The Washington Post – Sep 8 2016 Crossword Solution
Clues |
Answers |
‘It’s Impossible’ crooner Perry |
COMO |
‘No Scrubs’ girl group |
TLC |
‘Only When I ___’ (British comedy of 1968) |
LARF |
‘Thus Spoke Zarathustra’ author |
NIETZSCHE |
A few |
SOME |
Actress Sue ___ Langdon |
ANE |
Airline to Tel Aviv |
ELAL |
All’s opposite |
NONE |
Allegheny River city |
OLEAN |
Anew |
ONCEAGAIN |
Anglers’ accessories |
CREELS |
Bard’s ‘always’ |
EER |
Bartlett relative |
BOSC |
Bell’s clapper |
TONGUE |
Blows it |
ERRS |
Business card no |
EXT |
Buttercup relatives |
ANEMONES |
Cake make |
SARALEE |
Canal opened in 1869 |
SUEZ |
Candy noted for its dispenser |
PEZ |
Caped sidekick |
ROBIN |
Capitol group |
SENATE |
Capitol Hill figure |
POL |
Cartoon chihuahua |
REN |
Catchy item? |
NET |
Chesapeake Bay, e.g |
ESTUARY |
Cosmetician Lauder |
ESTEE |
Crown, as a sovereign |
CORONATE |
Current officeholders |
INS |
Diamond figure? |
ONECARAT |
Dumb bunny |
NINNY |
Easily activated |
HAIRTRIGGER |
Elevs |
HGTS |
Eye annoyance |
STYE |
Favored son of Isaac |
ESAU |
Former Toyota model |
TERCEL |
Clues |
Answers |
Hams it up |
EMOTES |
Have ___ for |
ITIN |
Hospital capacity |
BEDS |
In addition |
BESIDES |
Infamous poison made from the castor bean |
RICIN |
It often has dashes |
MEET |
It’s the whole point |
DOT |
Late boxing great |
ALI |
Literary lament |
AHME |
Many Carnegie Hall performances |
RECITALS |
Murderous |
LETHAL |
Mussorgsky’s ‘Pictures ___ Exhibition’ |
ATAN |
Nailed the test |
ACEDIT |
Norman or Louganis |
GREG |
Numbered hwy |
RTE |
Of the peepers |
OPTICAL |
Old masters |
ARTISTS |
Pastoral poems |
IDYLLS |
Place to fix the ‘lock trouble’ formed by the first words of 18-, 27-, and 40-Across |
STYLINGSALON |
Play from which the word ‘robot’ comes |
RUR |
Pope John Paul II’s homeland |
POLAND |
Prized statuettes |
OSCARS |
Ready for shipping? |
ABOARD |
Secretive sort |
HIDER |
Sectors |
ZONES |
Security badge |
IDTAG |
Sorry sort? |
ATONER |
Source of corruption |
BADINFLUENCE |
Time stamp, often |
DATER |
Timeless tales |
LEGENDS |
Turkish leader, either way |
AGA |
Turquoise relative |
TEAL |
Vacationing briefly |
DAYTRIPPING |
Weapon for the King of Diamonds |
AXE |
Works, collectively |
CANON |
___ Moines River |
DES |