The Washington Post Sunday – Sep 20 2020 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| ‘All in the Family’ actress Stapleton |
JEAN |
| ‘Hey ___’ (Black Eyed Peas song) |
MAMA |
| ‘Let ___ eat cake’ |
THEM |
| ‘Project Runway’ creator Holzman |
ELI |
| ‘Regrettably,’ poetically |
ALAS |
| ‘U Got It Bad’ singer |
USHER |
| ‘What a relaxing bath!’ |
AAH |
| ‘You’re on your ___’ |
OWN |
| ‘___ your head!’ |
USE |
| 1,000-kilogram units |
TONNES |
| 1988 hit country album |
REBA |
| 20 Down star Arthur |
ASHE |
| 50/50 |
INHALF |
| Adobe program used by graphic artists |
INDESIGN |
| Adult participating in a snowball fight, say |
BIGKID |
| Ahmedabad attire |
SARI |
| Alternatively |
ELSE |
| Ancestry test molecule |
DNA |
| Ankle-length garment |
MAXI |
| Annoyances at Epcot |
LINES |
| Annual Hawaiian floral celebration |
LEIDAY |
| Armless furniture piece |
DIVAN |
| Barely makes (out) |
EKES |
| Bathroom in Tel Aviv? |
LAV |
| Blogger’s posting |
ENTRY |
| Bowling alley item |
PIN |
| Bridle attachment |
REIN |
| Cafeteria provision |
MEAL |
| Calculus pioneer |
FERMAT |
| California rep Barbara |
LEE |
| Camper vans, e.g |
RVS |
| Car radio button |
PRESET |
| Card number, perhaps |
AGE |
| Carefree state |
EASE |
| Choose in a dispute |
TAKESIDES |
| City that’s due west of Cedar Rapids |
AMESIOWA |
| CO/ME home |
USA |
| Comedian Proops |
GREG |
| Comedian who hosted the BET Awards in 2011 |
KEVINHART |
| Consumes ravenously |
DEVOURS |
| Container for olives |
CAN |
| Courteous denial |
NOMAAM |
| Cross paths with |
MEET |
| Cuban rum c*cktail + dark German beer = Judge Lance, if he were an athletic member of a criminal syndicate? |
MOBJOCKITO |
| Cut 12 Down |
BISECT |
| Daisy Ridley’s Jedi role |
REY |
| Dangerous scaling area |
CRAG |
| Daytona 500 racer |
AUTO |
| Deodorant types |
ROLLONS |
| Does what must be done |
OBEYS |
| Draw away, with ‘from’ |
DETRACT |
| Excoriates |
REAMSOUT |
| Expand |
WIDEN |
| Fills beyond full |
SATIATES |
| Former Philly Pops conductor Peter |
NERO |
| Gin/vermouth c*cktail + fermented malt drink = Falsehood about aliens? |
MARTIANLIE |
| Gwendolyn Brooks poem that begins ‘When the sun sinks behind the mountains’ |
EVENTIDE |
| Had a bite at night |
DINED |
| Hanna-Barbera sheets |
CELS |
| Have leftovers, say |
EATIN |
| Heyburn State Park site |
IDAHO |
| Hosp. worker’s org |
AMA |
| Immerses in hot water |
STEEPS |
| Include |
ADD |
| Internal combustion site |
ENGINE |
| Involve |
ENTAIL |
| Is in France? |
EST |
| Isolated |
ALONE |
| It has a negative charge |
ANION |
| Japanese rice wine + beer/lemonade drink = Two things that a mayor presents to a heroic beauty queen? |
SASHANDKEY |
| Jay Gatsby’s rank |
MAJOR |
| JetBlue employee |
PILOT |
| Clues |
Answers |
| King’s Scholars college |
ETON |
| Laid up in bed, say |
ILL |
| Lemon-lime soda + bitter Polynesian brew = Military recruit who’s into the Specials, say? |
SKAPRIVATE |
| Licorice-flavored liqueur + French wine = Parking area for hunting dogs in Japanese cartoons? |
ANIMESETTERLOT |
| Lightning bolt’s state of matter |
PLASMA |
| Like c*cks and bulls |
MALE |
| Like houseplants that cats chew on, hopefully |
NONTOXIC |
| Like recipients of Santa’s gifts, it’s said |
NICE |
| Lions’ locales |
DENS |
| Mafia figures |
DONS |
| Magneto, to Professor X |
NEMESIS |
| Makeup of some steins |
PEWTER |
| Malcolm X, e.g |
ICON |
| Mid-month time |
IDES |
| Mixes, as a drink |
STIRS |
| Mold particles |
SPORES |
| Munch like a mouse |
GNAW |
| Number of NBA titles won by Bill Russell |
ELEVEN |
| Number right after zwei |
DREI |
| Of the same family |
AKIN |
| Office newcomer |
HIREE |
| Oktoberfest beverage + brandy c*cktail = Final redheads-only MD workplace? |
LASTGINGERER |
| One evaluating potential draft picks |
SCOUT |
| One landing on petals |
BEE |
| Overdo the sweetness |
CLOY |
| Pained from training |
SORE |
| Passerine songbird |
LARK |
| Paste at a luau |
POI |
| Pay-___-view |
PER |
| PC connection letters |
DSL |
| Perfectionist’s objective |
IDEAL |
| Piece about one’s life |
BIO |
| Plant with spiny leaves |
ALOE |
| Porcine farm beast |
SOW |
| Presidential period, e.g |
ERA |
| Produce pies, e.g |
BAKE |
| Property of light |
HUE |
| Put in order |
ALIGNED |
| Reproductive cell |
OVUM |
| Responsibility |
ONUS |
| Rest in a recliner |
NAP |
| Risk analyst’s query? |
DOIDARE |
| Scotch whisky c*cktail + dark beer = Rocker Zombie’s plaything that he brings on a band trip? |
ROBSTOURTOY |
| Scottish liqueur + pirate’s rum drink = Roast the guy who epitomizes the pretense of being affluent? |
DRAGMRBOUGIE |
| See 18 Across |
ALDA |
| Service industry? |
TENNIS |
| Singer Smyth |
PATTY |
| Spanish poetry subject |
AMOR |
| Stand-up comic Philips |
EMO |
| Starbucks drink + German wine = Emotive shouts? |
CRIESOFFEELING |
| State wildflower of Georgia |
AZALEA |
| Sterile farm beast |
MULE |
| Strides like a stallion |
LOPES |
| Sudoku row digits, e.g |
NONET |
| Suspiciously |
ASKANCE |
| Swamp chompers |
GATORS |
| Theorizing Descartes |
RENE |
| Tiger exhibit displayer |
ZOO |
| Try to catch carp, say |
ANGLE |
| Two-of-a-kind boat |
ARK |
| Vacillate |
YOYO |
| Vacuum seen in sci-fi |
SPACE |
| Variety of beef |
ANGUS |
| VIPs of clubs |
DJS |
| Visits |
GOESTO |
| Went down a hill, say |
SLID |
| With 79 Down, Hawkeye Pierce’s portrayer |
ALAN |
| Wonder at the piano |
STEVIE |
| ___ eggs |
NEST |
| ___ Lobster |
RED |
| ___ out (squeal on) |
RAT |
| ___ spray |
NASAL |