TICKERTAPE |
| Perimeter components |
LENGTHS |
| Picket line crosser |
SCAB |
| Propelled, as a keelboat |
POLED |
| Pub crawl quaff |
BEER |
| Quick plane trip |
HOP |
| Ration (out) |
METE |
| Reason for braces, maybe |
GAP |
| Receiver of a scoop |
CONE |
| Right-hand page |
RECTO |
| Risk a ticket |
SPEED |
| Rockets’ rivals |
GRIZZLIES |
| Rodeo rope |
LASSO |
| Roman love poet |
OVID |
| Rot |
GOBAD |
| Sharpen |
HONE |
| Shoe to help a woman stand tall |
PLATFORMPUMP |
| Shut noisily |
BANG |
| Sight blights |
EYESORES |
| Slight fight |
SPAT |
| Soldier on the march |
ANT |
| Sun and moon |
ORBS |
| Sunglass feature |
TINT |
| Take from a deck |
DRAW |
| The Americas’ largest bird |
RHEA |
| Throngs |
MOBS |
| Tiler’s calculation |
AREA |
| Troublesome state |
MESS |
| Wood for wine barrels |
OAK |
| Zeus and Zephyrus starters |
ZETAS |
| ___ Pasha (many an Ottoman statesman) |
ALI |