The Washington Post – Jan 3 2021 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| ‘Are you hurt?’ response |
IMOK |
| ‘I know! I know!’ |
OOHOOH |
| ‘May I have some tuna, please?’ |
MEOW |
| ‘My Fair Lady’ lady |
ELIZA |
| ‘My Way’ lyricist |
ANKA |
| ‘Old Town Road’ rapper Lil __ X |
NAS |
| ‘OMG, a mouse!’ |
EEK |
| ‘Watch me do this!’ |
HEREIGO |
| ‘We __ Farmer’s, bum ba dum bum bum bum bum’ |
ARE |
| ‘You betcha!’ |
SUREWILL |
| ‘You can’t be serious’ |
OHCMON |
| ‘Your point is?’ |
AND |
| ‘__ girl!’ |
ATTA |
| 2020, for many |
ORDEAL |
| Advice to an aspiring ballet dancer? |
LOOKBEFOREYOULEAP |
| Advice to an aspiring history professor? |
THERESNOFUTUREINIT |
| Advice to an aspiring journalist? |
DONTFORGETTOWRITE |
| Advice to an aspiring organizer? |
DONTTHROWITALLAWAY |
| Advice to an aspiring preacher? |
SPEAKOFTHEDEVIL |
| Advice to an aspiring stationer? |
PUSHTHEENVELOPE |
| Aim high |
GOBIG |
| Baby’s outfit |
ONESIE |
| Back on the boat |
AFT |
| Big name in footwear |
ALDO |
| Big name in nail polish |
OPI |
| Bio or chem |
SCI |
| Birds that boom and grunt |
EMUS |
| Breaks down |
WEEPS |
| Bring into harmony |
ATTUNE |
| Cake level |
TIER |
| Canine chorus |
ARFS |
| Channel that provided coverage of the New Horizons Pluto flyby |
NASATV |
| Chilly |
NIPPY |
| China’s Zhou __ |
ENLAI |
| Collars, as a perp |
NABS |
| Cosmic comeuppance |
KARMA |
| Crowd eruption |
ROAR |
| Dalai Lama’s former home |
LHASA |
| Dance moves |
STEPS |
| Devoid of any pleasure |
NOFUN |
| Drink mix made famous by NASA |
TANG |
| Ease up |
EBB |
| Eastern ‘way’ |
TAO |
| Esteem to the extreme |
IDOLIZE |
| Evil sci-fi order |
SITH |
| Exec concerned with hacking |
CIO |
| Far from clueless |
AWARE |
| Fictitious |
MYTHIC |
| Film director’s challenge |
EGO |
| Finger-wagging sound |
TSKTSK |
| Finger-wagging word |
SHAME |
| First name in supervillains |
LEX |
| Fishes, in a way |
TROLLS |
| For a bit |
AWHILE |
| Four Corners state |
UTAH |
| Frenemy of Lando |
HAN |
| Give a lift |
ELATE |
| Gives the boot |
OUSTS |
| Global warming word |
MELT |
| Got by on one’s reputation alone, perhaps |
SKATED |
| Govt. security |
TNOTE |
| Greens in regulation, e.g |
STAT |
| Gulf States bigwig |
EMIR |
| Gym set |
REPS |
| Hägar’s dog |
SNERT |
| Harp relative |
LYRE |
| Hawaiian seafood salad |
POKE |
| Hawkeye’s title workplace |
MASH |
| Head of MI6? |
LAV |
| Head of MI6? |
LOO |
| Holy threesome |
TRINITY |
| Hypotheticals |
IFS |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Illuminated |
LIT |
| It’s not a bear |
KOALA |
| It’s nothing to Caesar |
NIHIL |
| Japanese garden fish |
KOI |
| Jefferson bills |
TWOS |
| Kermit’s greeting |
HIHO |
| Kindle display |
EINK |
| Lab coat checker? |
VET |
| Like the Texas flag’s star |
LONE |
| LOL, verbalized |
HAHA |
| Lotto cousin |
KENO |
| Mandela’s org |
ANC |
| Messy place |
STY |
| Middle schooler, probably |
PRETEEN |
| Mogul |
TYCOON |
| Mountain legend |
YETI |
| Movers, but hopefully not shakers |
VANS |
| Musical deficiency |
NOEAR |
| NFL’s Falcons |
ATL |
| Nowhere close |
AFAR |
| Olympic skating medalist Midori |
ITO |
| On, as Sherlock’s game |
AFOOT |
| One of a biblical 150 |
PSALM |
| Painful sequence |
OWS |
| PC shortcut key |
ALT |
| Philly Ivy |
PENN |
| Prairie howlers |
COYOTES |
| Praise for a torero |
OLE |
| Quite big enough |
AMPLE |
| Radio piece |
DIAL |
| Ram’s protection |
HELMET |
| Rap caps, perhaps |
DORAGS |
| Red Warhol subject? |
MAO |
| Respectful singer? |
ARETHA |
| Right this minute |
ATONCE |
| Rob __ |
ROY |
| Rock ending? |
ETTE |
| Ruth’s sultanate? |
SWAT |
| Salts, say |
SEASONS |
| Sanjay of CNN |
GUPTA |
| Scientist __ deGrasse Tyson |
NEIL |
| Seek the affections of |
WOO |
| Seyfried of ‘Big Love’ |
AMANDA |
| Sheep related to you? |
EWE |
| Simple meteorological tool |
VANE |
| Skye of ‘Say Anything…’ |
IONE |
| Slithery squeezer |
BOA |
| Some fitness ctrs |
YMCAS |
| Son of Odin |
THOR |
| Soprano showpiece |
ARIA |
| Speed skater Ohno |
APOLO |
| Star sometimes eclipsing Venus? |
SERENA |
| Stumbling block |
SNAG |
| Support for wind energy? |
MAST |
| Take over or take in |
CONSUME |
| Taken down |
BEATEN |
| Teslas don’t need it |
GAS |
| The one |
SOULMATE |
| Tiger’s target |
HOLE |
| Tolkien trilogy, initially |
LOTR |
| Tools with jaws |
VISES |
| Top of a hill |
APEX |
| Touch down |
LAND |
| Treater’s adamant words |
IINSIST |
| Unexpected mug shot feature |
SMILE |
| Used what was available |
MADEDO |
| Vatican farewell |
CIAO |
| Vietnam War hot spot |
SAIGON |
| View from a hill |
DALE |
| Wander (about) |
GAD |
| Yes, to Yves |
OUI |
| Zoom lens? |
WEBCAM |