The Washington Post – Aug 11 2016 Crossword Solution
Clues |
Answers |
‘Just like that!,’ as heard in ‘The Godfather’ |
BADABING |
‘When I was ___ …’ (‘H.M.S. Pinafore’ lyric) |
ALAD |
1973 Supreme Court decision name |
WADE |
An American in Paris, maybe* |
EMIGRE |
Antsy |
ONEDGE |
Biblical beast |
ASS |
Big deal |
ADO |
Bikini, for one |
ATOLL |
Bitter end? |
NESS |
Brewpub fixture |
ALETAP |
Broadway producer |
STAGER |
Broken |
TAME |
Brown family member |
ECRU |
Bulls or Bears |
TEAM |
Buzz’s moonmate |
NEIL |
Crackerjack |
AONE |
Cross inscription |
INRI |
Cry of dismay |
OHDEAR |
Disobeyed a zoo sign? |
FED |
Downed a sub, say |
ATE |
Eliot’s ‘Adam ___’ |
BEDE |
Exchange |
TRADEIN |
Fall setting |
EDEN |
Family girl |
SISTER |
Flip |
OVERTURN |
Follower of Mao? |
TSE |
Gerund maker |
ING |
Happening place, colloquially* |
WHEREITSAT |
Heat unit? |
PIECE |
Helped settle, as an argument |
MEDIATED |
Hold |
DEEM |
However, informally |
THO |
Humanist from Holland |
ERASMUS |
Ice cream maker Ben and songwriter Leonard |
COHENS |
Jarring jolt* |
SUDDENIMPACT |
Jawaharlal’s daughter |
INDIRA |
Judged as appropriate |
SAWFIT |
Clues |
Answers |
Keystone State port |
ERIE |
King in a Steve Martin song |
TUT |
Lethal nerve gas |
SARIN |
Letters |
MAIL |
Maids, at times |
DUSTERS |
New York Harbor sight |
FERRY |
Not too old, not too young* |
MIDDLEAGED |
One of the Gorgons |
MEDUSA |
One-named singer who recorded at the Acropolis |
YANNI |
Opposed |
AVERSE |
Org. with a mission |
NASA |
Owl with a message about ecology |
WOODSY |
Parlor pic |
TAT |
Pastoral expanses |
LEAS |
Patton portrayer |
SCOTT |
Pilot’s problem |
YAW |
Pinning place* |
WRESTLINGMAT |
Pinup’s leg |
GAM |
Pompous walk |
STRUT |
President during the Teapot Dome scandal |
HARDING |
Pro follower |
RATA |
Proctor’s call |
TIME |
Provided a staff for |
MANNED |
Russian range |
URALS |
Salad oil holder |
CRUET |
Sandra in a song from ‘Grease’ |
DEE |
Set off |
IGNITE |
Sign of spring |
THAW |
Simple poetry pattern |
ABAB |
Spots on your TV worth watching |
PSAS |
Spread |
SOW |
Tabby’s mate* |
TOMCAT |
Their businesses are growing |
FARMS |
What a cool customer might have in his or her veins |
ICEWATER |
World’s largest peninsula |
ARABIA |
Yankee nickname |
AROD |
___-night doubleheader |
TWI |