The Washington Post Sunday – Aug 8 2021 Crossword Solution
The Washington Post Sunday – Aug 8 2021
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| ‘By faith ___ offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain’: Hebrews 11:4 | ABEL |
| ‘Dancing ___ the Stars’ | WITH |
| ‘Electric Arches’ author ___ L. Ewing | EVE |
| ‘Excellent!’ in the ’80s | RAD |
| ‘Hold on a ___!’ | SEC |
| ‘Oh, I wish I were an Oscar ___ wiener’ (old ad jingle lyric) | MAYER |
| ‘Oh, like that’ll ever happen!’ | ASIF |
| ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ Oscar winner Brad | PITT |
| ‘Rizzoli & Isles’ actress Harmon | ANGIE |
| ‘Sharknado’ actor Ziering | IAN |
| ‘That’s All ___ Wrote’ (Reba McEntire song) | SHE |
| ‘The Menaced Assassin’ painter Magritte | RENE |
| ‘Who friggin’ cares!’ | SCREWIT |
| 0, in soccer matches | NIL |
| 2005 Womenswear Designer of the Year award winner Wang | VERA |
| Across the Atlantic, say | OVERSEAS |
| Acute med. care sites | ERS |
| Animate, with ‘up’ | LIVEN |
| Areas at car dealerships | LOTS |
| Atlantic swimmers | COD |
| Balls, but not strikes | ORBS |
| Barking litter member | PUP |
| Boss in a boardroom | CEO |
| Brand of briefs | HANES |
| Buy for, as a meal | TREATTO |
| Bygone autocrat | TSAR |
| Cartoon foe of Skeletor | HEMAN |
| Ceases | ENDS |
| Cedar or spruce, e.g | CONIFER |
| Celebratory event | FIESTA |
| Character study? | EYETEST |
| Cheering noise that can be preceded by ‘hur’ | RAH |
| Cliffside nest | AERIE |
| Color of the first bird used in ‘Angry Birds’ | RED |
| Cornell University locale | ITHACA |
| Creative design class for ski racer Picabo? | STREETART |
| Deceive into wrongdoing | ENTRAP |
| Disregard on purpose | IGNORE |
| Edges of volcanoes | RIMS |
| Edmonton NHL pro | OILER |
| Egg cell | OVUM |
| Electronica composer with a literary whale-inspired nickname | MOBY |
| Enrolled in | JOINED |
| Environmental science class for singer Keith? | URBANFORESTRY |
| ExxonMobil brand in Canada | ESSO |
| Festival of Lights item | MENORAH |
| File format whose F stands for ‘format’ | |
| Firecracker noise | POP |
| Firm in one’s position | ADAMANT |
| First installment, as of a film series | PARTI |
| Fix sentence fragments, say | EDIT |
| Fluctuating, as a mood | FICKLE |
| For fear that | LEST |
| G-Men of the NFL | GIANTS |
| Glass-roofed rooms | ATRIA |
| Granny | NANA |
| Granted for a time | LENT |
| Greek letter hidden in ‘epsilon’ | PSI |
| Green pasta topping | PESTO |
| Green wall growth | IVY |
| Greeting with a ‘mwah’ sound | AIRKISS |
| Horned megaherbivore | RHINO |
| Horses’ strides | GAITS |
| Humanities class for singer Neko? | CASEHISTORY |
| Island nation that hosts an annual hibiscus festival | FIJI |
| Italian isle that’s home to the Blue Grotto | CAPRI |
| Junior’s H.S. exam | PSAT |
| Language class for actress Betty? | WHITERUSSIAN |
| Language in which ‘thank you’ is ‘kia ora’ | MAORI |
| Language written in the Devanagari script | HINDI |
| Like one-run home runs | SOLO |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Like the situation in Game 7 of the NBA Finals | DOORDIE |
| Lionel Richie, to Nicole | DAD |
| List of jobs | RESUME |
| Luxuriating locale | SPA |
| Mahershala of ‘Ramy’ | ALI |
| Many visitors of Sumiyoshi Park | OSAKANS |
| Modes of pronunciation | ACCENTS |
| More damp-smelling | MUSTIER |
| Mosque cleric | IMAM |
| Natural science class for singer Robert? | PLANTBIOLOGY |
| Neurotransmission point | SYNAPSE |
| Not ready for ___ time | PRIME |
| Of Swiss skiing resorts | ALPINE |
| One pulling on an invisible rope | MIME |
| One purchasing the program Final Cut Pro | MACUSER |
| Osmond who sang ‘Paper Roses’ | MARIE |
| Pants mishap | TEAR |
| Parishioner’s assent | AMEN |
| Passages into lagoons | INLETS |
| PC port initials | USB |
| Performance class for comedian Chris? | ROCKMUSIC |
| Peter who provided the voice of Anton Ego in ‘Ratatouille’ | OTOOLE |
| Physicist Mach known for the Mach number | ERNST |
| Pool exercise segments | LAPS |
| Possesses | HAS |
| Post-apocalyptic society, say | DYSTOPIA |
| Post-makeover description | NEWME |
| Produces pictures | DRAWS |
| Prohibit | BAN |
| Prohibit | FORBID |
| Queen ___ Revenge (ship captured by Blackbeard in 1717) | ANNES |
| Racetrack leaders? | REINS |
| Reason for a computer crash, maybe | ERROR |
| Related to the ankle | TARSAL |
| Rodent that’s welcome in one’s home | PETRAT |
| Run ___ of (get into trouble with) | AFOUL |
| Saharan safe spaces | OASES |
| Scrape (out) | EKE |
| Sections of brains | LOBES |
| Shake, like a dog’s tail | WAG |
| Shepherded creature | EWE |
| Short line on a map? | AVE |
| Signify | CONNOTE |
| Sitcom star Arnaz | DESI |
| Slightly | ATAD |
| Social science class for chef Julia? | CHILDPSYCHOLOGY |
| Some green fruits | PEARS |
| Some results of second bowling attempts | SPARES |
| Something or ___ | OTHER |
| Something read by a telepath, in science fiction | MIND |
| Sound-blasting boxes | AMPS |
| Strong sensation after a workout | THIRST |
| Suea rong hai cuisine | THAI |
| Teaching class for actor Adam? | DRIVEREDUCATION |
| Tent-securing post | STAKE |
| Total price after taxes and discounts | NETCOST |
| Track team? | BAND |
| Trisyllabic berry | ACAI |
| Tumult | ADO |
| TV fare with affairs | SOAPS |
| Twisted together | ENLACED |
| University of Maryland athlete, for short | TERP |
| Video game console that shares a name with a Bible book | GENESIS |
| Villainous half of a literary dual personality | HYDE |
| Was untruthful with | LIEDTO |
| Weird Al comedy that shows a trailer for ‘Conan the Librarian’ on Channel 62 | UHF |
| Worked on the dishes, in a way | WASHED |
| Works with needles | KNITS |
| Yes, on a pirate ship | AYE |
| ___ cube tray | ICE |
| ___ Ren (‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ character) | KYLO |