The Washington Post – Apr 22 2016 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| ‘Catch a Falling Star’ Grammy winner |
COMO |
| ‘I’ll take over from here’ |
LETME |
| ‘Nova’ subj |
SCI |
| Adelaide-to-Melbourne dir |
ESE |
| American publisher who championed Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’ |
CERF |
| Approaches |
STYLES |
| AT&T Stadium quarterback |
ROMO |
| Athenian in a Shakespeare title |
TIMON |
| Bedazzled |
AWED |
| Bestow |
AWARD |
| Biblical water-into-wine site |
CANA |
| Blunder |
ERR |
| Brainstorm |
IDEA |
| Brutish alter ego of fiction |
HYDE |
| Buckeyes’ sch |
OSU |
| Celestial bear |
URSA |
| Cheese coated in red wax |
EDAM |
| Clairvoyant’s ability, for short |
ESP |
| Corp. fiscal VIPs |
CFOS |
| Course full of unknowns |
ALGEBRA |
| Dandified neckwear |
ASCOT |
| Deadly septet |
SINS |
| Dealer in stolen goods |
FENCE |
| Dedicatee of Lennon’s ‘Woman’ |
ONO |
| Display a one-track mind |
OBSESS |
| Do impressions of |
APE |
| Dumas’s Comte de la Fère, to fellow Musketeers |
ATHOS |
| Fed. pollution monitor |
EPA |
| Folded brunch orders |
OMELETS |
| Fortune 500 company that’s a major miner |
ALCOA |
| Fraction of a lira, once |
CENTESIMO |
| Fruit in most traditional sticky toffee puddings |
DATE |
| Gore and Hirt |
ALS |
| Halve dramatically |
REND |
| He made his film debut in ‘Rocky III’ |
MRT |
| Homer in ‘Lilies of the Field,’ e.g |
EXGI |
| Humble response to a compliment |
ITRY |
| Impatiens or Eucalyptus |
GENUS |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Issue petty criticisms |
SNIPE |
| Keep from flowing |
STEM |
| Like ballerinas or gymnasts |
LITHE |
| Like beer on tap, say |
ICECOLD |
| Lively folk dances |
REELS |
| Maryland athlete, colloquially |
TERP |
| Mauritania neighbor |
MALI |
| Missing, to an MP |
AWOL |
| Nanjing nursemaid |
AMAH |
| NASCAR Hall of Fame locale (abbr.) |
NCAR |
| No longer tied up |
FREE |
| One working your last nerve |
VEXER |
| Origin of some waves |
FUNHOUSEMIRROR |
| Origin of some waves |
ATLANTICOCEAN |
| Origin of some waves |
HOMEPERMANENT |
| Origin of some waves |
GAMMARADIATION |
| Outback fledglings |
EMUS |
| Outmoded tape format |
VHS |
| Piece of a trellis, often |
LATH |
| Pilfer |
COP |
| Pique |
ANNOYANCE |
| Pledge to do another stint |
REUP |
| Portuguese archipelago |
MADEIRA |
| Property claims |
LIENS |
| Rank above maj |
LTCOL |
| Rolf’s duet partner in ‘Sixteen Going on Seventeen’ |
LIESL |
| Run on television |
AIR |
| Scrawny |
GAUNT |
| Search comprehensively |
SCOUR |
| Seaweed at a sushi bar |
NORI |
| Sound in a game of horseshoes |
THUD |
| Staff symbol |
REST |
| Straitlaced |
PRIM |
| Subject of many strips in the ‘Bloom County’ reboot |
TRUMP |
| Tease relentlessly |
RIDE |
| Vermont ski mecca |
STOWE |
| Where to see M.C. Escher’s ‘Belvedere,’ with ‘The’ |
HAGUE |
| Wide’s partner |
FAR |
