The Washington Post – Oct 26 2016 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| ‘Don’t have ___!’ (Bart Simpson expression) |
ACOW |
| ‘Gunsmoke’ marshal’s sticky wicket? |
DILLONPICKLE |
| ‘Jeepers!’ |
GOSH |
| ‘Ta-ta,’ in Torino |
CIAO |
| ‘You betcha!’ |
SURE |
| ‘___ Boot’ (1981 war movie) |
DAS |
| 1977 George Burns/John Denver comedy |
OHGOD |
| 43,560 square feet |
ACRE |
| Animated |
ALIVE |
| Apple aficionada of myth |
EVE |
| At the summit of |
ATOP |
| Bentsen who told Dan Quayle he was ‘no Jack Kennedy’ |
LLOYD |
| Bush-whacked 2000 candidate |
GORE |
| Comes out ahead |
TRIUMPHS |
| Communication form that has dealt a blow to the stationery industry |
EMAIL |
| Corner sitter |
DUNCE |
| Costume |
TOGS |
| Creature on the Australian coat of arms |
EMU |
| Customer trying to get the barkeep’s attention? |
FLAGONWAVER |
| Desktop picture |
ICON |
| Diamond Head’s island |
OAHU |
| Erratic |
UNEVEN |
| Force out |
EXPEL |
| Golden Rule preposition |
UNTO |
| Greek ending |
OMEGA |
| Gun lovers’ lobby (abbr.) |
NRA |
| Handling the matter |
ONIT |
| Harp relative |
LYRE |
| Honors, in a way |
FETES |
| Hot rod rod |
AXLE |
| Indian-born actor who played Mowgli in 1942’s ‘Jungle Book’ |
SABU |
| It’s laid down by authority figures |
LAW |
| Jean-___ Picard (‘Star Trek: TNG’ captain) |
LUC |
| Large number |
SLEW |
| Layer with feathers |
HEN |
| Lumberjacks’ tools |
AXES |
| Makes a boo-boo |
GOOFS |
| Meets, at the poker table |
SEES |
| Meter minder? |
POET |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Mischievous fairy |
PIXIE |
| Morning moisture |
DEW |
| Moved just a little |
BUDGED |
| Nano or Shuffle brand |
IPOD |
| New York City mayor who became a television judge |
KOCH |
| Nits, all grown up |
LICE |
| Nuclear Nobelist Niels |
BOHR |
| Ozawa-Calder collaboration? |
BATONMOBILE |
| Pac-12’s Bruins |
UCLA |
| Paradisiacal place |
EDEN |
| Pertaining to a part of the intestine |
ILEAL |
| Polish partner |
SPIT |
| Prefix with phone or bucks |
MEGA |
| Puts a sale sticker on, perhaps |
RETAGS |
| Resided |
DWELT |
| Return |
GOBACK |
| Safety feature that eases a child’s transition from a crib |
BEDRAIL |
| Sanskrit teacher |
GURU |
| Scent, to an oenophile |
NOSE |
| Shangri-la |
UTOPIA |
| Sixth sense (abbr.) |
ESP |
| Smooth-talking |
GLIB |
| Some Native Americans of the Midwest |
OTOE |
| Soup scoop |
LADLE |
| Spirit brighteners on holiday bobtails |
BELLS |
| Sports contest where the mounts have fiery breath? |
DRAGONRACING |
| Star that’s close to Venus? |
SERENA |
| Start of a gossip’s announcement |
IHEAR |
| The hairier of Isaac’s sons |
ESAU |
| There’s no I in it, according to the coach |
TEAM |
| Took too much, briefly |
ODED |
| Touch down |
LAND |
| Turns the cube, in backgammon |
DOUBLES |
| Underwater forest flora |
KELP |
| Unwilling to listen, metaphorically |
DEAF |
| Used the turn blinker |
SIGNALED |
| Watson’s creator |
IBM |
| When repeated, a South Seas island |
BORA |
| Writer with plenty of morals |
AESOP |
