The Washington Post – Jun 28 2016 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| ‘Ben-___’ |
HUR |
| ‘Not on ___!’ (‘Never gonna happen!’) |
ADARE |
| 1/sin |
COSEC |
| 2016 Rihanna album |
ANTI |
| Abbreviation between Sault and Marie |
STE |
| Accident investigation org |
NTSB |
| Actress D’Angelo to her friends, maybe |
BEV |
| Airport equipment needed in wintry weather |
DEICER |
| Art Deco designer of many Harper’s Bazaar covers |
ERTE |
| Awards given for superlative science fiction and fantasy writing |
HUGOS |
| B’way box office purchase |
TKT |
| Barbara and Sir Anthony |
EDENS |
| Big name in taxi service |
UBER |
| Burt Bacharach song that was a hit for both the Beatles and the Shirelles |
BABYITSYOU |
| Central gallery at Versailles |
HALLOFMIRRORS |
| City in Tibet for which a toy dog is named |
LHASA |
| Common enc |
SASE |
| CSA members |
REBS |
| Cupid’s Greek counterpart |
EROS |
| Czech Republic capital, to a native |
PRAHA |
| Destiny |
FATE |
| Destroy |
WRECK |
| Doc ___ (Spider-Man’s nemesis) |
OCK |
| Droops |
SAGS |
| Endorse digitally |
ESIGN |
| Evaluate |
RATE |
| Evidence of a skid |
TIREMARK |
| Fabulous writer? |
AESOP |
| Far from prolix |
TERSE |
| Formal fabric that rustles |
TAFFETA |
| Fran and Ollie’s cohort, on early television |
KUKLA |
| Geppetto’s goldfish |
CLEO |
| Gives the thumbs-up to |
OKAYS |
| Good buddy, in Tontospeak |
KEMOSABE |
| Grand |
THOU |
| Hankering |
ITCH |
| Hebrew word for ‘life,’ often seen as a necklace pendant |
CHAI |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Hobby of one who goes gaga over an Inverted Jenny |
PHILATELY |
| Intertwines |
ENLACES |
| It causes a bright pink reaction with phenolphthalein |
BASE |
| Ivory tower residents, perhaps |
IDEALISTS |
| Jason’s jilted wife, in Greek mythology |
MEDEA |
| Jury member, ostensibly |
PEER |
| League with Bulls and Timberwolves (abbr.) |
NBA |
| Letters on a clearance rack item, perhaps |
IRR |
| Long Island alma mater of ‘Practical Magic’ author Alice Hoffman |
ADELPHI |
| Maggie Simpson, to Bart |
KIDSISTER |
| Majority member? |
ADULT |
| Malwarebytes quarry |
COMPUTERVIRUS |
| Moo |
LOW |
| Moves like a buffalo on the range |
ROAMS |
| Notorious B.I.G. compositions |
RAPS |
| On the periphery |
OUTER |
| One of 1,963 for Wayne Gretzky |
ASSIST |
| Pay ___ (visit) |
ACALL |
| Piehole |
TRAP |
| Place to stash a bibelot |
NICHE |
| Rattling thoracic sound |
RALE |
| Rug rat |
ANKLEBITER |
| Santa ___ winds |
ANA |
| Sm.’s opposite |
LGE |
| Spoiler alert: like Old Yeller, at the end |
RABID |
| Spring’s opposite, tidewise |
NEAP |
| Squirt some WD-40 on |
LUBRICATE |
| Take it all off |
UNDRESS |
| Tetra- times two |
OCTA |
| The O’Haras’ plantation |
TARA |
| Those who take undue advantage |
USERS |
| Time unit? |
ISSUE |
| Top-notch |
AONE |
| Tube that might be inserted during an angioplasty |
STENT |
| University of Maryland jock |
TERP |
| Wharton’s Frome |
ETHAN |
| ___ kwon do |
TAE |
