The Washington Post – Sep 11 2016Crossword Solution
Clues |
Answers |
‘Cleanup on aisle two’ tool |
MOP |
‘Dirty’ DeNiro role |
GRANDPA |
‘The roof of the world’ |
TIBET |
‘Wunderbar!’ |
FAB |
Absolute rule |
TSARISM |
Aim for |
ASPIRETO |
Arizona river |
GILA |
Bird akin to a warbler |
VIREO |
Bldg. loan |
MTGE |
Bronze ingredient |
TIN |
Butler from Scotland |
GERARD |
Cooper’s tool |
ADZE |
Cornerstone abbr |
ESTAB |
Desperate |
LASTGASP |
Destined to fail |
DOOMED |
Dire straits |
PERIL |
Does a double take, say |
REACTS |
Ear-related prefix |
OTO |
Eisenhower’s boyhood home |
ABILENE |
Emmy winner for ‘Three’s Company’ |
RITTER |
Enjoy, slangily |
DIG |
Erased |
WIPEDAWAY |
Exhaustive |
ATOZ |
Fall flat |
BACKFIRE |
Familiar name for ‘An Aquarian Exposition in White Lake, N.Y.’ |
WOODSTOCK |
Five with a sixth, sometimes |
AEIOU |
Fond du ___ |
LAC |
Formal confirmation |
ITISSO |
Full of promise |
ROSY |
Gave, as an endowment |
GIFTED |
Golden root |
BEET |
Head docs? |
SHRINKS |
Hindu retreat |
ASHRAM |
Indicator |
BLINKER |
Instant |
SEC |
Intersecting points |
NODES |
Clues |
Answers |
Johnnycakes |
PONES |
Lampoons |
SENDUPS |
Leaves out |
SKIPS |
Like merengue or kompa |
HAITIAN |
List-ending letters |
ETC |
Little green fellows |
SPACEMEN |
Lost |
SHOOK |
Maine symbol |
PINETREE |
Melodious |
ARIOSO |
Most rare |
SCARCEST |
Negroni component |
GIN |
Not a dup |
ORIG |
Notary tool |
STAMP |
Ode |
PAEAN |
Pit dross |
ASHES |
Pointillist’s point |
DOT |
Prefix meaning ‘spiral’ |
HELIC |
Queen of Spain |
REINA |
Rachel Platten hit of 2015 |
FIGHTSONG |
Rice brews |
SAKES |
Rival campaign phrase to ‘All the Way with Adlai’ |
ILIKEIKE |
Rolling stone’s lack |
MOSS |
Seward Peninsula city |
NOME |
Sharp |
KEEN |
Shrek’s pal, voiced by Eddie Murphy |
DONKEY |
Specifically |
TOWIT |
Staccato’s opposite |
LEGATO |
Team connection? |
YOKE |
Togolese neighbor |
GHANAIAN |
Trails |
LAGS |
Trounce |
TROMP |
Urban addition? |
ITES |
Used a trowel and a float, perhaps |
TILED |
Where el sol rises |
ESTE |
Whisk |
EGGBEATER |
Wrangler rival |
LEVIS |