The Washington Post – Oct 28 2016 Crossword Solution
Clues |
Answers |
‘The Thinker’ sculptor |
RODIN |
‘The Treasure of the Sierra ___’ |
MADRE |
‘When You Look Like Your Passport Photo, It’s Time to Go Home’ author Bombeck |
ERMA |
‘___ Came a Spider’ (2001 Morgan Freeman film) |
ALONG |
1979 movie that took place aboard the spacecraft Nostromo |
ALIEN |
Actress Bjorlin |
NADIA |
Air France flier until 2003 |
SST |
Air travel nuisance |
LOSTLUGGAGE |
Arboretum lineup |
ELMS |
Aromatherapy locale |
SPA |
Atlas feature |
INSET |
Barbara Bush or Laura Bush |
FIRSTLADY |
Big picture |
MURAL |
Bits of mistletoe |
SPRIGS |
Broadway production |
SHOW |
Brobdingnagian |
HUGE |
Check books |
AUDIT |
Cheer for a flamenco dancer |
OLE |
Cheerful tunes |
LILTS |
Christian of Hollywood |
SLATER |
Cobbler container |
PIETIN |
Come to terms |
AGREE |
Composer Stravinsky |
IGOR |
Dirty digs |
STY |
Dorothy Gale’s home |
KANSAS |
Electric car manufacturer |
TESLA |
Elite Navy commandos |
SEALS |
End to hostilities |
PACT |
Fish for fish |
ANGLE |
Gave a hand |
AIDED |
Give an edge |
WHET |
He cowrote ‘Heroes’ with Bowie |
ENO |
High-tech read |
EMAG |
Industry which one can really dig? |
MINING |
James of ‘The Godfather’ |
CAAN |
Kunis of ‘Ted’ |
MILA |
La Scala location |
MILAN |
Leaf-cutter ___ |
ANT |
Lint collector |
TRAP |
Clues |
Answers |
Look like a sleaze |
OGLE |
Mao Tse-tung, notably |
COMMUNISTLEADER |
Mom or dad, usually |
ADULT |
More together |
SANER |
Not as much |
LESS |
Novelist Wiesel |
ELIE |
Observing |
EYING |
Oklahoma city second in size to Oklahoma City |
TULSA |
One of the Racing Presidents at Nationals Park |
TAFT |
Pacific salmon |
COHO |
Philosophy |
ISM |
Place |
LIEU |
Plummeted |
SANK |
Press the backspace key, perhaps |
ERASE |
Religious ceremony |
RITUAL |
Rocky Mountains, for one |
RANGE |
Santa Anita figures |
ODDS |
Satisfaction, so to speak |
LASTLAUGH |
Screwball |
LOON |
Sean Connery and Roger Moore |
SIRS |
Seasonal help |
TEMP |
Shoelace challenge |
KNOT |
Shooting sport |
SKEET |
Sight or smell |
SENSE |
Snatches |
GRABS |
Something usually not required by 1-Across |
GAS |
Stage line? |
RUT |
Start of many a Mount Everest climb |
NEPAL |
Swindled |
STUNG |
Taconite and bornite |
ORES |
Thomas Hardy heroine |
TESS |
Tokyo tie |
OBI |
Treasury Dept. branch |
IRS |
Ventriloquist Bergen |
EDGAR |
Where to find Michigan State University |
EASTLANSING |
Wife of Zeus |
HERA |
___ Angeles |
LOS |
___ del Rey, California |
PLAYA |
___ Vegas |
LAS |