The Washington Post Sunday – Mar 22 2020 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| ‘D.C. ___’ (Mr. T comedy with taxis) |
CAB |
| ‘Dirty Work’ director Bob |
SAGET |
| ‘Evita: In My Own Words’ author |
PERON |
| ‘Get Hard’ co-star |
KEVINHART |
| ‘Hang on a sec’ |
WAIT |
| ‘I’ll buy that’ |
ONME |
| ‘Jack ___’ (Tom Cruise film) |
REACHER |
| ‘Li’l’ comics guy |
ABNER |
| ‘My ears ___ burning’ |
ARE |
| ‘Ready to ___’ (Arcade Fire song) |
START |
| ‘Roundabout’ band |
YES |
| ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ heroine Flowers |
RAMONA |
| ‘The one’ of sci-fi |
NEO |
| ‘Yikes!’ in comics |
ACK |
| ‘___ ’em!’ |
SIC |
| 146 Across site |
TOE |
| 1990s cartoon cat whose name suggests he’s scared of mice |
EEK |
| 51 Across, e.g |
PASTA |
| Abyssal zone site |
SEA |
| Acquired |
GOT |
| Activist ___ B. Wells |
IDA |
| Adhesive strip |
TAPE |
| Adult eft |
NEWT |
| Affix, as in art class |
GLUEON |
| Ancient king |
TUT |
| Athlete’s effort |
HUSTLE |
| Author of the work depicted in this puzzle |
DANTE |
| Bag attachment |
IDTAG |
| Bandits’ bars |
SALOONS |
| Basic piano chord |
TRIAD |
| Be amazed by |
MARVELAT |
| Be conciliatory |
APPEASE |
| Be derisive |
HECKLE |
| Bit of skiing wear |
BOOT |
| Bolts like Bolt |
SPRINTS |
| Brief suggestion |
REC |
| Bury, as a notion |
PUTTOREST |
| Car buff Jay |
LENO |
| Catania cash, once |
LIRE |
| Certain peer |
EARL |
| Cheek, so to speak |
INSOLENCE |
| Clipped tip |
NAIL |
| Colorful carp |
KOI |
| Comedic Glazer |
ILANA |
| Court star Arthur |
ASHE |
| Court star Becker |
BORIS |
| Craps table action |
BET |
| Creature in a gang |
ELK |
| Curve on a score |
SLUR |
| Danson with the stars? |
TED |
| Deletes, as data |
ERASES |
| Descriptor for a dictator with no real power |
TINPOT |
| Designed diagrams, say |
DREW |
| Dishes in bowls |
STEWS |
| Disney picture? |
CEL |
| Due-in hr |
ETA |
| Eerie 1960 picture |
PSYCHO |
| Elite Eight org |
NCAA |
| Feel miserable |
AIL |
| Figure at the center of hell in 131 Across |
SATAN |
| Filled Italian dish |
RAVIOLI |
| Flamethrower stuff |
NAPALM |
| Florentine attraction |
DUOMO |
| Forensic series |
CSI |
| Friendly intro? |
ECO |
| Game with many homers |
SLUGFEST |
| Gelatinous garnish |
ASPIC |
| Giant among Giants |
MAYS |
| Give a forecast |
PROPHESY |
| Goes above ground? |
LEVITATES |
| Grandmother, e.g |
KINSWOMAN |
| Gray ___ |
AREA |
| Guam’s region |
OCEANIA |
| Hacking org |
NSA |
| Haul, as a lemon |
TOW |
| Huskies’ sch |
UCONN |
| IBM subsidiary with a fedora in its logo |
REDHAT |
| Identify digitally? |
POINTAT |
| Immortalized figures |
LEGENDS |
| Ingrid’s classic role |
ILSA |
| Inorganic solid |
MINERAL |
| Inspiration for the game ‘Shaq Fu’ |
ONEAL |
| Issa on HBO |
RAE |
| It’s assigned |
