The Washington Post – Dec 21 2018 Crossword Solution
The Washington Post – Dec 21 2018 Crossword Solution
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| ‘Ash Wednesday’ poet’s monogram | TSE |
| ‘Insecure’ Emmy nominee __ Rae | ISSA |
| ‘Oliver Twist’ type | WAIF |
| ‘We need to get a cat!’ | EEK |
| 1970 Kinks hit | LOLA |
| 9/11 Memorial site: Abbr | NYC |
| Actress Gaye of ‘Ali’ | NONA |
| Advocate | URGE |
| Allowing use of, as a library does … or, in three parts, a hint to four puzzle answers | LENDINGOUT |
| Alter with thread | RESEW |
| Angry | IRED |
| Bad looks | LEERS |
| Bar freebies | NUTS |
| Bash | SHINDIG |
| Be off base | ERR |
| Big laugh | ROAR |
| Blackens | TARS |
| Blueprint | MAP |
| Bogotá babies | NENES |
| Boorish | CRASS |
| Brood | STEW |
| Busybody | YENTA |
| Cafepress.com offerings | TEES |
| Camera part | IRIS |
| Cartoon drawing of Rip Van Winkle? | SLEEPERCEL |
| Clean with soap | WASH |
| Colleague of Kagan and Kavanaugh | ALITO |
| Colleague of Samuel and Sonia | ELENA |
| Cook, as clams | STEAM |
| Cow, for one | SHE |
| Culinary mushroom | MOREL |
| Decoration for a Tinseltown party gift? | HOLLYWOODBOW |
| Device that generates solar power | HELIOSTAT |
| Dig | TUNNEL |
| Dismiss a disobedient film computer? | FIREHAL |
| Dixie hospitality, e.g.? | SOUTHERNDRAW |
| Don’t believe it | MYTH |
| Family nickname | DADDY |
| Farm mom | SOW |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| First-rate | ACES |
| Foul | YUCKY |
| Future fish | ROE |
| Gym goal | FITNESS |
| Hard-to-define spiritualist | NEWAGER |
| Hat-removing event | GUST |
| In fine fettle | HALE |
| It may be held or bitten | TONGUE |
| Itinerary info | ETAS |
| Katz of ‘Dallas’ | OMRI |
| Kiddie lit count | OLAF |
| Like falling off a log? | EASY |
| Lying lion in ‘The Lion King’ | SCAR |
| Macabre monogram | EAP |
| Massachusetts motto opener | ENSE |
| Mother of J.R. and Bobby | MISSELLIE |
| N.Y. engineering sch | RPI |
| Nabbed | GOT |
| Name of two of Henry VIII’s wives | ANNE |
| Not a heavy weight | OUNCE |
| Not to be repeated | ONESHOT |
| Orchestral gong | TAMTAM |
| Piedmont province | ASTI |
| Poetic negative | NEER |
| Protective wear, often | VEST |
| Row of seats | PEW |
| Salem winter hrs | PST |
| Seat for a shot | STOOL |
| Self-titled 1969 jazz album | ELLA |
| Set off | IGNITE |
| Spite | VENOM |
| Twelve Oaks neighbor | TARA |
| Two-time World Series champs | METS |
| Unagi, e.g | EEL |
| Up in the air | UNSET |
| Victorian __ | ERA |
| West Indies native | CARIB |
| Whiskey __ | SOUR |
| Yorkshire river | OUSE |