The Washington Post – Feb 16 2017 Crossword Solution
Clues |
Answers |
#26 on the periodic table |
IRON |
‘Must I draw you ___?’ |
AMAP |
2016 ‘Final Five’ Olympian |
GYMNAST |
Act of derring-do |
FEAT |
Affirmation before a certain pronouncement |
IDO |
All major party presidential nominees, until 2016 |
MEN |
Asserted |
STATED |
Attention, metaphorically |
EAR |
Aves. and blvds |
STS |
Brunch libation |
MIMOSA |
Bush who promoted literacy |
LAURA |
Cable network on which ‘Sex and the City’ originally appeared |
HBO |
Camp David Accords, for example |
BILATERALTREATY |
Change for a five |
ONES |
Classical calculator |
ABACUS |
Clear the condensation from, as a windshield |
DEFOG |
Dry as a bone |
ARID |
Each |
APOP |
Easy gait |
LOPE |
Endodontist’s deg |
DDS |
Eponym of a brainteasing colored cube |
RUBIK |
Erstwhile planet that was demoted in 2006 |
PLUTO |
Et ___ |
ALII |
Evidence for which crime scene investigators dust |
LATENTPRINTS |
Fat-fingered touchscreen user’s aid |
STYLUS |
Flagship event at Billie Jean King National Tennis Center |
USOPEN |
For example |
SAY |
Four Corners region |
COLORADOPLATEAU |
Foursome |
TETRAD |
George Michael’s erstwhile duo |
WHAM |
Grand ___ (bygone sporty Pontiacs) |
AMS |
Hairy hominid in a Eugene O’Neill title |
APE |
Hand out, as cards |
DEAL |
Iconic recruitment poster uncle |
SAM |
In tandem with Alt and Del, a keyboard escape mechanism |
CTRL |
It might be stacked or swabbed |
DECK |
Italian sonnet’s ‘resolution,’ named for the number of lines it contains |
SESTET |
Jamaican music genre |
SKA |
Jazz legend Fitzgerald |
ELLA |
Clues |
Answers |
John Donne work |
ELEGY |
Knocks the socks off |
WOWS |
Lavishes love and attention (on) |
DOTES |
Level |
TIER |
Lie next to |
ABUT |
Like a Brinks truck |
ARMORED |
Liquid rock |
LAVA |
Little devil |
IMP |
Marshmallow-garnished winter beverage |
HOTCHOCOLATE |
Most of a meringue |
EGGS |
Much of this might be about nothing, per Shakespeare |
ADO |
Not clerical |
LAIC |
Of monumental size |
EPIC |
Old London theater name |
VIC |
Otherworldly glow |
AURA |
Pride of lions? |
MANE |
Purchase when your tires are running low |
AIR |
Rawboned sort |
SCRAG |
Roll an inopportune seven, with ‘out’ |
CRAP |
Rug rat |
TYKE |
San ___ (Italian Riviera resort city) |
REMO |
Scratches (out) |
EKES |
Show appreciation, in a way |
CLAP |
Shrek and Fiona |
OGRES |
Singer Lavigne |
AVRIL |
Sitarist Shankar |
RAVI |
Skimpy lingerie item that’s the subject of a Sisqo song |
THONG |
Splinter group |
SECT |
Sport not suitable for gate crashers |
SLALOM |
Technical music composition |
ETUDE |
Theater award for productions in smaller venues |
OBIE |
Threadbare |
WORN |
Tickler of the ivories |
PIANIST |
Title island in a popular computer game |
MYST |
Wake-up call |
ALARM |
Was in front |
LED |
Whenever |
ANYTIME |
Wrack line maker |
TIDE |
Writer without artistic talent |
HACK |