The Washington Post – Aug 1 2016 Crossword Solution
Clues |
Answers |
‘After the Gold Rush’ singer Young |
NEIL |
‘Brilliant, ain’t I?!’ |
TADA |
‘Go Set a Watchman’ author Harper |
LEE |
‘Sleepless in Seattle’ director Nora |
EPHRON |
‘Straight Outta Compton’ figure, briefly |
DRE |
‘Ta-ta,’ in Toulouse |
ADIEU |
‘Toys in the ___’ (Aerosmith album) |
ATTIC |
A hundred bucks |
ONEC |
Acrimony |
IRE |
Alan of ‘Bridge of Spies’ |
ALDA |
All thumbs |
INEPT |
Amtrak bullet train |
ACELA |
ASAP |
PDQ |
Bailout key |
ESC |
Before, in ballads |
ERE |
Bing quest (abbr.) |
RTE |
Capital of Jordan |
AMMAN |
Capitol Reef National Park locale |
UTAH |
Chills and fever |
AGUE |
Civil injustice |
TORT |
Clear, as a whiteboard |
ERASE |
Cold War summit |
SALTII |
Community character |
ETHOS |
Country singer McEntire |
REBA |
Ding-a-ling |
DODO |
Dirt cake ingredient |
OREO |
Elise manufacturer |
LOTUS |
Engage in sweet talk (and a hint to 20-, 26-, and 44-Across) |
TURNONTHECHARM |
Eternally |
EVER |
Exploratory spacecraft |
PROBE |
Field that has many sources |
JOURNALISM |
Fire preceder |
AIM |
Firmly established |
DEEPSEATED |
Foggy state |
STUPOR |
Fried pork servings |
HAMCROQUETTES |
Gen. who became pres |
DDE |
Gets the soap off |
RINSES |
Gp. that opposed the Vietnam War |
SDS |
Clues |
Answers |
Groupie target |
IDOL |
Hard to find |
RARE |
Home of the Heat and the Hurricanes |
MIAMI |
Hoodoo amulet |
MOJO |
Instrument played by Dr. Phibes |
ORGAN |
La-Z-Boy organizer |
ARMCHAIRCADDY |
Like grapefruit juice |
ACIDIC |
Major for a future bureaucrat, briefly |
POLISCI |
Make a scene? |
ACT |
Member of a drove |
HARE |
Merit badge locale |
SASH |
Mincemeat, e.g |
PIE |
Nice guys? |
FRENCH |
Oracle, in Oakland |
ARENA |
Paradise of Genesis |
EDEN |
Part of show business |
CINEMA |
Performance review period, typically |
YEAR |
Physics topic |
ATOM |
Pink slip |
MARCHINGORDERS |
Pooch that bit Almira Gulch |
TOTO |
Regret |
RUE |
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame architect |
PEI |
Russell’s role in ‘Tombstone’ |
EARP |
Something marked by Botts’ dots |
LANE |
Sputtering sound |
PFFT |
Succor |
AID |
Superfund org |
EPA |
Surround |
HEMIN |
Tenor Enrico |
CARUSO |
The first James Bond film |
DRNO |
These get puckered and smacked |
LIPS |
Time to give up? |
LENT |
Top of a church |
STEEPLE |
What a keeper may keep |
INN |
Word before Horse or Butterfly |
IRON |
Xenophobe’s fear |
ALIEN |
___ duty |
CIVIC |
___ shui |
FENG |