The Washington Post Sunday – Mar 14 2021 Crossword Solution
The Washington Post Sunday – Mar 14 2021 Crossword Solution
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| ‘C’mon, be nice’ | DONTHATE |
| ‘Can I get a volunteer?’ | ANYYONE |
| ‘Dark Matter’ actress Melissa | ONEIL |
| ‘Fearless’ Oscar nominee Rosie | PEREZ |
| ‘Jazz Night in America’ broadcaster | NNPR |
| ‘My Neighbor Totoro’ genre | ANIME |
| ‘Oh, like you’ve never made a mistake in your whole life!’ | SOSUEME |
| ‘That’ll be all, thanks’ | IMSET |
| ‘True’ or ‘false’ bone | RIB |
| ‘Women Who Run With the Wolves’ author Clarissa Pinkola ___ | ESTES |
| ‘You mean little ol’ me?’ | MOII |
| ‘___ We All We ___’ (song by Pink) | AREE |
| 1935 Oscar-winning film that takes place aboard a ship | MUTTIINNYYONTHEBOUNTY |
| 1971 post-apocalyptic film, with ‘The’ | O{MEGA}MAN |
| 1980s movie that opens in an arcade | TRON |
| 2019 NFL MVP Jackson | LAMMAR |
| A D&D player may take one to perform an attack roll | TURN |
| Acknowledge | COPTO |
| Actress Szubanski who wrote ‘Reckoning’ | MAGDA |
| Adverb in a threat | ELSE |
| Apt rhyme of ‘croon’ | TUNE |
| Apt sign for the Olsen twins | GEMMIINNII |
| Arouse, as emotions | STIR |
| Assumes as fact | POSIITS |
| Baozi of Chinese cuisine, e.g | BUN |
| Big discount retail chain | DOL{LARGE}NERAL |
| Birds with calf muscles | EMUS |
| Break | RESPITE |
| Bring up | BOOST |
| Broadway actress Villafañe | ANA |
| Camping shelter that sounds like it would be fitting for a painter | CAN{VAST}ENT |
| Citrus tree fruit | LEMONS |
| Citrus tree fruit | ORANGE |
| Comparatively compressed | DENSER |
| Complete | ENTIIRE |
| Completely destroy | DE{VAST}ATE |
| Cubs fan? | LION |
| Dating periods for geologists? | EONS |
| Dealer’s opponent | NARC |
| Dec. hrs. in Chicago | CST |
| Desk composition, often | WOOD |
| Dichotomous, as some questions | YESNO |
| Eliciting a ‘heart eyes’ emoji, say | CUTEE |
| Emulate an adder | HISS |
| Ensemble range | ALTO |
| Events for the Nationals at Nationals Park, e.g | HO{MEGA}MES |
| Evidence of truth | TESTAMENT |
| Excalibur’s mythical origin | AVALON |
| Fade gradually | EVANESCE |
| Feline constellation | LEO |
| Go left or right, e.g | STEEER |
| Goes over again | ITERATES |
| Guy who’s the lover of an older partner | BOYYTOY |
| Indicated | DENNOTED |
| Is done dreaming | AWAKES |
| Jack’s suit, at times | SPADES |
| Joined by sewing | SEAMED |
| Las Vegas athlete beginning in 2020 | RAIDER |
| Legal opinion issued by an authority on Islamic law | FATWWA |
| Like ‘It’ in 2017 | REMADE |
| Like bad apples | MOLDY |
| Like the winning price guesses on ‘The Price Is Right’ (without going over) | CLOSEST |
| Like winged raptors | TALONNED |
| Little bit | TAD |
| Little bit of science? | IONN |
| Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch’s nation | WALES |
| Louis Armstrong’s vocal quality | RASP |
| Mallow family tree | BALSA |
| Martial art whose practitioners wear bogu | KENDO |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Medicine Hat’s locale | ALBERTA |
| Namesake of the Australian Open’s main venue | LAVER |
| Nation where the merengue originated | DOMMIINNIICANREPUBLIC |
| No longer on-board? | ERASED |
| No. calculated in part from performance on logic and reasoning tasks | IQSCORE |
| Not quite right | OFF |
| Opposite of tumultuous | SERENE |
| Organic compound found in pheromones | ESTTER |
| Palindrome in stanzas | ERE |
| Passed along a post, say | RETWWEEEETED |
| Petunias’ pollen producers | STAMENS |
| Platform for the Apple Books app | IIOS |
| Pointless and ridiculous | INANE |
| Politics writer Pareene | ALEX |
| Portable power source that converts energy from the sun | SO{LARGE}NERATOR |
| Practice for one telling lies, both big and small | DECEIT |
| Prepares for a piano recital, say | SITS |
| Pres. Biden’s state | DEL |
| Pro in the NBA’s Central Division | PACER |
| Procter & Gamble pouch | TIDEPOD |
| Publication such as the Austin Chronicle or the Washington Blade | ALTWWEEEEKLY |
| Puff from a pipe | TOKE |
| Puzzle one may solve while walking outdoors | MAZE |
| Pyramid base, maybe | SQUARE |
| Repetitive cheer at la Copa Mundial | OLEOLE |
| Response after someone says ‘Now we’re even’? | ITSATIE |
| Rocker Robert Plant, e.g | TENOR |
| Role-play | ACTT |
| Sch. in Tempe | ASU |
| Scholar’s ___ (end of the first match in ‘The Queen’s Gambit’) | MATE |
| Self-diagnostic tool | TESTKIT |
| Selma’s state: Abbr | ALA |
| Silents star Murray born in the month that sounds like her first name | MAEE |
| Site of ice and skates, but not ice skates | SEA |
| Sloth et al | SINS |
| Smooth and glossy | SATTIINNYY |
| Some lab cells | OVA |
| Something sought by cellphone users | SIGNAL |
| Sport in the Octagon, for short | MMMA |
| Stained, as a reputation | SOILED |
| Start of a boast to the Senate (in English) | ICAME |
| State dog of Alaska | MALAMUTE |
| Strong farm workers | ANTS |
| Struck out | OMITTED |
| Substitute | SWAP |
| Syringe measurement | DOSE |
| The sacred tree Eó Mugna of Irish legend, e.g | OAK |
| The way it’s done | STYLE |
| This clue number divided by trece | OCHO |
| Tim Heidecker’s comedy partner Wareheim | ERIIC |
| Title for the Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton | SIR |
| TNT producer of cartoons | ACME |
| Tool used when you need a break? | CUE |
| Trickles slowly | SEEPS |
| Trickster’s tactic | RUSE |
| Undeveloped | LATENT |
| W. ___ Bell, comedian and host of ‘United Shades of America’ | KAMAU |
| Went sky-high | FLEWW |
| What a squid ejects | INK |
| What’s built in a relationship | TRUST |
| Winslet’s co-star in ‘The Mountain Between Us’ | ELBA |
| With a scoop on top | ALAMODE |
| Word in comparisons | THAN |
| ___ disease (condition that prevents the digestion of gluten) | CELIAC |
| ___ incognita (unexplored area) | TERRA |
| ___ milk | OAT |
| ___ one’s time | BIIDE |
| ___-level (impressive) | NEXT |