The Washington Post – Dec 1 2016 Crossword Solution
Clues |
Answers |
‘Ain’t that the truth!’ |
AMEN |
‘Animal House’ celebration |
TOGAPARTY |
‘Caveman’ food regimen |
PALEODIET |
‘Houston, we have a problem …’ |
UHOH |
‘Love it!’ |
GREAT |
‘Science Guy’ Bill |
NYE |
‘Whole ___ Love’ (Led Zeppelin song) |
LOTTA |
‘You Shook Me All Night Long’ rockers |
ACDC |
1986 Peace Nobelist Wiesel |
ELIE |
Abyss |
VOID |
Affectionate touch |
CARESS |
Bar mitzvah reading |
TORAH |
Belles of the ball |
DEBS |
Big name in little candies |
PEZ |
Bikini, e.g |
ATOLL |
Brilliant astronomical event |
SUPERNOVA |
Calculus computation |
AREA |
Command to a canine that’s obeyed in 17-, 24-, 53-, and 63-Across |
SPEAK |
Cunning |
SLY |
Diacritical mark |
TILDE |
Ease |
ALLAY |
Ergo |
HENCE |
First name in scat singing |
ELLA |
Fool |
ASS |
Footnote notation, for short |
IBID |
Fort ___, North Carolina |
BRAGG |
Fronts of ships |
PROWS |
Get onto the same page |
SYNC |
Had a bite |
ATE |
Had more than a few drinks |
TIEDONEON |
Hard eight, e.g |
ROLL |
Has one’s head in the clouds |
DAYDREAMS |
Hole punch, of a sort |
AWL |
IDs on some IRS forms |
SSNS |
Large cache |
PILE |
Like some college walls |
IVIED |
Lilliputian |
SMALL |
Luster |
SHEEN |
Clues |
Answers |
Many a smartphone download |
APP |
Microsoft browser |
EDGE |
Mist, e.g |
VAPOR |
Move, in real estate slang |
RELO |
Mythological reveler |
SATYR |
One enjoying when people go around in circles? |
NASCARFAN |
Org. that makes busts |
ATF |
Panache |
ELAN |
Pasta cook’s tool |
COLANDER |
Penultimate word in some fairy tales |
EVER |
Picnic punch |
ADE |
Pioneer in mobile phones |
NOKIA |
Place for knickknacks |
SHELF |
Pseudonym |
ALIAS |
Q, W, E, R, T, and Y |
KEYS |
Ridge on an axman’s instrument |
GUITARFRET |
Rugged rides, for short |
ATVS |
Saldana of ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ |
ZOE |
Seasoned |
AGED |
Secured with a needle |
SEWN |
Serious stage work |
DRAMA |
Showed up without a date |
WENTSTAG |
Slithering biter |
ADDER |
Some Italian cars, for short |
ALFAS |
Some venomous snakes |
ASPS |
Source of radiation across the electromagnetic spectrum |
SOLARFLARE |
Striped official |
REF |
Subj. in ‘The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test’ |
LSD |
Subject of study for Niels Bohr |
ATOM |
Supporter for many a runner |
SPORTSBRA |
Sweet treat from Southeast Asia |
STARFRUIT |
Take care of loose ends? |
SUTURE |
Toy dog breed, for short |
PEKE |
TV choice for cinephiles |
TMC |
Unagi, in sushi bars |
EEL |
Undesirable buildup, of a sort |
SPAM |
West of ‘Batman’ and ‘Family Guy’ |
ADAM |
Young boy |
LAD |