The Washington Post Sunday – Mar 8 2020 Crossword Solution
The Washington Post Sunday – Mar 8 2020 Crossword Solution
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| ‘Don’t wait! Buy while supplies last!’ | ACTNOW |
| ‘Hands off!’ | LETMEGO |
| ‘Isle of Dogs’ director Anderson | WES |
| ‘Thank U, Next’ singer Grande | ARIANA |
| *’Oh, come on!’ (Thomas Hardy) | FORPETESSAKE |
| *Child’s specialty (George R.R. Martin) | CULINARYART |
| *Composition that Mozart left unfinished at the time of his death (Jane Austen) | REQUIEMMASS |
| *Marie Curie and Malala Yousafzai, e.g. (Stephenie Meyer) | NOBELLAUREATES |
| *Scandalous period in baseball history (Nathaniel Hawthorne) | THESTEROIDERA |
| *Security devices (Boris Pasternak) | BURGLARALARMS |
| *Shakespeare’s playhouse (Louisa May Alcott) | GLOBETHEATRE |
| 1986 Turner memoir | ITINA |
| 1998 BP acquisition | AMOCO |
| 2019 People magazine adjective for John Legend | SEXIEST |
| 34-time opponent of Sampras | AGASSI |
| 50-50 wager | EVENBET |
| Adamantly against | ANTI |
| Anatomical container | SAC |
| Apple site created before computers were invented? | EDEN |
| Babe in a pouch | ROO |
| Ballgame souvenir | STUB |
| Beam in sci-fi movies | LASER |
| Boy in St. Andrews | LADDIE |
| Brandenburg Gate city | BERLIN |
| Bring to a bubble | BOIL |
| Cardamom-spiced brew | CHAI |
| CARE and PETA, e.g | ORGS |
| Chapter 11 factors | DEBTS |
| Chatted via WeChat | IMED |
| Chemistry 101 topic | ATOM |
| Chihuahua barks | YIPS |
| Church quartet | GOSPELS |
| City plus its suburbs | METROAREA |
| Clutch hitter’s stat | RBI |
| Computer security threat | MALWARE |
| Cookies that went on sale in China beginning in 1996 | OREOS |
| Counter in a debate | REBUT |
| Court bargaining chip | PLEA |
| Cranberry source | BOG |
| Deep-fried ingredients for kwek kwek | QUAILEGGS |
| Diaper irritation | RASH |
| Dominant types | ALPHAS |
| Down with a bug | ILL |
| Drop from the leader board | FADE |
| Eid ceremony leader | IMAM |
| Enjoyed a pork bun | ATE |
| Enterprise helmsman | SULU |
| Fabricate, as a painting | FORGE |
| Farmers market payment | CASH |
| Fifth-century barbarian | HUN |
| Fly into a rage | LOSEIT |
| Fraction of a joule | ERG |
| Frat buddy | BRO |
| Futuristic word | SHALL |
| Gary of ‘Forrest Gump’ | SINISE |
| Geronimo’s language | APACHE |
| Good to grow | ARABLE |
| Got off the ground | LEAPT |
| Grand Canyon sight | BUTTE |
| Gush profusely | SPEW |
| Hacker in olden times | POLEAX |
| Hawaii County seat | HILO |
| Heavy weights | TONS |
| Hibachi spots | PATIOS |
| Iconic Burberry pattern | TARTAN |
| Improve one’s moral strength … and what the starred answers and this puzzle’s authors both do? | BUILDCHARACTER |
| In disagreement | ATODDS |
| In the style of | ALA |
| Indigenous Alaskan | ALEUT |
| Invitation letters | RSVP |
| Jean-___ Godard | LUC |
| Leave no doubt | ENSURE |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Lens disinfectant brand | RENU |
| Lifesaver | RESCUER |
| Lightbulb units | LUMENS |
| Like a golfer’s arms | TAN |
| Like kimchi or umeboshi | SOUR |
| Like some limericks | RIBALD |
| Like Wonder Woman | HEROIC |
| Lin-___ Miranda | MANUEL |
| Main impact | BRUNT |
| Mammal that eats while lying on its back | OTTER |
| Mel with 2,876 career hits | OTT |
| Mind-blowing | EPIC |
| Mountain seen from many Swissair flights | ALP |
| Number of Angels’ World Series wins | ONE |
| One reading tea leaves | SEER |
| Online gamer’s woe | LAG |
| Opening night attendee | CRITIC |
| Order in a restaurant | HAVE |
| Overcharged greatly | GOUGED |
| Pad for a stud | STABLE |
| Parking meeter? | VALET |
| Part of the landing gear | TIRE |
| Part of UCLA | LOS |
| Paul Anka song with a rhyming title | ESOBESO |
| Person taking notes? | TELLER |
| Pico de gallo ingredient | ONION |
| Pink drink | ROSE |
| Pitch | SLOPE |
| Plan with tax breaks | IRA |
| Played for time | STALLED |
| Post-op stop | ICU |
| Scoundrels | ROGUES |
| Semi follower | FINAL |
| Send out, as light | EMIT |
| Sign you may see before making a U-turn | ROADENDS |
| Simona ___ (2019 Wimbledon winner) | HALEP |
| Six, for Calvin | AGE |
| Ski resort helper | TBAR |
| Solution for curing olives | LYE |
| Some track wagers | EXACTAS |
| Spooky skill, supposedly | ESP |
| Square root of cuatro | DOS |
| Sticks (to) | ADHERES |
| Sticky situation | MESS |
| Stomach-turning | ICKY |
| Student stress source | TEST |
| Studio payment | RENT |
| Subj. with unknowns | ALG |
| Suffix for citrus drinks | ADE |
| Support that’s often rigged | MAST |
| Tailgate party locale | LOT |
| Texts the wrong person, say | ERRS |
| The Dalai Lama, e.g | EXILE |
| They’re abundant on gas pump handles | GERMS |
| Too-good-to-be-true offer | SCAM |
| Traditional Japanese food for Day of the Ox | EEL |
| Trash holder | CAN |
| UberPool participant | COMMUTER |
| Unafraid to take risks | DARING |
| Under siege | BESET |
| Vegetable high in vitamin K | KALE |
| Walks onstage | ENTERS |
| Warm the bench | SITOUT |
| Weather-sensitive airport stat | ETD |
| Weepy rock genre | EMO |
| Where kimchi and umeboshi are staples | ASIA |
| Wolverines’ conference | BIGTEN |
| Wraps for highland games | KILTS |
| ___ de Armas of ‘Knives Out’ | ANA |
| ___ Lingus | AER |
| ___ Na Na | SHA |
| ___ Pro | IMAC |