The Washington Post – Jan 9 2017 Crossword Solution
Clues |
Answers |
‘Baseball Tonight’ airer |
ESPN |
‘Deck the Halls’ contraction |
TIS |
‘Scram!’ |
LETMEBE |
‘The Grapes of Wrath’ figure |
OKIE |
‘Three’s Company’ actor |
RITTER |
‘What’s doin’?’ |
HOWGOESIT |
1958 #1 hit for Elvis |
DONT |
Abbr. on an input jack |
MIC |
Academic reviewer |
PEER |
Actresses Diane and Cheryl |
LADDS |
Alternative to Geography during a long car ride |
ISPY |
Aunt, in Acapulco |
TIA |
Base reply? |
NOSIR |
Bikini blast, briefly |
NTEST |
Blockhead |
CLOD |
Boutique, often |
SMALLSHOP |
Broccoli ___ |
RABE |
Café au ___ |
LAIT |
Canine command |
STAY |
Caravan stopover |
OASIS |
Cathedral niche |
APSE |
Chapters in history |
ERAS |
Croupier’s tool |
RAKE |
Deliberately delude |
LIETO |
Depend (on) |
RELY |
Do some cleaning up, either at home or on a laptop |
EMPTYTRASH |
Doctor’s suggestion, at times |
REST |
Eeyore’s creator |
MILNE |
Family outing, maybe |
DAYTRIP |
Flow slowly |
SEEP |
Forest denizen |
DEER |
Forms a lap |
SITS |
Fraternity letters |
PSIS |
Geometric calculation |
AREA |
Gets juiced |
TIESONEON |
Hard-to-find figure in a children’s book |
WALDO |
It may help reduce lumbar pain |
BACKPILLOW |
Clues |
Answers |
Like an unhelpful explanation |
CLEARASMUD |
Lost |
MISLAID |
Lowlife |
SLIME |
Lt. Columbo’s employer |
LAPD |
Made a pot larger |
ANTED |
Matthew of ‘The Americans’ |
RHYS |
Morlock prey |
ELOI |
Newborn with a lovely disposition |
SWEETBABY |
Old Detroit brewery name |
STROH |
Old French coin |
ECU |
Paper Mate products |
PENS |
Person heading downhill fast, perhaps |
SLEDDER |
Peter who played Lawrence |
OTOOLE |
Physics Nobelist Bohr |
NIELS |
Pitched item |
TENT |
Pizzeria order |
SAUSAGEPIE |
Playground fixture |
SEESAW |
Portmanteau for dangerous substances |
HAZMAT |
Puppeteer Bil |
BAIRD |
Recluse |
LONER |
Romantic rendezvous |
TRYST |
Salami selection |
GENOA |
Self-confident assertion |
ICAN |
Shiites or Sunnis |
SECT |
Sideboard |
CREDENZA |
Some community centers (abbr.) |
YWCAS |
Some HDTV screens |
LCDS |
Stun, in a way |
TASE |
Summer hrs |
DST |
They may be rolled up after exercising |
YOGAMATS |
Think highly of |
ESTEEM |
Tommy Rettig’s costar in 1950s TV |
LASSIE |
Up to, casually |
TIL |
Venomous vipers |
ASPS |
Watches, as a movie |
TAKESIN |
William of ___ (philosopher known for his razor) |
OCCAM |
___ mater (cranial membrane) |
DURA |