The Washington Post Sunday – Jul 26 2020 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| ‘American Idol’ winner ___ Allen |
KRIS |
| ‘Bonanza’ star Greene |
LORNE |
| ‘Booped’ body parts |
NOSES |
| ‘Ditto’ |
ASDOI |
| ‘Guitar Hero,’ e.g |
GAME |
| ‘I Am Not Your Negro’ director Peck |
RAOUL |
| ‘I couldn’t ___ more’ |
AGREE |
| ‘Look …’ |
IMEAN |
| ‘Rodeo’ composer Copland |
AARON |
| ‘Thanks, I hate it’ |
UGH |
| ‘This concert is awful!’ |
BOO |
| ‘This is my last card!’ |
UNO |
| ‘This is perfect!’ |
ILOVEIT |
| ‘___ Eyez on Me’ (film about Tupac Shakur) |
ALL |
| ‘___ Me Another’ (NPR trivia program) |
ASK |
| 1 a.m. fridge visit, say |
RAID |
| 30 Seconds to Mars rocker Jared |
LETO |
| AC/DC rocker Angus Young, e.g |
AUSSIE |
| Admirable soul |
MENSCH |
| Album producers |
LABELS |
| Bands’ playlists |
SETS |
| Bassist Sutcliffe |
STU |
| Beef chow ___ |
MEIN |
| Birth city of the musician Falco |
VIENNA |
| Brandon Blackstock, to Reba McEntire |
STEPSON |
| Capture |
SNAG |
| Carrier founded in 1948 |
ELAL |
| Cartoonist Addams |
CHAS |
| Cause to be treasured |
ENDEAR |
| Char the surface of |
SEAR |
| Chart with Top 40 hits, including all songs in this puzzle’s theme |
BILLBOARD |
| Cheeky and irreverent |
SASSY |
| Civil rights activist Kaepernick |
COLIN |
| Classify |
SORT |
| Comforter stuffing |
EIDER |
| Comic who topped Rolling Stone’s ’50 Best Stand-Up Comics of All Time’ list in 2017 |
PRYOR |
| Computer opening |
PORT |
| Conclusion |
END |
| Continentally named prog rock band |
ASIA |
| Crooner Johnny |
MATHIS |
| Crow’s comment |
CAW |
| Cruise ship floor |
DECK |
| Cut off gradually |
WEAN |
| Deadly spider that’s totally obscure? (Iggy Azalea + The Tony Rich Project = Jay Sean) |
BLACKWIDOWNOBODYKNOWS |
| Deliver, at Wimbledon |
SERVE |
| Desktop PC brand |
ACER |
| Detach, as a brooch |
UNPIN |
| Devotees |
BUFFS |
| Dipped piece of food |
SOP |
| Discourage |
DAUNT |
| Distort, as light rays |
REFRACT |
| Duke extension letters |
EDU |
| Explosive handled by a big primate? (Bruno Mars + Taio Cruz = Kenny Rogers) |
GORILLADYNAMITE |
| Extremely hot |
SULTRY |
| Fall ___ grace |
FROM |
| Fight (for) |
VIE |
| Flightless avian |
EMU |
| Footnote abbr |
ETAL |
| Forces out of bed |
ROUSTS |
| Friendly greeting to a group of feral equines? (Adele + The Rolling Stones = Flo Rida) |
HELLOWILDHORSES |
| Genetic biopolymer |
RNA |
| Genre of the film ‘Gilda’ |
NOIR |
| Gratify, as with a feast |
SATE |
| Greenland people |
INUIT |
| Hangouts with TVs |
DENS |
| Highest volume setting on a Spinal Tap amp |
ELEVEN |
| Holler heard in a Texas border city? (Marty Robbins + Tears for Fears = Rihanna) |
ELPASOSHOUT |
| Houston center, once |
YAO |
| Huge quantity |
ATON |
| In-group vocabulary |
ARGOT |
| Incisive comeback |
RETORT |
| Inedible beef? |
FEUD |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Inspired by |
BASEDON |
| Intense desire |
URGE |
| It may be filed at a spa |
TOENAIL |
| Key signature with no sharps or flats |
AMINOR |
| Laborer of yore |
SERF |
| Leaves suddenly |
DECAMPS |
| Literal-minded Bedelia |
AMELIA |
| Love of Italian opera? |
AMORE |
| Madre’s boy |
NINO |
| Make a desperate pitch |
BEG |
| Many CT scan checkers |
MDS |
| Med. inserts |
IVS |
| Member of a chorale |
TENOR |
| Metered transports |
CABS |
| Minimal quantity |
NONE |
| My, in Montreal |
MES |
| NBA analyst Brown |
HUBIE |
| Neighbor of Zambia |
ANGOLA |
| Neither here ___ there |
NOR |
| Not as much |
LESS |
| Not threatening |
BENIGN |
| Nothing, en español |
NADA |
| Opera ___ (Nebraska musical company) |
OMAHA |
| Pastime with pigeons |
SKEET |
| Patriotic spirit before it’s been released? (Wham! + Christina Aguilera = Usher) |
FREEDOMGENIEINABOTTLE |
| Pays for a pair, say |
ANTESUP |
| Per ___ (yearly) |
ANNUM |
| Plains folk |
OTOE |
| Power ballad venues |
ARENAS |
| Procure |
OBTAIN |
| Proficient |
ABLE |
| Program like Spotify running in Safari, e.g |
WEBAPP |
| Puerto ___ |
RICO |
| R&B singer Táta ___ |
VEGA |
| Refinery material |
TAR |
| Result of cutting costs? |
SALE |
| Reviewed, as records |
AUDITED |
| Rub, as with a cloth |
WIPE |
| Rule for building on others’ ideas in improv |
YESAND |
| Singer Adam or Miranda |
LAMBERT |
| Sister Sophia in ‘The Sound of Music,’ e.g |
NUN |
| Sit-up targets |
ABS |
| Slight, as for a Grammy nomination |
SNUB |
| Smash hit’s position, reached by each of this puzzle’s circled hits |
NUMBERONE |
| Solo |
ALONE |
| Star’s ride |
LIMO |
| Stayed in place |
IDLED |
| Steakhouse entree |
TBONE |
| Stuff in pirates’ chests |
BOOTY |
| Sun Dance practitioners |
ARAPAHO |
| Sung out loud, say |
ORAL |
| Surf Ballroom’s state |
IOWA |
| Taj Mahal locale |
AGRA |
| Tart, purple fruit |
SLOE |
| Tarzan companion |
APE |
| They have altered DNA |
GMOS |
| Things burned in studios |
CDS |
| Title akin to ‘prince’ |
EMIR |
| Title in colonial India |
SAHIB |
| Took part in a debate |
ARGUED |
| Took place |
WAS |
| Toot your own horn |
BRAG |
| UFO shipmate |
ALIEN |
| Uranium ___ |
ORE |
| Way out yonder |
AFAR |
| Went off, so to speak |
RANTED |
| When Roxie’s trial occurs in ‘Chicago’ |
ACTII |
| Whitney Houston’s sign |
LEO |
| Whooping ___ (bird) |
CRANE |
| Word sung in a hymn |
AMEN |
| Your plea to everyone in paradise that they employ your services? (Bryan Adams + Bill Withers = Bananarama) |
HEAVENUSEME |
| [Yes, keep petting me, human] |
PURR |