The Washington Post – May 9 2016 Crossword Solution
Clues |
Answers |
‘A Walk in the Woods’ costar Nick |
NOLTE |
‘Doctor Zhivago’ protagonist |
YURI |
‘Got it’ |
ISEE |
‘How ___ Your Mother’ |
IMET |
‘I’m with you on that!’ |
AMEN |
‘Uh-huh’ |
YEAH |
‘What ___ can go wrong?’ |
ELSE |
1992 Tom Selleck sports comedy |
MRBASEBALL |
2012 Oscar-winning film with a title taken from Greek mythology |
ARGO |
7UP’s tagline, with ‘the’ |
UNCOLA |
Abecedarian |
TYRO |
Actor McKellen |
IAN |
Adrian’s portrayer in the ‘Rocky’ franchise |
TALIA |
Basket for a brook trout |
CREEL |
Bed-and-breakfast, often |
INN |
Betrayer of Othello |
IAGO |
Brief life story |
BIO |
Cartesian name |
RENE |
Colorado ski resort |
ASPEN |
Compensate |
PAY |
Cowboys’ gear |
LASSOS |
Dashboard fig |
MPH |
Directional signal |
ARROW |
Duran Duran frontman Simon |
LEBON |
El ___ (the USA and Canada, to Central Americans) |
NORTE |
Emotion of the shouting reindeer of song |
GLEE |
Fresh talk |
SASS |
Glistening, like a Mr. Universe contestant’s skin |
OILED |
Greek letter that looks like a ‘P’ |
RHO |
Handout to Junior, perhaps |
WEEKLYALLOWANCE |
Hawkeye’s home |
IOWA |
Heftiness |
BULK |
Home state of the Volunteers (abbr.) |
TENN |
Honey wine |
MEAD |
Human rights attorney and noted 2014 bride Alamuddin |
AMAL |
Image used for scene segues on ‘The Big Bang Theory’ |
ATOM |
Inclination |
BIAS |
Irregular |
ERRATIC |
It’s used to test the waters |
TRIALBALLOON |
Clues |
Answers |
Item carried by Diogenes |
LAMP |
Landed |
ALIT |
Like a slightly deflated sphere, perhaps |
OBLATE |
Lobster shack attire |
BIB |
Maidenform competitor that shares a name with a noted Belarusian gymnast |
OLGA |
Marseille maiden (abbr.) |
MLLE |
Ninny |
TWIT |
No-no for a vegan |
MEAT |
Offered |
BADE |
One of a trident’s three |
TINE |
One of four US presidents to win a Nobel Peace Prize |
OBAMA |
One who’s bad looking? |
OGLER |
Peptic problem |
ULCER |
Picture |
PHOTO |
Pierce’s portrayer, on TV’s ‘M*A*S*H’ |
ALDA |
Place for a stud |
LOBE |
Popular site for techy gadget reviews |
CNET |
Quinoa cultivator of old |
INCA |
Really stinks |
BITES |
Right-angled structural supports |
LBARS |
Ring out |
PEAL |
Riotous way to run |
AMOK |
Role that launched Calista Flockhart’s star |
ALLYMCBEAL |
Scintilla |
IOTA |
Second-stringers |
BTEAMS |
Seminary subj |
REL |
Shakespeare’s moniker |
THEBARD |
Shankar piece |
RAGA |
Sharpens |
HONES |
Sort |
ILK |
Sporty auto roof |
TTOP |
Stat on a JFK monitor |
ETA |
Target with a beam |
LASE |
Tart relative |
PIE |
Terrible time in the nursery, they say |
TWOS |
The Last Frontier |
ALASKA |
Tossed, as a grenade |
LOBBED |
Toughest command on a driving test, for many |
PARALLELPARK |
___ Family Singers (group whose origins were portrayed in ‘The Sound of Music’) |
TRAPP |