The Washington Post Sunday – May 24 2020 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| ‘Boy’ or ‘girl’ preceder |
ATTA |
| ‘Captain’s Peril’ co-author William |
SHATNER |
| ‘Good ___’ |
POINT |
| ‘Haste makes ___’ |
ASTEW |
| ‘Hold ___ your butts’ (‘Jurassic Park’ line) |
ONTO |
| ‘I urge you all … to love each other without restraint. Unless you’re into leather. Then by all means, use restraints’ speaker Margaret |
CHO |
| ‘I’d be glad to help!’ |
NOPROB |
| ‘Impetuous young boy’ of ‘Monster Mash’ |
IGOR |
| ‘It burns!’ |
YEOW |
| ‘Move it, varmint!’ |
GIT |
| ‘Nightswimming’ rockers |
REM |
| ‘Of course!’ |
ISURECAN |
| ‘The Night Circus’ writer Morgenstern |
ERIN |
| ‘The wonder of all things,’ per some translations of Lao Tzu |
TAO |
| 16th letter of the NATO phonetic alphabet |
PAPA |
| Absorbent implement |
MOP |
| Accept eagerly |
EMBRACE |
| Acting Ken or Lena |
LION |
| Akita agreement |
HAI |
| Animal collective |
HERD |
| Attempt to persuade |
COAX |
| Between, pour moi |
ENTRE |
| Blood of the gods |
CHOIR |
| Botanical wall art plant |
MOSS |
| Box of bocks, say |
CASE |
| Bridge materials? |
CARDS |
| Certain tank descriptor |
SEPTIC |
| Cleared for departure? |
EXCUSED |
| Concern for the Union of Concerned Scientists |
CLIMATE |
| Concerning element of home inspections |
ADORN |
| Cooing creature |
DOVE |
| Curly style |
PERM |
| Dance music style popularized by Pérez Prado |
THEMAMBO |
| Disappearing lakes, e.g |
MIRAGES |
| Dollar : United States :: kip : ___ |
LAOS |
| Dozed for a bit |
APPEND |
| Drying cloth |
DISHRAG |
| Eponym of the Sports Scholar Awards from Diverse: Issues in Higher Education |
ASHE |
| Equidae family member |
ASS |
| Except |
SAVE |
| Experiences decay |
ROTS |
| Fall behind, say |
OWE |
| Fill in un océano |
AGUA |
| Flower with a ‘Fragrant Cloud’ cultivar |
TEAROSE |
| Focus of one’s enmity |
FOE |
| Food brand named for two neighboring states |
OREIDA |
| For each one |
APIECE |
| Force wielders of film |
SITH |
| Frank |
HONEST |
| From this point on … and a phrase that explains (and is spelled out by) the 12 shifted first letters in this puzzle |
GOINGFORWARD |
| Gambling game |
AFRO |
| Getaway |
LAM |
| Gets by observation |
SENSES |
| GhostCircus Apparel designer ___ James |
ELI |
| Gives a pass to, say |
COMPS |
| Glossy curtain fabric |
SATIN |
| Gmail folder heading |
SENT |
| Golden ___ (Temple Run treasure) |
IDOL |
| GPS approximation |
ETA |
| Guided |
LED |
| Guy who directed the 2019 ‘Aladdin’ remake |
ITCHIER |
| Has high hopes |
SPIREAS |
| High bridge |
VIADUCT |
| Holed up? |
POROUS |
| Home of the Dez Dam |
IRAN |
| How aliens may come, per some sci-fi tropes |
INPEACE |
| Hyundai model that mixes up the letters of 112 Down and 66 Across |
ELANTRA |
| Idris who played Macavity the Mystery Cat in ‘Cats’ |
ELBA |
| In a bit, in an ode |
ANON |
| Journey respites |
STOPS |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Kunis of ‘Black Swan’ |
MILA |
| Like flagged football formations |
ILLEGAL |
| Like life granted by the Holy Grail |
ETERNAL |
| Like old astronomical models positing that the sun revolves around Earth |
EGOCENTRIC |
| Like salmon |
OILY |
| Loud speakers on stage, perhaps |
HAMS |
| Louisa May Alcott character portrayed in an Oscar-nominated role by Florence Pugh |
AMYMARCH |
| Malicious look |
LEER |
| Many a millennial in the early 2000s |
TEEN |
| Many athletes’ barriers |
NETS |
| Med. care sites |
ERS |
| Moves stealthily |
CREEPS |
| NBA Hall of Famer Pippen |
SCOTTIE |
| Negation word |
NOR |
| Obsequious employee |
YESMAN |
| One earning strike pay? |
PITCHER |
| One of the Fourteen Holy Helpers of Cath. tradition |
STELMO |
| Opposite of busy |
IDLE |
| Order to an Akita |
SIT |
| Oval section |
ARC |
| Pandora-based film |
AVATAR |
| Passion personified |
EROS |
| Pavement hazard |
POTHOLE |
| People person? |
STAR |
| Post cereal advertised as ‘the stuff breakfast dreams are made of’ |
OREOOS |
| Punching gadget |
AWL |
| Range orphan |
DOGIE |
| Rap battle VIPs |
MCS |
| Reform? |
MUTATE |
| Refuse to give up? |
TRASH |
| Requiring recovery |
HURT |
| Scatters about |
STREWS |
| See 112 Down |
LATE |
| See 5 Down |
CREAM |
| Served a sentence |
ONETIMED |
| She played Barbara in 1990s SNL sketches |
CHERI |
| Ship’s crew |
TARS |
| Shredded, as cheese |
RATEDG |
| Single-___ plastics |
USE |
| Site for frequent fliers? |
AVIARY |
| Slammed in tribute |
ROASTED |
| Smashing success? |
ACE |
| Snatch |
NAB |
| Soap actress Davidson |
EILEEN |
| Sound in a field |
MOO |
| Source of a drumroll |
SNARE |
| Stone found in the Australian mining town of Lightning Ridge |
OPAL |
| Stuffs |
SATES |
| Subject of an early 2000s collapse |
ENRON |
| Sunken place |
CRATER |
| Sweat spot |
BROW |
| Taj Mahotsav festival city |
AGRA |
| Temporary |
INTERIM |
| That, in poetry |
YON |
| The state of ‘State Fair’ |
IOWA |
| Theater honors |
OBIES |
| They move around |
ORBITERS |
| Tunes out |
IGNORES |
| Undiluted, in mixology |
NEAT |
| Unlocks |
PEONS |
| Utilize a theoretical cloaking device, say |
VANISH |
| Ward of ‘The Guardian’ |
SELA |
| Weapon in film noir |
GAT |
| Western show business? |
SALOON |
| What a shredder shreds |
SHEET |
| With 66 Across, fell behind |
RAN |
| With 79 Down, shake stuff |
ICE |
| Work in a theater |
DRAMA |
| World of Warcraft being |
ELF |