The Washington Post Sunday – Sep 27 2020 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| ‘Battlestar Galactica’ actress Helfer |
TRICIA |
| ‘Citizen ___’ |
KANE |
| ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ director Jon M. ___ |
CHU |
| ‘Help me,’ e.g |
PLEA |
| ‘Inconceivable!’ |
CANTBE |
| ‘It Takes Two’ twins |
OLSENS |
| ‘Later,’ in Le Havre |
ADIEU |
| ‘Married … With Children’ and ‘Sons of Anarchy’ co-star |
KATEYSAGAL |
| ‘Stormy Weather’ singer Waters |
ETHEL |
| ‘Why not ___?’ |
BOTH |
| ‘You’ve Got Mail’ director |
NORAEPHRON |
| ‘___ diem!’ |
CARPE |
| ‘___ to the Thief’ (2003 Radiohead album) |
HAIL |
| ‘___ ___ Baby’ (hit for Vanilla ___) |
ICE |
| 100 percent accurate |
EXACT |
| 1973 National Women’s Hall of Fame inductee Keller |
HELEN |
| Address for a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle |
DUDE |
| Admirer’s exclamation |
OOH |
| Ancient nomadic warrior |
HUN |
| Apple’s G5 desktop, e.g |
IMAC |
| Arcade machine insert |
TOKEN |
| Atoms that have an unequal number of protons and electrons |
IONS |
| Basilica table |
ALTAR |
| Beneficial quality |
ASSET |
| Bent out of shape |
CROOKED |
| Bio section of a newspaper |
OBITPAGE |
| Black ___ (hip-hop duo featuring string instruments) |
VIOLIN |
| Boas and such |
NECKWEAR |
| Boatloads |
TONS |
| Box full of breakers |
PANEL |
| Brand of dressings and marinades |
KENS |
| Brownish pear |
BOSC |
| Business card abbr |
TEL |
| Bustle |
HOOPLA |
| Cable giant offering Xfinity packages |
COMCAST |
| Calorie, e.g |
UNIT |
| Cardinals legend Brock |
LOU |
| Chrysanthemum containers |
VASES |
| Competitive advantage |
EDGE |
| Contribute |
ADDIN |
| Cosmetics brand acquired by Natura &Co in 2020 |
AVON |
| Decline, in influence |
WANE |
| Due-in hrs |
ETAS |
| Easily irritated |
PRICKLY |
| Ellipsoidal |
OVAL |
| Emulate pirates |
MARAUD |
| Enclosure for shark divers |
CAGE |
| Enjoying REM, say |
ASLEEP |
| Explorer Hendrickson for whom the Field Museum’s Tyrannosaurus rex is named |
SUE |
| Explosion from the surface of a white dwarf |
NOVA |
| Fate for some granted political asylum |
EXILE |
| Flaky mineral that’s an anagram of 15 Down |
MICA |
| Food, water, etc |
NEEDS |
| Gained financially |
profited |
| Gandhi who serves as the president of the Indian National Congress |
SONIA |
| Garam ___ (Indian spice blend) |
MASALA |
| Good to go |
AOK |
| Guys carrying clubs |
BATBOYS |
| Handle on an app |
USERID |
| Heir space? |
ESTATE |
| Home of the French aquarium Océanopolis |
BREST |
| How some cinematic sword fights are fought |
TOTHEDEATH |
| Hydrologist’s subject |
SEA |
| Infomercial phrase |
ASSEENONTV |
| It shelters in a shell |
HERMITCRAB |
| Jazz singer Cassidy |
EVA |
| Just barely |
ATAD |
| Key hit when starting a new paragraph |
ENTER |
| Lasik surgery targets |
EYES |
| Like azaleas, to cats and dogs |
TOXIC |
| Like many adopted pets |
RESCUED |
| Link up with |
TIETO |
| Liquid bead source |
PORE |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Lisa Kudrow and Meryl Streep’s alma mater |
VASSAR |
| Longtime ‘liberal lion’ of the Senate |
TEDKENNEDY |
| Main mode of travel? |
CRUISE |
| Massage parlor option |
OILRUB |
| Meaningless |
INANE |
| Met unexpectedly, with ‘upon’ |
CHANCED |
| Metaphor for initial romantic chemistry |
SPARK |
| Necromancer’s haunt |
CRYPT |
| Next-in-command after the ship’s first officer |
SECONDMATE |
| NL West pro |
PADRE |
| Not just like |
ADORE |
| Note-taking implement |
PEN |
| Note-taking implements |
PADS |
| Notice about a snow day cancellation, e.g |
ALERT |
| Nuclear reactor items |
RODS |
| Offering from Santa |
TOY |
| Old-school yet trendy |
RETRO |
| On a horse, in a way |
ASTRIDE |
| One of two in the U.N.? |
DOT |
| One-year contract, maybe |
LEASE |
| Opened a smidge |
AJAR |
| Org. administering the GRE |
ETS |
| Overbite correctors |
BRACES |
| Parliament’s lavatory |
LOO |
| Piano mover, at times? |
VAN |
| Pin count |
TEN |
| Potential results of rap battles? |
DISSTRACKS |
| Propelled, as a pigskin |
THREW |
| Protagonist of ‘The Last of Us’ video games |
ELLIE |
| Pursued a seat |
RAN |
| Recipients of fan mail |
IDOLS |
| Routine component |
BIT |
| Safe, as crackers |
EDIBLE |
| See 117 Across |
PARTS |
| See 19 Across |
VERA |
| Seek treasure, in a way |
DIG |
| Shape whose number of sides is equal to this answer’s clue number |
HEPTAGON |
| Showers |
RAINS |
| Slight trace of color |
TINGE |
| Smoked bagel topper |
LOX |
| Smoothie seller |
JUICEBAR |
| Solemn declaration |
VOW |
| Some supplies used in body painting |
DYES |
| Something read by a fortuneteller |
TEALEAF |
| Spreadshirt products |
TEES |
| Starling’s structure |
NEST |
| State where Marilynne Robinson’s book ‘Gilead’ is set |
IOWA |
| Steel fixture at a skate park |
RAIL |
| Streaming annoyances |
ADS |
| Subsequently |
THEN |
| Sugar apple, by another name |
SWEETSOP |
| Surround |
HEMIN |
| Tapped, so to speak |
CHOSE |
| Taqueria tortilla |
TOSTADA |
| Tartan garments |
KILTS |
| Tips of missiles |
NOSECONES |
| Toss, as a water balloon |
LOB |
| Varieties |
ILKS |
| Very |
TOO |
| Very |
OHSO |
| Warn, as on the road |
HONKAT |
| Wearying routine |
RUT |
| What 5 might signify |
MAY |
| Wild gathering |
ORGY |
| Willow family quaker |
ASPEN |
| With 119 Across, divisions in a chorus, and a description of how a choral section has been divided across black squares in five rows in this puzzle |
VOICE |
| With 8 Down, moisturizer substance |
ALOE |
| Work of art? |
COMIC |
| Work over |
REDO |
| ___ Hirobumi, first prime minister of Japan |
ITO |
| ___ smear |
PAP |
| ___-out (poor excuse) |
COP |