The Washington Post Sunday – Apr 10 2022 Crossword Solutions

The Washington Post Sunday – Apr 10 2022

Clues Answers
‘Electric’ swimmer, perhaps EEL
‘Emma’ actor McGregor EWAN
‘Frozen’ princess with a palindromic name ANNA
‘Hanging’ paper ballot fragments in headlines after the 2000 election CHADS
‘Somebody’s gotta turn down the temperature. I’m really sweaty!’ ITSHOT
‘The Adventures of Tom Sawyer’ author Twain MARK
‘Wait, what did you say?’ HUH
‘Way cool, dude!’ RAD
‘We’re ___ gonna take this lying down!’ NOT
‘Well, ___!’ (‘It’s so obvious!’) DUH
16-oz. scale units LBS
ALE
ALLWET
CHANTER
ERE
SCRAP
THEANSWERSTHATHAVE
AIM
DRY
OARS
TAKETHEFIRSTLETTERSOF
LOON
UTE
KEYNOTE
BOBA
DEED
ALTERS
ULNA
STEP
BALL
ADULTS
SITE
SEA
CELS
POSH
BUTCH
INCA
SARI
DEN
ACRE
OVUM
AIDES
RON
LOUIE
VASE
MBA
LOOM
UNEVEN
AUNT
CRIME
ENDS
EARL
DUTY
AVATAR
RULE
BRED
EPIC
OLDTIME
PEN
CLUESANDSPELLOUTABAND
SCUM
SLAM
HAT
OPENLY
LATE
PGA
RAG
SAINTED
RAE
THEWORDDOWNINTHEIR
SMOKY
REWED
CANISEE
HID
Clues Answers
STONE
POTENT
HEN
ATBAT
ERRANT
ETHAN
Acquires knowledge from study or experience LEARNS
Adam’s partner in the Garden of Eden EVE
Appliance for baking a Thanksgiving turkey OVEN
Avoids, as disaster AVERTS
B in the Greek alphabet BETA
Backyard structure that often holds garden tools SHED
Belonging to us OURS
Bottled, with ‘up’ PENT
Bragged about a victory GLOATED
Breaks down in tears CRIES
Busy hospital areas: Abbr ERS
Candidate who lost the election ALSORAN
Captivate ENTHRALL
Charged particles IONS
Cheese that’s ‘made’ backward EDAM
Cool down, as champagne ICE
Develop on a vine, say RIPEN
Dog who traveled with Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion TOTO
Electrical resistance unit OHM
Feeling of indifference APATHY
Friend supporting a cause ALLY
Gemstone frequently imported from Down Under OPAL
Grad ALUM
Greek letter found in the middle of ‘audiotapes’ IOTA
Harmed HURT
Indonesia’s continent ASIA
Italian city featuring many canals and bridges VENICE
Jogging pace TROT
John, Paul, George or Ringo’s favorite insect? BEETLE
Lean slightly TILT
Like a star performance … or, literally, like a star STELLAR
Like somebody who geeks out NERDY
Lowest card in a 5-high straight, or the highest card in a royal flush ACE
Mammal digging holes, or a beauty spot MOLE
Man whose first child was just born NEWDAD
Marked down, like products at a store ONSALE
Master of suspense Hitchc*ck ALFRED
Member of a 6 Down team ROWER
Miles ___ hour PER
More bang for your ___ BUCK
Overflowing (with) RIFE
Part of a basketball hoop that’s cut down during the NCAA tournament NET
Part of a street designated for cyclists BIKELANE
Period of 100 years CENTURY
Pet that may lick itself after chasing a laser dot CAT
Piece of lingerie with cups BRA
Place where you live HOME
Poem praising a hero, say ODE
Prepared for a marathon or a boxing match, say TRAINED
Property that parents often pass down to their heirs ESTATE
Pyramid ___ (fraudulent business model) SCHEME
Racing team that competes on a river CREW
Ready to be drawn, as beer at the bar ONTAP
Seasoning paired with pepper SALT
Sheep’s grazing area PASTURE
Single-named Irish singer who sang the lyric ‘May it be an evening star / Shines down upon you’ ENYA
Sniffing body part NOSE
Sonic the Hedgehog’s color BLUE
Storage medium for many early 2000s movies DVD
Surrounded by AMID
The Devil, by another name SATAN
The L of MLB, NFL or NHL LEAGUE
Turns down, as the lights DIMS
Vehicle transporting many students to school BUS
Waters down THINS
___ in flames (failed catastrophically) WENTUP
___ of limitations STATUTE
___ out (disoriented) SPACED

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