The Washington Post – May 15 2016 Crossword Solution
Clues |
Answers |
‘Fatal Attraction’ husband |
DAN |
‘Finish,’ to sommeliers |
AFTERTASTE |
‘___ Dos Fridas’ (Kahlo painting) |
LAS |
Abandon, informally |
DITCH |
Associate with |
TIETO |
Atlas Mtns. locale |
AFR |
Author on Italy’s two-euro coin |
DANTE |
Beanies and yarmulkes |
SKULLCAPS |
Book jacket reviews, usually |
ACCOLADES |
By way of, old-style |
THRO |
Carnival ride music, e.g |
LILT |
Carpenter’s collapsible measuring gadget |
ZIGZAGRULE |
Chophouse orders |
TBONES |
Concorde fleet, once |
SSTS |
Confucian ‘path’ |
TAO |
Consider |
DEEM |
Conversational taboos, perhaps |
SORESPOTS |
Creamy cheese made with remnants of mozzarella |
BURRATA |
Creator of laudatory lines |
ODIST |
Cries of disappointment |
DRATS |
Cruciform letter |
TAU |
Crumble |
FALLAPART |
Dealt in stocks |
TRADED |
Drosselmeyer’s godchild in ‘The Nutcracker’ |
CLARA |
Early surgery aid |
ETHER |
Eastern au pair |
AMAH |
Father, to Philippe |
PERE |
Flop’s opposite |
HIT |
Frosty the Snowman transformer |
HAT |
Guffaw syllable |
HAR |
HMO participants |
MDS |
Insolvent |
FLATBUSTED |
Itinerary info |
ETAS |
Liberals |
LEFTISTS |
Looney Tunes ‘devil,’ casually |
TAZ |
Many an ’80s Chrysler |
KCAR |
Clues |
Answers |
Minister’s calling, with ‘the’ |
CLOTH |
Mother who hums to her offspring |
LLAMA |
Nonplussed |
FAZED |
One in protective gear at home |
UMP |
Org. handing down rules for clubs |
USGA |
Outshone |
ECLIPSED |
Oxonian’s ‘Outstanding!’ |
CAPITAL |
Performers who might pretend to be trapped in a box |
MIMES |
Place to detrain (abbr.) |
STA |
Pol. affiliation of Teddy Roosevelt |
GOP |
Produce suddenly |
SPROUT |
Punctuate a rapprochement, in modern lingo |
HUGITOUT |
Resolute |
FIRM |
Rile up |
ANGER |
Run off at the mouth |
BLATHER |
Scarf tucked into a bodice |
FICHU |
Second Amendment subject |
MILITIA |
Sistine Chapel ceiling figure with an extended arm |
ADAM |
Sitcom featuring a voice-only doorman |
RHODA |
Something metaphorically massaged |
EGO |
Specialized jargon |
ARGOT |
State of ‘champagne wishes and caviar dreams’ |
HIGHLIFE |
Tenacious foe of Julius Caesar |
CATO |
Texter’s roar |
LOL |
The Big ___ (Shaquille O’Neal nickname) |
ARISTOTLE |
Tony Shalhoub’s ‘Cars’ role |
LUIGI |
Towering |
IMMENSE |
Transposing two numbers, say |
MISDIALING |
Wackford Squeers in ‘Nicholas Nickleby’ or Henry Brocklehurst in ‘Jane Eyre’ |
HEADMASTER |
Wag one’s finger at |
CHIDE |
Welcome gift that may include dental floss |
LEI |
What an echo on a recording may delineate |
AURALSPACE |
Where Troy Aikman was a QB |
UCLA |
Whodunit suspect, often |
HEIR |
Wildlife photographer’s excursion |
SAFARI |
Words indicating second thoughts |
THENAGAIN |