The Washington Post – May 17 2016 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| ‘American Gods’ novelist Neil |
GAIMAN |
| ‘Fun, Fun, Fun’ car |
TBIRD |
| ‘Going My Way’ Oscar winner |
CROSBY |
| ‘No problemo’ |
CANDO |
| Air rifle ammo |
BBSHOT |
| Animal pursued in the Calydonian Hunt |
BOAR |
| Annual Florida football game |
ORANGEBOWL |
| Basics for beginning readers |
ABCS |
| Bit of a chuckle |
HEE |
| Bones that parallel radii |
ULNAS |
| Boxy Toyota |
SCION |
| Bread that might be seeded |
RYE |
| Campus mil. group |
ROTC |
| Captain played by Pine since 2009 |
KIRK |
| Carpenter’s cutter |
SAW |
| Caustic chemical |
LYE |
| City southwest of Bogotá |
CALI |
| Civil rights icon Parks |
ROSA |
| Close to the hour |
TENOF |
| Come up again |
RECUR |
| Criminal court that was built over part of London’s former city wall |
OLDBAILEY |
| Cultural Revolution leader |
MAO |
| Dench of ‘As Time Goes By’ |
JUDI |
| Docs who deliver, or what this puzzle’s longest entries have in common |
OBS |
| Domino spot |
PIP |
| Drama in which Tatiana Maslany plays multiple roles |
ORPHANBLACK |
| Easy to pick up, say |
ATHAND |
| Feature of some large kitchens |
ISLAND |
| First host of ‘Family Feud’ |
DAWSON |
| Forensic evidence collector |
SWAB |
| Free TV ad |
PSA |
| Gadget with earbuds |
IPOD |
| Give the cold shoulder to |
IGNORE |
| Go public with |
AIR |
| Great Salt Lake abundance, to a chemist |
NACL |
| Hindu class |
CASTE |
| Home of the Braves (abbr.) |
ATL |
| Hustle, quaintly |
HIE |
| In-flight figs |
ETAS |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Is abuzz |
HUMS |
| Japanese soup |
MISO |
| Joule fractions |
ERGS |
| Judd of country music |
NAOMI |
| Laura Bush’s brother-in-law |
JEB |
| Like pawned items |
INHOCK |
| Line of work, briefly |
BIZ |
| Maker of Beneful pet treats |
PURINA |
| Mineo of ‘Rebel Without a Cause’ |
SAL |
| Nabe south of Pasadena |
EASTLA |
| NFL ballcarriers |
RBS |
| Normandy landing spot |
OMAHABEACH |
| One with a subscription to the Met, probably |
OPERABUFF |
| Pandora’s boxful |
ILLS |
| Part of C in C (abbr.) |
CDR |
| Photo lab abbr |
ENL |
| Place for fuzzy navels |
BAR |
| Plant with stickers |
NETTLE |
| Poetic feet |
IAMBI |
| Poker seed money |
ANTE |
| Potato gadget that resembles a garlic press |
RICER |
| Quaint cash register button |
NOSALE |
| Quentin Tarantino’s two-part martial arts film |
KILLBILL |
| Rolled oats cereal |
MUESLI |
| Sick kid’s TLC giver |
DRMOM |
| Snowman’s neckwear |
SCARF |
| Sound from the bull pen |
SNORT |
| Source of child support? |
KNEE |
| South American plain |
LLANO |
| State secrets? |
BLAB |
| Tab |
CHECK |
| That dude’s |
HIS |
| The Yoko of ‘Dear Yoko’ and ‘Oh Yoko!’ |
ONO |
| Thomas More work |
UTOPIA |
| Toondom’s Olive |
OYL |
| Vital |
KEY |
| Where ‘it’s all happening,’ per Simon & Garfunkel |
ATTHEZOO |
| Where the floor is always wet |
OCEAN |
| ___-Wan Kenobi of ‘Star Wars’ |
OBI |
