The Washington Post Sunday – Aug 30 2020 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| ‘A profound source of spirituality,’ per Carl Sagan |
SCIENCE |
| ‘Alas …’ |
SADLY |
| ‘Arrested Development’ actress with a side job amusing monarchs? |
JESSICAWALTER |
| ‘Coming to America’ protagonist |
AKEEM |
| ‘Doctor Zhivago’ actor Sharif |
OMAR |
| ‘Guitar Hero’ challenges |
SOLOS |
| ‘In a moment’ |
SOON |
| ‘Long may ___ reign’ |
SHE |
| ‘Love in the Time of ___’ (Márquez novel) |
CHOLERA |
| ‘Short ___ to Screwball Women’ (Rachel Wetzsteon poem) |
ODE |
| ‘The Old Man and the Sea’ actor with a side job gathering intel? |
SPENCERTRACY |
| ‘The ___’ (Mr. T series) |
ATEAM |
| ‘Titans’ and ‘Vikings,’ e.g |
SHOWS |
| ‘Washington: A Life’ biographer Chernow |
RON |
| ‘___ we forget’ |
LEST |
| 12 Down, e.g |
ILLNESS |
| 2004 film inspired by Rosalind Wiseman’s book ‘Queen Bees and Wannabes’ |
MEANGIRLS |
| 2006 Woman of Courage Award recipient DiFranco |
ANI |
| Actor ___ Arnaz Jr |
DESI |
| Adviser to Barack Obama with a side job parking cars? |
VALERIEJARRETT |
| Arthur’s foster father in ‘The Sword in the Stone’ |
ECTOR |
| Auto racer Bobby |
RAHAL |
| Available, at a bar |
ONTAP |
| Bejeweled accessories |
TIARAS |
| Big bunch |
PASSEL |
| Cadbury competitor |
NESTLE |
| Cause of an explosion |
TNT |
| Cause of an explosion |
IRE |
| Cheney played by Amy Adams in ‘Vice’ |
LYNNE |
| Chicago-style hot dog topping |
RELISH |
| Christmas concert tunes |
NOELS |
| Coastal bodies of water |
BAYS |
| Coaxes |
CAJOLES |
| Comic-___ (big San Diego gathering) |
CON |
| Courtroom recitals |
OATHS |
| Cousins of coyotes |
JACKALS |
| Crashing businesses? |
INNS |
| Currency signified as € |
EURO |
| Day on film sets, once |
DORIS |
| Dead set against |
ANTI |
| Deli bread selection |
RYE |
| Deliberately ignore |
SHUN |
| Did a great job on |
ACED |
| Direct call number |
HOTLINE |
| Diva’s preparation |
ARIA |
| Doctor textbooks, say |
EDIT |
| Done to a ___ |
TEE |
| Drake, e.g |
DUCK |
| Draw upon |
USE |
| Equivalent of three feet |
ONEYARD |
| Figure in many a Greek tragedy |
ORACLE |
| Football game flipper |
COIN |
| Ford flaw, say |
DENT |
| Former Disney CEO with a side job collecting ore? |
MICHAELEISNER |
| Free of troubles |
SERENE |
| Freezes |
HALTS |
| French utopian socialist with a side job delivering messages? |
CHARLESFOURIER |
| G.H. ___ (name on champagne bottles) |
MUMM |
| Gazillions |
ATON |
| Getting the wrong idea |
ERRING |
| Guitar relative |
LUTE |
| Hangs around |
LOITERS |
| Hardcore sects |
CULTS |
| He ‘cometh’ on stage |
ICEMAN |
| He keeps his brain sharp ‘by eating a crossword puzzle every day,’ per Garfield |
ODIE |
| Healthy |
HALE |
| High nesting space |
AERIE |
| Humongous |
OCEANIC |
| Hurried escapes |
LAMS |
| In after a time out? |
RETRO |
| In the center of |
AMID |
| Clues |
Answers |
| In the fashion of |
ALA |
| Island nation where ‘Gladiator’ was filmed |
MALTA |
| Knitting expert, e.g |
CRAFTER |
| Language of Phuket |
THAI |
| Left outside? |
WEST |
| Li’l individuals |
WEEUNS |
| Library fixtures |
DESKS |
| Like Mel Brooks comedies |
MADCAP |
| Looming |
AHEAD |
| Make more valuable |
ENRICH |
| Mandatory thing |
NEED |
| Manga artist Junji |
ITO |
| Material obtained from coal |
TAR |
| Movie star, e.g |
IDOL |
| Mysterious vibe |
AURA |
| Nation whose flag depicts a Maasai shield |
KENYA |
| NBA legend with a side job laying brick? |
MAGICJOHNSON |
| Opened a tad |
AJAR |
| Opera singer with a side job fighting in the armed forces? |
MARILYNHORNE |
| Opulent |
ORNATE |
| Overnight travel option |
REDEYE |
| People of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation |
UTE |
| Period in the geologic time scale |
EON |
| Pertaining to vision |
OCULAR |
| Philadelphia NHL pro |
FLYER |
| Picked |
CHOSE |
| Piece of fishing gear |
REEL |
| Piece of music? |
VERSE |
| Poke bowl tuna |
AHI |
| Possesses, archaically |
HATH |
| Press secretary for George W. Bush with a side job firing at circular targets? |
ARIFLEISCHER |
| Promo cost |
ADRATE |
| Provokes, at recess |
DARES |
| Pureed meat spread |
PATE |
| Purloined |
STOLE |
| Put into motion |
ACTUATE |
| Putrid stuff |
FILTH |
| Quick snap? |
PIC |
| Rankled relentlessly |
ATEAT |
| Rap battle battler |
EMCEE |
| Rapid troop movements |
SORTIES |
| Rapids vehicle |
CANOE |
| River obstruction |
DAM |
| River through Uganda |
NILE |
| Roosevelt played by Olivia Williams in ‘Hyde Park on Hudson’ |
ELEANOR |
| Sandwich buns? |
ARSE |
| Ship posts |
MASTS |
| Small circus runners |
FLEAS |
| Soup kitchen item |
POT |
| Spruces (up) |
TIDIES |
| Stampeder in ‘The Lion King’ |
GNU |
| Staple of vocal jazz |
SCAT |
| State where the band Slipknot formed |
IOWA |
| Supernatural charm |
MOJO |
| Sushi fish |
EEL |
| Talk and talk and talk |
GAB |
| Tapers off |
LESSENS |
| Tasks in mystery novels |
CASES |
| Tattoo parlor stock |
INKS |
| Theme park since 1982 |
EPCOT |
| Third word of CPU |
UNIT |
| Ticket buyer’s leftover |
STUB |
| Trouble |
WOE |
| Turn, as a turnip |
ROT |
| U.S. Davis Cup captain, 1981-1985 |
ASHE |
| Under consideration |
INMIND |
| Video game bonus |
EASTEREGG |
| Volcano whose name is spelled in street names? |
ETNA |
| Volkswagen model that debuted in 1979 |
JETTA |
| Wheel-spinning rodent |
GERBIL |
| ___ vera juice |
ALOE |