The Washington Post – Jun 15 2016 Crossword Solution
Clues |
Answers |
‘Dies ___’ |
IRAE |
‘Law & Order: SVU’ costar born Tracy Lauren Marrow |
ICET |
‘TV Guide’ datum |
AIRTIME |
‘___ go bragh!’ |
ERIN |
Abode with a chilly atmosphere |
IGLOO |
Above-the-knee skirt |
MINI |
Accept |
SAYYES |
Actor Hill of ‘The West Wing’ and ‘Psych’ |
DULE |
Approaches |
NEARS |
Ares’s mother |
HERA |
Aussie marsupial |
ROO |
Bauxite and cinnabar |
ORES |
Beehives, e.g |
DOS |
Big celebrations |
FETES |
Big name in objectivism |
RAND |
Blessing’s antecedent, often |
ACHOO |
Boomers that left the work force in 2003 (abbr.) |
SSTS |
Brownstone entry feature |
STOOP |
Capt. Jean-Luc Picard’s starship |
USSENTERPRISE |
Cat call producer |
LION |
Catcalls’ kin |
BOOING |
Chinese dynastic era known for its ceramics and porcelain |
MING |
Colorfully named evergreen |
REDFIR |
Common conjunction |
AND |
Congressional mtg |
SESS |
Country that’s a major producer of pistachio nuts |
IRAN |
Crack officer? |
NARC |
Delivered fourteen cards to a bridge player, e.g |
MISDEALT |
Domestic servant in many a Pearl S. Buck story |
AMAH |
Esau, to Jacob |
TWIN |
Famous Ford flops |
EDSELS |
Fictional crime family surname |
SOPRANO |
Fires, euphemistically |
LETSGO |
Form |
SHAPE |
Genesis creator |
SEGA |
Heels on a pumpernickel |
ENDS |
Helpful connections |
INS |
Hypergrammatical way to identify oneself |
ITSI |
Clues |
Answers |
Insects that might build mud nests |
WASPS |
Irish musician and social activist |
BONO |
Jardin ___ Tuileries |
DES |
Jordanian queen who played hockey for Princeton University |
NOOR |
Keeping under control |
ONTOPOF |
Managed care gps |
HMOS |
Mandarin collar-wearing villain in the James Bond franchise |
DRNO |
Mesmerized state |
TRANCE |
Milne’s tubby little cubby |
POOH |
N.W.A. cofounder, familiarly |
DRE |
Nixed |
SHOTDOWN |
Not home |
AWAY |
Oscar-winning picture based on a Carter-era hostage crisis |
ARGO |
Pagans for whom the oak tree was sacred |
DRUIDS |
Pirate or Giant, for short |
NLER |
Play a role |
ACT |
Prepare for adornment, as a belly button |
PIERCE |
Provocatively unconventional |
EDGY |
Resolute |
STANDINGFIRM |
Roosevelt’s successor |
TAFT |
Saint, to Kanye |
SON |
Saucy |
PERT |
Save |
RESCUE |
Scout’s brother, in ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ |
JEM |
Secretary of State with an eponymous folly |
SEWARD |
Sitcom whose theme song began, ‘Come and knock on our door …’ |
THREESCOMPANY |
Some June arrivals |
GEMINIS |
Some native Nigerians |
IBOS |
Some picture files, in computerspeak |
JPEGS |
Start of a nursery school ditty |
ABCD |
Start of the Parisian workweek |
LUNDI |
Sty cry |
OINK |
Suppressed |
SATON |
Total |
ADD |
Tyrannosaurus rex or canary |
BIPED |
Used to be |
WAS |
Website that allows collaborative editing |
WIKI |
What Woody wears, in ‘Toy Story’ |
COWBOYOUTFIT |