The Washington Post Sunday – Jul 12 2020 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| ‘1917’ director Sam |
MENDES |
| ‘Dinner was great!’ |
DELISH |
| ‘Drat!’ |
DASHITALL |
| ‘Good Burger’ actor Vigoda |
ABE |
| ‘Knives Out’ director Johnson |
RIAN |
| ‘Lord Jim’ actor Wallach |
ELI |
| ‘No need to walk!’ |
HOPIN |
| ‘Really?’ |
ITIS |
| ‘Show me your hand’ |
ICALL |
| ‘That works for me’ |
IMCOOL |
| ‘That’s a lie!’ to kids |
AMNOT |
| ‘The Practice’ actress Sokoloff |
MARLA |
| ‘Whatever you want!’ |
NAMEIT |
| ‘___ aren’t as large as these russets’ |
SMALLPOTATOES |
| ‘___, and you’ll have bought strips of meat’ |
BRINGHOMETHEBACON |
| ‘___, and you’ll have to mop up that burrito filling’ |
SPILLTHEBEANS |
| ‘___; I know because I baked this bird for dinner’ |
MYGOOSEISCOOKED |
| ‘___? I’ll cut you a slice’ |
PIECEOFCAKE |
| ‘___? Then I’ll need a larger skillet for that salmon’ |
BIGGERFISHTOFRY |
| ‘___? You can microwave that treat to soften it up’ |
TOUGHCOOKIE |
| A in a choral music class? |
ALTO |
| Accustomed (to) |
INURED |
| Adams’s co-star in ‘Julie & Julia’ |
STREEP |
| Add to the bowl |
STIRIN |
| Address shortened in tweets |
URL |
| Aquarium swimmer |
TETRA |
| Assume as true |
POSIT |
| Atlantis Casino Resort Spa setting |
RENO |
| Ball’s sitcom co-star |
ARNAZ |
| Barbershop cuts |
SNIPS |
| Baseball catcher |
GLOVE |
| Be of service to |
AVAIL |
| Bedroom fabric |
LINEN |
| Billie Jean King’s portrayer in ‘Battle of the Sexes’ |
EMMASTONE |
| Blackens, as with goo |
TARS |
| Boxer Oscar ___ Hoya |
DELA |
| Budget rental |
MOVINGVAN |
| Bulldog’s bowlful |
ALPO |
| Calmness under stress |
POISE |
| Carell of ‘The Office’ |
STEVE |
| Cello knob |
PEG |
| Chevy model, for short |
VETTE |
| City founded during the Colorado silver boom |
ASPEN |
| Classical prefix |
NEO |
| Comics outburst |
EEK |
| Conceals, in a report |
REDACTS |
| Consumed entirely |
EATENUP |
| Counter, at a debate |
REBUT |
| Decline, with ‘out’ |
OPT |
| Decorate |
ADORN |
| Denomination for an imam, perhaps |
SUNNI |
| Detach, as a medal |
UNPIN |
| Dexterous |
DEFT |
| Divide |
CLEAVE |
| Drilling tool |
AUGER |
| Each, informally |
APOP |
| Element used in pyrotechnic flares |
BORON |
| Emulate a siren |
TEMPT |
| Extreme degree |
NTH |
| Familial group |
CLAN |
| Femme ___ |
FATALE |
| Form of ‘to be’ |
ARE |
| From the top again |
ANEW |
| Furry helper of Leia |
EWOK |
| Game involving riding umpires |
POLO |
| Genre for the Jealous Sound |
EMO |
| Gives a free pass to |
COMPS |
| Glacial cave formation |
ICICLE |
| Gratified after a meal |
SATED |
| Grinders used at the dinner table |
TEETH |
| Grocery store reference |
LIST |
| Half of a boosting pair |
STILT |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Halt |
ARREST |
| He encouraged kids not to give into peer pressure in ‘Be Somebody … or Be Somebody’s Fool!’ |
MRT |
| He preceded Fallon |
LENO |
| Hide in the woods? |
PELT |
| Hot dish supporter |
TRIVET |
| Indigenous ___ Day (October celebration) |
PEOPLES |
| Inspiring tears |
SAD |
| Iridescent gems |
OPALS |
| Juiced-up autos |
HOTRODS |
| Jumbotron setting |
ARENA |
| Legends of the hidden temple, say? |
LORE |
| Like chitchat, often |
IDLE |
| Like heroes |
IDOLIZED |
| Like lush forests |
DENSE |
| Like the tempo presto |
RAPID |
| Lingerie purchases |
BRAS |
| Los Angeles pro |
LAKER |
| Model set runner |
TRAIN |
| Monochrome photo hue |
SEPIA |
| Music that originated in Jamaica |
SKA |
| Negating conjunction |
NOR |
| Oboist’s item |
REED |
| Oven features |
DIALS |
| P in the NATO alphabet |
PAPA |
| Part of a costume in ‘A Christmas Carol’ |
SCARF |
| Part of a World Cup cry |
USA |
| Part of a World Cup cry |
OLE |
| Plans that may involve tax-deductible contributions, briefly |
IRAS |
| Plant featured in many a Japanese garden |
MOSS |
| Protagonist of the 1955 film ‘Pather Panchali’ |
APU |
| Putting expert’s org |
PGA |
| Radiohead’s ‘OK Computer,’ e.g |
ALBUM |
| Recon objective |
INTEL |
| Reference in an open-world video game |
MAP |
| Remove, as excess |
TRIM |
| Rent out |
LET |
| Respiratory condition |
APNEA |
| Result of malpractice |
HARM |
| Reusable bag |
TOTE |
| RJ who played Walter Jr. on ‘Breaking Bad’ |
MITTE |
| Royal ball |
ORB |
| Rte. calculator |
GPS |
| Rubbish containers |
DUSTBINS |
| San ___ |
DIEGO |
| Second attempts |
REDOS |
| Shape of a serving dish, at times |
OVAL |
| Short dog breed, in more than one sense |
PEKE |
| Shower cleaners |
LOOFAHS |
| Smith donor, say |
ALUMNA |
| Somber bio |
OBIT |
| Soup kitchen serving |
STEW |
| Square, as a score |
EVEN |
| Storage space |
CELLAR |
| Stovetop items |
PANS |
| Striped body part for a lemur |
TAIL |
| Supporter’s answer |
YEA |
| Top of a mosque |
DOME |
| Trickster’s creations |
RUSES |
| Unforeseen issues |
SNAGS |
| Virtuoso’s trait |
SKILL |
| Vital thing, frequently |
ORGAN |
| Vito Corleone’s enforcer |
LUCABRASI |
| Wait awhile |
BIDE |
| Where to see larks |
SKY |
| Where to see sharks |
SEA |
| Wizard-revealing dog |
TOTO |
| Worthy of being booed |
AWFUL |
| Yard sale stipulation |
ASIS |
| ___ B (Scary Spice) or ___ C (Sporty Spice) |
MEL |
| ___ Hashanah |
ROSH |
| ___ stage (Freudian stage of psychosexual development) |
ORAL |
| ___ stage (Freudian stage of psychosexual development) |
ANAL |