The Washington Post – Aug 3 2016 Crossword Solution
Clues |
Answers |
‘Back to the Future’ antagonist |
BIFF |
‘Friendly skies’ co |
UAL |
‘I could ____ horse!’ |
EATA |
‘In that case …’ |
IFSO |
‘Strange Magic’ band, for short |
ELO |
‘The Affair’ airer, for short |
SHO |
‘Tosca’ tune |
ARIA |
‘What’s Going On’ singer |
GAYE |
‘Yay!’ |
OHGOODY |
‘___ Doone’ |
LORNA |
‘___ Play Golf’ (Tiger Woods book) |
HOWI |
‘___ Teenage Werewolf’ |
IWASA |
1944 Hitchc*ck movie in which his picture is shown in a newspaper on board |
LIFEBOAT |
Actress Jessica of ‘Sin City’ |
ALBA |
Annoyances |
PESTS |
Attack |
SETON |
Begin |
START |
Brainiac |
EINSTEIN |
Buzzing bit for a sax mouthpiece |
REED |
C.K. show on FX |
LOUIE |
Candle material |
BEESWAX |
Cantina order |
TACOS |
Cigar residue |
ASH |
Creature featured on British currency |
LION |
Cried copiously |
WEPT |
Cuban revolutionary, familiarly |
CHE |
Decorative pitcher |
EWER |
Direct |
FRANK |
Dracula portrayer |
LUGOSI |
Emergency signal |
FLARE |
Entre ___ |
NOUS |
Extra in ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ or ‘Galaxy Quest’ |
ALIEN |
Final |
LAST |
Firestone specialty |
TIRES |
Force someone forward – or a description of a Sousa song about amphibians? |
FROGMARCH |
Historic period |
ERA |
Hopi ritual in which participants move in a zigzag line – or a description of a charmed cobra’s movements? |
SNAKEDANCE |
Instrument that’s played while buzzed |
KAZOO |
James Brown stage routine – or a description of a caravan? |
CAMELWALK |
Clues |
Answers |
Jewish folklore creature |
GOLEM |
Justice Sotomayor |
SONIA |
Lucy of ‘Charlie’s Angels’ |
LIU |
Made a pronouncement |
RULED |
Made eyes at |
OGLED |
Manufacturer of tiny bricks and their dispensers |
PEZ |
Mine find |
ORE |
Movie set equipment |
BOOMS |
NBA center Whiteside who was among the league leaders in blocks and rebounds in 2016 |
HASSAN |
Nev. neighbor |
ARIZ |
New Zealand native |
MAORI |
Nikon product, briefly |
SLR |
Note in a poker pot |
IOU |
Overdone |
BURNT |
Pays to play |
ANTES |
Phone greeting word in France |
ALLO |
Pizzazz |
FLAIR |
Precise |
EXACT |
Prenatal |
FETAL |
Pundit’s piece |
OPED |
Ragtime step – or a description of a Thanksgiving day road race? |
TURKEYTROT |
Requests the pleasure of one’s company |
ASKSOUT |
Roadside assistance mission |
TOW |
Santa ____, California |
CLARA |
Short arm of the Israeli law? |
UZI |
Sicilian volcano |
ETNA |
Sight-related |
OPTIC |
Site of two important Civil War battles – or a description of a Pamplona event? |
BULLRUN |
Skating gold medalist ___ Ohno |
APOLO |
Small whirlpool |
EDDY |
Stir-fry pan |
WOK |
Suffix with slug or song |
FEST |
Surgical tube |
STENT |
Tiny criticism |
NIT |
Trailblazer, for one |
HIKER |
Watched things at Weight Watchers |
WAISTS |
White roller in billiards |
CUEBALL |
Word before ‘ship’ or ‘tongue’ |
MOTHER |
Work on jerky |
CHEW |