The Washington Post – Feb 7 2021 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| ’70s Connecticut governor Ella |
GRASSO |
| ‘Feather canyons everywhere,’ to Joni Mitchell |
CLOUDS |
| ‘It’s a __!’ |
FACT |
| ‘The Usual Suspects’ crime lord Keyser __ |
SOZE |
| ‘Well, __-di-dah!’ |
LAH |
| ‘Yum!’ |
DELISH |
| 108-card game |
UNO |
| A head |
EACH |
| Advisories |
ALERTS |
| Apparent displacement due to observer movement |
PARALLAX |
| Arrive, in a way |
LAND |
| Attractions in San Diego and the Bronx |
ZOOS |
| Black __ |
OPS |
| Bridge actions |
BIDS |
| Building blocks |
ADOBES |
| California lake near the Nevada border |
MONO |
| City NNW of San Francisco |
EUREKA |
| Click beetles |
ELATERS |
| Composer Prokofiev |
SERGEI |
| Conspiring group |
CABAL |
| Contaminates |
TAINTS |
| Cordelia’s father |
LEAR |
| Deck alternatives |
PATIOS |
| Did okay in class |
GOTAC |
| Disinfect |
SANITIZE |
| Distribute, with ‘out’ |
METE |
| Donor drive target |
ALUM |
| Drinks in the a.m |
OJS |
| English race place |
ASCOT |
| Excavation site |
SANDPIT |
| Expert |
ACE |
| Eye |
PEERAT |
| Facility for a matchmaker? |
SETUPSHOP |
| Facility for baking custard-filled pastries? |
NAPOLEONCOMPLEX |
| Facility for cloning research? |
DOUBLESPACE |
| Facility for manufacturing homes? |
HOUSEPLANT |
| Facility for processing vacation requests? |
LEAVEOFFICE |
| Facility for purchasing the latest fad items? |
WHATSINSTORE |
| Facility for recycling old batteries? |
DEADCENTER |
| Facility for researching cocoa-based goodies? |
CHOCOLATELAB |
| Facility where the higher-ups do business? |
STATUSBAR |
| Fingers |
RATSON |
| Flier with a flight |
DART |
| Fling |
AFFAIR |
| Foe of Rocky and Bullwinkle |
NATASHA |
| Frequent subject in recent headlines |
FLUSHOT |
| Givens in the ‘Wheel of Fortune’ bonus round |
RSTLNE |
| Glass lip |
RIM |
| Godsend |
BOON |
| Gown fabric |
TULLE |
| Green and Yankovic |
ALS |
| Gym equipment |
MATS |
| Hard to see in |
DIM |
| Help |
AID |
| Heston title role |
ELCID |
| Hides |
LIESLOW |
| Icicle’s locale |
EAVE |
| Impact sound |
SPLAT |
| Indian cooking style |
TANDOORI |
| Isn’t at all wishy-washy |
INSISTS |
| It’s often divided |
ESTATE |
| Its planes have missile defense systems |
ELAL |
| Jazz diva Jones |
ETTA |
| Keats’ ‘To Autumn,’ e.g |
ODE |
| Kind of 1940s suit |
ZOOT |
| La __, San Diego neighborhood that’s home to Scripps Research |
JOLLA |
| Last of a series |
OMEGA |
| Leaves on a dog |
SLAW |
| Like non-oyster months, traditionally |
RLESS |
| Liquid meas |
GAL |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Lung air sacs |
ALVEOLI |
| Many kilt wearers |
SCOTSMEN |
| Mason’s wedge |
SHIM |
| Master, in Hindi |
SAHIB |
| Michelin product |
CARTIRE |
| Minds |
SEESTO |
| Miracle-__ |
GRO |
| Montblanc product |
PEN |
| Muesli morsel |
OAT |
| Neighborhoods |
AREAS |
| Off-the-wall |
WACKO |
| ORD postings |
ETAS |
| Part of Q.E.D |
ERAT |
| Peak |
ZENITH |
| Peak seen from Messina |
ETNA |
| Ph.D. hurdle |
DISS |
| Physical, say |
EXAM |
| Pickles |
MESSES |
| Pitcher Hershiser |
OREL |
| Pizzeria fixture |
OVEN |
| Pizzeria offerings |
SLICES |
| Place for a hero |
DELI |
| Plus |
ALSO |
| Pre-test helper |
TUTOR |
| Privia Pro Stage pianos, e.g |
CASIOS |
| Put (away) |
SALTED |
| Puts on cargo |
LADES |
| Reagan secretary of state |
SHULTZ |
| Red Cross supply |
SERUM |
| Requiring utensils, as some sandwiches |
OPENFACE |
| Sci-fi beings |
ETS |
| Searched roughly |
RIFLED |
| Seconds, say |
MORE |
| Seized vehicle |
REPO |
| Shakers and others |
SECTS |
| Shapes again |
REMOLDS |
| Sharpens |
HONES |
| She plays Niobe in ‘The Matrix’ sequels |
JADA |
| Skinny |
INFO |
| Slangy denials |
NOPES |
| Some are vital |
ORGANS |
| Sound of an impact |
THUD |
| Sprouts-to-be |
SEEDS |
| Stare at in a creepy way |
OGLE |
| Start a paragraph, maybe |
INDENT |
| Strict |
EXACT |
| Suit in a Spanish deck of cards |
OROS |
| Super Bowl LIV halftime performer |
JLO |
| Tabloid topic |
UFO |
| Thespian companies |
TROUPES |
| They may be bitter |
ALES |
| Thumb (through) |
RIFFLE |
| Toast topping |
PATE |
| Touched down |
ALIT |
| Tough spot |
SCRAPE |
| Toward the sheltered side |
ALEE |
| Toy with a tail |
KITE |
| Unpopular spots |
ACNE |
| Waterfront sight |
PIER |
| Weasel report? |
POP |
| Women with habits |
NUNS |
| Work with feet |
POEM |
| Worn |
USED |
| Writer Bagnold |
ENID |
| Wyoming natives |
ARAPAHOS |
| Yardsticks: Abbr |
STDS |
| Zero deg. at the equator, say |
LAT |
| __ layer |
OZONE |
| __-Ball: arcade game |
SKEE |
| __-de-chaussée: ground floor |
REZ |