TASK |
| James A. Garfield’s ‘A’ |
ABRAM |
| Clues |
Answers |
| John of New Age |
TESH |
| Kettle discharge |
STEAM |
| Laden (with) |
FRAUGHT |
| Laser emissions |
BEAMS |
| Lavatory option |
BIDET |
| Leaves home? |
TEAHOUSE |
| Life jackets, e.g |
VESTS |
| Like a mythical lion |
NEMEAN |
| Like agrarian life |
RURAL |
| Like CrossFit trainers |
AGILE |
| Like lavender |
FRAGRANT |
| Like pure water, on the pH scale |
NEUTRAL |
| Loosen, as shoes |
UNLACE |
| Makes impure |
TAINTS |
| March Hare’s accessory |
BOWTIE |
| Message from Paul |
EPISTLE |
| Mid-March VIP |
STPAT |
| Miles away |
AFAR |
| Miss Scarlet’s game |
CLUE |
| Mob boss on ‘The Simpsons’ |
FATTONY |
| Most excellent, in slang |
ILLEST |
| Mothers of kits |
VIXENS |
| Motor lubricator |
OIL |
| Mount |
CLIMBON |
| Nibble (on) |
GNAW |
| Nickname for Aragorn in ‘The Lord of the Rings’ |
STRIDER |
| Obeys a ‘+’ sign |
ADDS |
| Obi-Wan’s portrayer |
ALEC |
| On the topic of |
ASTO |
| Opens up at a checkup |
SAYSAH |
| Ox on a mountain |
YAK |
| Persona non ___ |
GRATA |
| Pic blowup: Abbr |
ENL |
| Poem with nine circles of hell spelled clockwise in the gray circled squares and counterclockwise in the white circled squares |
INFERNO |
| Pop singer Lennox |
ANNIE |
| Precisely paired |
ONETOONE |
| Private do? |
CREWCUT |
| Property law topic |
LAND |
| Purplish salad bit |
BEET |
| Quite keen |
ARDENT |
| Ready to streak |
NUDE |
| Request urgently |
BEGFOR |
| Rides out, as a storm |
WEATHERS |
| Ruined, as a song |
BUTCHERED |
| Sch. that plays at the Sun Bowl |
UTEP |
| Scout’s instrument |
BUGLE |
| Señorita’s mark |
TILDE |
| Showing distress |
INPAIN |
| Singer-songwriter and model Elson |
KAREN |
| Skeletal cap |
PATELLA |
| Skeptic magazine subj |
UFO |
| Small stream |
RUNNEL |
| Spew |
GUSH |
| Spinning toy |
YOYO |
| Stage great Cariou |
LEN |
| Star-gazing Tycho |
BRAHE |
| State of agitation |
SNIT |
| State of comfort |
EASE |
| Strong craving |
YEN |
| Stuff in grains |
GLUTEN |
| Tear |
RIP |
| Tempts into crime |
ENTRAPS |
| Test before a panel |
ORALEXAM |
| Toy used to teach physics students about the properties of waves |
SLINKY |
| Trimmed, as a lawn |
MOWN |
| Turkey ___ king |
ALA |
| Tuscan tower town |
PISA |
| TV chihuahua |
REN |
| Twins of astrology |
GEMINI |
| Uncle Phil portrayer James |
AVERY |
| Ventured views |
OPINED |
| Was a consumer |
ATE |
| Watchful periods |
VIGILS |
| Watts of ‘Birdman’ |
NAOMI |
| Western arms |
RIFLES |
| Where Lupita Nyong’o was raised |
KENYA |
| Winged pest |
DEERFLY |
| Zoning measure |
ACRE |
| [More info in the footnote] |
SEEBELOW |
| ___ Bell (Idris Elba’s role on ‘The Wire’) |
STRINGER |
| ___ Orange, N.J |
EAST |
| ___ orders |
GAG |
| ___ pump (rhyming drainage aid) |
SUMP |
| ___ welding |
ARC |