The Washington Post – Jan 25 2017 Crossword Solution
Clues |
Answers |
‘Is it ___ so? Why, then, I thank you all’ (Capulet) |
EEN |
‘Mama ___ Crazy’ (The Judds hit) |
HES |
Absinthe flavoring |
ANISE |
Admits |
LETSINTO |
Agcy. concerned with work hazards |
OSHA |
Arabian sultanate |
OMAN |
Be obligated to |
OWE |
Brokerage client, often |
SELLER |
California’s ___ Valley |
NAPA |
Chinese dynasty for four centuries |
HAN |
Close |
SHUT |
Common feature of a sports broadcast |
INSTANTREPLAY |
Darken, as from the sun |
TAN |
Decides to participate, with ‘in’ |
OPTS |
Declare unconstitutional, say |
RULE |
Definitive way to end a tennis match |
ACE |
Dept. focused on health and natural resources |
EPA |
Devoted attention, briefly |
TLC |
Disenfranchised person, in many states |
FELON |
Domesticates |
TAMES |
Edible convenience for DVD watchers |
JIFFYPOP |
Equestrians’ mounts |
STEEDS |
Excellent specimen |
GEM |
Fitzgerald of jazz |
ELLA |
Founder of a self-named brokerage firm |
SCHWAB |
Frequent hangout spot |
HAUNT |
Greek warrior of the ‘Iliad’ |
AJAX |
Guilt-ridden |
ASHAMED |
Hazardous, for a winter driver |
ICY |
Hollywood Walk of Fame honor |
STAR |
Includes |
HAS |
Increase the speed of |
REV |
Internet-enabled gathering |
FLASHMOB |
Item in a cafeteria stack |
TRAY |
Kern who wrote the music for ‘Show Boat’ |
JEROME |
Killer of the deep |
ORCA |
Lie close and snug |
NESTLE |
Like a fillet |
BONED |
Luxuriant |
LUSH |
Clues |
Answers |
Magic-sounding shrub used for astringents |
WITCHHAZEL |
Main site of operations |
HOMEBASE |
Make a killing |
CLEANUP |
Many ancient Egyptian documents |
PAPYRI |
Marple or Muffet |
MISS |
Med. nation |
ISR |
Meddlesome gossipmonger |
YENTA |
Mole, maybe |
PLANT |
Mortgage alternative |
RENT |
Newspaper’s space for subjectivity |
OPED |
Noteworthy occasion |
EVENT |
One of the ‘Seinfeld’ foursome |
ELAINE |
Park or Madison, on a NYC map |
AVE |
Part of a campus Web address |
EDU |
Pre-1917 autocrat |
CZAR |
Problematic |
IFFY |
Ruckus |
ADO |
Seethe |
FUME |
Socks |
BELTS |
Solitary |
LONE |
Solution |
ANSWER |
Some Asian princes |
RAJAS |
Some coffee or tea |
DECAF |
Soup legume |
LENTIL |
Speed skater Ohno |
APOLO |
Spinach nutrient |
IRON |
Square dance dancer |
GAL |
Stunning options for cops |
TASERS |
Tended to, as a dying fire |
RELIT |
Traditional headgear banned by Atatürk |
FEZ |
Trawling, perhaps |
ASEA |
Tune-up task |
LUBE |
US Virgin Islands, e.g |
TERR |
Waco winter prog. notation |
CST |
Well-known series finale |
XYZ |
What Caesar was told to beware |
IDES |
When a critical decision must be made |
MOMENTOFTRUTH |
Winner of an annual bodybuilding competition |
MRUNIVERSE |
Yemen’s capital |
SANAA |