The Washington Post – Dec 18 2016 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| ‘It may come ___ surprise …’ |
ASNO |
| ‘Lady and the Tramp’ cat breed |
SIAMESE |
| 1946 Literature Nobelist |
HESSE |
| Anthropoid |
APE |
| Bank employee |
GUARD |
| Bar or bakery order |
RYE |
| Bills featuring Hamilton |
TENS |
| Certified |
ATTESTEDTO |
| Chicken ___ |
POX |
| Children, in legalese |
ISSUE |
| Close |
NEAR |
| Concerning the ear |
OTIC |
| Conservative strongholds |
REDSTATES |
| Controversial 1922 novel |
ULYSSES |
| Delmonico, e.g |
STEAK |
| Dermatologist’s concern |
MOLE |
| Disciple’s query |
ISITI |
| Do some camber work |
ALIGN |
| Early outcast |
EVE |
| ERA and RBI, say |
STATS |
| Excessive interest rate charges |
USURIES |
| Fabled Himalayan creature |
YETI |
| Far northern American port |
NOMEALASKA |
| Following a military order |
RETREATING |
| Futures dealers? |
SEERS |
| Glacial soil deposit |
ESKER |
| God, in Italian |
DIO |
| Handle poorly |
ILLUSE |
| Hungarian name in showbiz |
GABOR |
| Israeli notable |
EBAN |
| LAX approximations |
ETAS |
| MacFarlane of ‘Family Guy’ |
SETH |
| Milk source |
SOY |
| Modern pictograph |
EMOJI |
| Montana mining center |
BUTTE |
| Morales of ‘NYPD Blue’ |
ESAI |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Most curve-laden |
SHAPELIEST |
| Non-Latino, maybe |
ANGLO |
| Object with multiple heads |
DRUMSET |
| One of the deadly sins |
LUST |
| Onetime VHS rival |
BETA |
| Paints delicately |
DABS |
| Perseus, to Zeus |
SON |
| Pops up |
ARISES |
| Printer powder |
TONER |
| Pundit’s page |
OPED |
| Put on the shelf |
DEFER |
| Race start? |
ETHNO |
| Represent falsely |
FEIGN |
| Retro golf wear |
TAM |
| Savage |
BEAST |
| Schubert’s ‘___ Maria’ |
AVE |
| Ship’s records |
LOGS |
| Showy annual |
ASTER |
| Simplicity |
EASE |
| Slangy negative |
IXNAY |
| Slow equine gait |
JOGTROT |
| Small African antelope |
ORIBI |
| Society newcomer, briefly |
DEB |
| Strait’s ‘All My ___ Live in Texas’ |
EXS |
| Supply for a plastic surgeon |
BOTOX |
| The Steve Miller Band’s ‘Fly Like an ___’ |
EAGLE |
| They might attract workers |
NECTARS |
| Those who worship |
ADORERS |
| Totally busted |
SHOT |
| Track action |
BET |
| Unlikely winner |
DARKHORSE |
| Wing alternative |
THIGH |
| Wing tips, perhaps |
DRESSSHOES |
| With brevity |
TERSELY |
| Wows |
ASTONISHES |
| ___ Reader (eclectic digest) |
UTNE |
