The Washington Post – Jul 26 2020 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| ‘The Wreck of the Mary __’ |
DEARE |
| 1986 U.S. Open champ Raymond __ |
FLOYD |
| 2000s Israeli leader Ariel |
SHARON |
| Actor Douglas and quarterback Cousins |
KIRKS |
| African snakes |
MAMBAS |
| Alcohol type |
ETHYL |
| Amphetamines, e.g |
STIMULANTS |
| Andrew Jackson carried one with a sword in it |
CANE |
| Applaud |
CLAP |
| Asset in a crisis |
LEVELHEAD |
| Becomes aware of |
SENSES |
| Big fan |
ADORER |
| Black-and-white |
PATROLCAR |
| Braided Jewish bread |
BABKA |
| Bread source |
BAKER |
| Brother, e.g.: Abbr |
REL |
| Card balance, say |
DEBT |
| Ceramic dog, maybe? |
CHINAPET |
| Change for a five |
ONES |
| Cigar discard |
ASH |
| Cloud site |
SKY |
| Come across |
MEET |
| Dangerous snake |
ADDER |
| Derby favorite, say |
BESTBET |
| Desert plants |
CACTI |
| Deutsche darling |
LIEBCHEN |
| Difficult to solve |
KNOTTY |
| Disney film set in Polynesia |
MOANA |
| Domestic platforms |
TERRACES |
| Donkey song? |
BRAY |
| Dupes |
SAPS |
| Econ. indicator |
GDP |
| Essence |
MEAT |
| False god |
IDOL |
| Farmers market baked goods? |
LOCALBUNS |
| Finishes |
ENDS |
| Genetic letters |
RNA |
| Get ready to eat? |
RIPEN |
| Get some rays |
BASK |
| Gift-wrapping aid |
TAPE |
| Glen cousin |
DALE |
| Grandson of Eve |
ENOS |
| Greek victim of the Furies |
ORESTES |
| Gumshoe |
TEC |
| Gush |
EFFUSE |
| Hamlet’s first option |
TOBE |
| Happened to |
BEFELL |
| Hardy’s ‘Pure Woman Faithfully Presented’ |
TESS |
| Heavenly harp |
LYRA |
| Hebrew winter month |
ADAR |
| Historic Nile excavation site |
AMARNA |
| Horse color |
ROAN |
| Ill will |
MALICE |
| Impertinence |
SASS |
| It was inspired by Sunshine Hydrox cookies |
OREO |
| Juan’s ‘yesterday’ |
AYER |
| Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ eleven |
EMMYS |
| Jutland native |
DANE |
| Kansas-born playwright |
INGE |
| Lab dish eponym |
PETRI |
| Large venue |
ARENA |
| Lascivious look |
LEER |
| Latin lover’s assertion |
AMO |
| Legal suspension |
STAY |
| Letter abbr |
ENCL |
| Likely to evoke an ‘Eww!’ |
ICKY |
| Marie Curie has two of them |
NOBELS |
| Matador’s opponent |
TORO |
| Met celebrity |
DIVA |
| Model train giant |
LIONEL |
| Move, in some ads |
RELO |
| Moving memoir subject? |
TRAVELS |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Mysterious foliage-sprouting proclivity? |
CHIASYNDROME |
| Neighbor of Mex |
USA |
| Netting |
MESH |
| Noble Brit |
ARISTO |
| Nordic toast |
SKOAL |
| Not at all glossy |
MATTE |
| Not just eat |
DINE |
| Not much |
ABIT |
| Not quite circular |
OVAL |
| Notice |
ESPY |
| Notion |
IDEA |
| Online stock transactions |
ETRADES |
| Org. concerned with students |
PTA |
| Organic fertilizer |
HUMUS |
| Over again |
ANEW |
| Over with |
DONE |
| Persistent weakness |
ANEMIA |
| Petit four purveyor |
PATISSERIE |
| Phillies’ div |
NLE |
| Pick up |
NAB |
| Playground game with a rope and a pole |
TETHERBALL |
| Pops, to baby |
DADA |
| Practice fighting |
SPAR |
| Quechua is one of its official languages |
PERU |
| Radar screen spot |
BLIP |
| Rapper Ice Cube’s first name |
OSHEA |
| Ready to play |
INTUNE |
| Rehab symptoms, briefly |
DTS |
| Remit with goatskin? |
PAYINKID |
| Roll or emperor |
KAISER |
| Seize, slangily |
GLOM |
| Senator’s place |
SEAT |
| Shame |
ABASH |
| Sheet material |
PERCALE |
| Short-term memory? |
BLUR |
| Show again |
RERUN |
| Silhouetted road sign animal |
DEER |
| Slanted columns |
OPEDS |
| Snowboarder White |
SHAUN |
| Soft cheese |
BRIE |
| Something you don’t see everyday |
RARITY |
| Soon, long ago |
ANON |
| Span. miss |
SRTA |
| Spanish airline |
IBERIA |
| Spirited style |
ELAN |
| Steak named for its shape |
TBONE |
| Stitches up |
SEWS |
| Succumbs to static |
CLINGS |
| Sushi seaweed |
NORI |
| Sword handle |
HILT |
| Take pieces from? |
DISARM |
| Tales of social climbers? |
SNOBSTORIES |
| Tearjerker’s quality? |
SOBAPPEAL |
| Text entries named for their traditional red color |
RUBRICS |
| Tiny bit |
IOTA |
| Title assassin in a 2005 Pitt-Jolie film |
MRSMITH |
| Trading places: Abbr |
MKTS |
| Trite saying |
BROMIDE |
| Use just one water ski |
SLALOM |
| Vehicle for transporting bark spice? |
CINNAMONBUS |
| Very long time |
EON |
| Virgil’s language |
LATIN |
| Vocal improv |
SCAT |
| Vow locale |
ALTAR |
| Wallabies and wombats |
MARSUPIALS |
| Warp |
BEND |
| West Coast ZIP starter |
NINE |
| Western hero noted for his thoughtfulness? |
BILLYTHEKIND |
| Where Tennyson’s ‘light brigade’ charged |
CRIMEA |
| Words of assent |
YESSES |
| Wore (away) |
ATE |
| Writing __ |
DESK |