The Washington Post – Dec 25 2016 Crossword Solution
Clues |
Answers |
‘Curiously strong’ mints |
ALTOIDS |
‘Down goes Frazier!’ sportscaster |
COSELL |
‘Jurassic Park’ giants, colloquially |
DINOS |
‘Soft ‘n Juicy’ candy aisle debut of 1975 |
BUBBLEYUM |
‘You’ll ___ argument from me!’ |
GETNO |
‘You’ve got to be kidding me!’ |
OHBROTHER |
Anise-flavored liqueur |
OUZO |
Barbaric |
BRUTISH |
Be relevant (to) |
PERTAIN |
Body of written work |
CORPUS |
California county in which Berkeley is located |
ALAMEDA |
Cast members’ initial run-through, often |
TABLEREAD |
Cell dweller |
INMATE |
Chapter in history |
ERA |
Character on HBO’s ‘Boardwalk Empire’ |
ALCAPONE |
City on Kentucky’s northeastern border |
ASHLAND |
Connect Four game pieces, e.g |
DISCS |
Dessert layering fruit and cream between crunchy meringue rings |
VACHERIN |
Disconnected musical notes |
STACCATI |
Distinctive theories |
ISMS |
Doesn’t bother with cue cards, say |
ADLIBS |
Dudley Do-Right’s beloved |
NELL |
Easily pranked teacher, perhaps |
SUB |
Electee with a six-yr. term |
SEN |
Expose to public ridicule |
PILLORY |
Far from hip |
STODGY |
Fawcett costar in an old Noxzema ad |
NAMATH |
Fictional writer of billets-doux to Roxane |
CYRANO |
First of the ‘Seven Sisters’ magazines to fold |
MCCALLS |
Fix, as a caned seat |
REWEAVE |
Fried snack at kosher delis |
KNISH |
German GM subsidiary |
OPEL |
Glassware flaw |
BLISTER |
Gloater’s exclamation |
HAH |
Greek played by Anthony Quinn |
ZORBA |
Clues |
Answers |
Hot water dispenser |
URN |
In a funk |
BLUE |
José Canseco or Gloria Estefan, by birth |
HAVANAN |
Like lots of telephone operator impersonations |
NASAL |
Moon shot stages |
BOOSTERS |
No greater than |
ATMOST |
Numskull |
TWIT |
Obsolete PC monitor type |
CRT |
On the hook, legally |
LIABLE |
Orange-and-white rentals |
UHAULS |
Org. that endorsed Obamacare |
AMA |
Panfry |
SAUTE |
Part of an office sched |
MTG |
Parting words overseas |
ADIEUS |
Performed the duties of |
ACTEDAS |
Pitching staff leaders |
ACES |
Possible side effect of steroid use |
ACNE |
Reined in |
CURBED |
River through Grenoble |
ISERE |
Seed-bearing plant organ |
PISTIL |
Shaken up |
UNNERVED |
Shakespearean fairy king |
OBERON |
Sign at a B’way sellout |
SRO |
Slush Puppie maker |
ICEE |
Smudge heavily |
BEGRIME |
Soul food meat |
HAMHOCKS |
Spinners on hi-fis |
LPS |
Steadfast |
STAUNCH |
Streak on a cheek |
TEAR |
Swig |
NIP |
That, in Tijuana |
ESO |
They represent the hunters in ‘Peter and the Wolf’ |
TIMPANI |
Trauma sufferer’s goal |
CLOSURE |
Woody Allen film featuring cryopreservation |
SLEEPER |
Yellow quartz |
CITRINE |