The Washington Post Sunday – Nov 14 2021 Crossword Solution
The Washington Post Sunday – Nov 14 2021
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| ‘Happy Tappin’ With ___’ (song featuring a Muppet) | ELMO |
| ‘Happy to Be Here’ comedian Tig ___ | NOTARO |
| ‘If you don’t like it, that’s your problem!’ | SUEME |
| ‘Kiss Me Deadly’ genre | NOIR |
| ‘Mass’ movement? | TRANSIT |
| ‘Midsommar’ director Aster | ARI |
| ‘Pass,’ in poker | ICHECK |
| ‘Really?’ | ISIT |
| ‘Red Iron ___’ (folk song about mining in the Great Lakes region) | ORE |
| ‘That’s impossible!’ | ICANTDOIT |
| ‘The Hill We Climb’ poet Gorman | AMANDA |
| ‘Thou ___ not …’ | SHALT |
| ‘To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before,’ e.g | ROMCOM |
| ‘What a crying shame!’ | ALAS |
| ‘You’ve got my attention!’ | OOH |
| ‘___ Turner in Jerusalem’ (2016 play set in 1831 Virginia) | NAT |
| ‘___ up straight!’ | SIT |
| ‘___ You Afraid of the Dark?’ (1990s Nickelodeon series) | ARE |
| Actor Alan, when he gives a thrilling performance? | ELECTRICARKIN |
| Actor Firth’s plundering pirate nickname? | BOOTYCOLIN |
| Angels’ glowing rings | HALOS |
| Aquatic pod beast | ORCA |
| Arrived | CAME |
| Art style focusing on geometric details | DECO |
| Bad thing to pull during a race | GROIN |
| Badlands hill | MESA |
| Balloon shape, perhaps | OVAL |
| Brown or ginger follower | ALE |
| Buildup from chopping | WOODPILE |
| Campaign for Clinton in 2000 | SENATEBID |
| Cannes comrade | AMI |
| Catcher’s play at the plate | TAG |
| Ceremonial structure | ALTAR |
| Chocolate treat from Mars | DOVEBAR |
| Coat of arms component | CREST |
| Company that entered an ownership exchange with Hyundai in 1998 | KIA |
| Concerning | ASTO |
| Cool, in the ’40s | HEP |
| D.C. funding groups | PACS |
| Deck material, perhaps | TEAK |
| Demonstrated initiative | ACTED |
| Device shown in a ’60 Minutes’ ad | TIMER |
| Disaster medical assistance team’s org | FEMA |
| Echo producers | COPYCATS |
| Ejected from a seat? | OUSTED |
| Elevate | BOOST |
| Enjoyed REM, say | SLEPT |
| Estimate the value of | ASSESS |
| Eve’s firstborn son | CAIN |
| Express regret over | LAMENT |
| Face place | HEAD |
| Female antelope | DOE |
| Film conventions | TROPES |
| Finish behind | LOSETO |
| Former ‘Top Chef’ judge Lagasse | EMERIL |
| French door glass | PANE |
| Frozen chunk, for short | BERG |
| Genesis paradise | EDEN |
| Get out of Dodge in a Dodge, say | DRIVE |
| Gets better in a wine cellar, say | AGES |
| Give up, as money | SPEND |
| Got on one’s nerves | PESTERED |
| Hardly playful play | DRAMA |
| Himalayas’ region | ASIA |
| Hoarse noise | RASP |
| Hogwarts professor Remus, when giving students responses on their assignments? | FEEDBACKLUPIN |
| Hogwash | CLAPTRAP |
| In days of ___ | YORE |
| Infant’s chest protector | BIB |
| Infuriated feeling | IRE |
| It may be topped with mashed avocado | TOAST |
| Jens Stoltenberg’s mil. alliance | NATO |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| John with the 1989 album ‘Garden City’ | TESH |
| Junior’s father on ‘Black-ish’ | DRE |
| Lake by Avon Lake, Ohio | ERIE |
| Landing spot for a lutz | ICE |
| Leak, so to speak | REVEAL |
| Let go of a washbowl? | DROPTHEBASIN |
| Like an albatross, compared to an eagle, in golf | RARER |
| Like the ‘Saw’ films | EERIE |
| Like type 2 hairstyles | WAVY |
| Lustful desires | LIBIDOS |
| Marsupial that can take an O at the start | POSSUM |
| Meaningless, as a point | MOOT |
| Member of a global kingdom | ANIMAL |
| Mischievous creature in a fairy tale | ELF |
| Most warm, say | FONDEST |
| Music genre that developed from the D.C. punk rock scene | EMO |
| Mythological studmuffin | ADONIS |
| Nation that’s home to the Great Mosque of Djenné | MALI |
| Nothing | NIL |
| Observed | SEEN |
| Oceanographic device | BUOY |
| One of eight siblings | OCTUPLET |
| Original Pentatonix singer Kaplan | AVI |
| Owed | DUE |
| Part of an Ocean Spray snack for a ballerina, say? | DANCECRAISIN |
| Peel, as an apple’s skin | PARE |
| Place in a box | ENCASE |
| Place where Dracula rests and shouts in excitement? | WHOOPINGCOFFIN |
| Positive answers | YESES |
| Post-quake shake | TREMOR |
| Put in place | SITUATE |
| Put into operation | USE |
| Reacted to a paper cut | BLED |
| Reply to a commanding officer, on occasion | NOSIR |
| Rips apart | RENDS |
| Rock concert box | AMP |
| Roughly | ORSO |
| Runny ‘sunny side up’ thing | YOLK |
| Select from a supply | CULL |
| Shared account, often? | STORY |
| Sharp-heeled heel | STILETTO |
| Shirk, as responsibility | EVADE |
| Singer Bobby, when he would walk a pair of pooches? | DOUBLEDOGDARIN |
| Sites | LOCALES |
| Skilled magicians and musicians in D&D | BARDS |
| Sleeveless prom garment | VEST |
| Societal hardships | ILLS |
| Sorrowful songs | DIRGES |
| Strip around a gift | RIBBON |
| Takes a shot, say | SNAPS |
| Tale with a quest, often | SAGA |
| Termite consumer | ANTEATER |
| Terse way of asking Monty Python member Michael if he wants to grab a midday bite? | LUNCHPALIN |
| The evil warrior Bolg of ‘The Hobbit,’ e.g | ORC |
| They’d rather not have a moment in the sun | VAMPIRES |
| Those featured on the websites Love Meow and BarkPost | PETS |
| Topographic reference | ATLAS |
| Tried to avoid a 7 Down | SLID |
| Unhappy state | WOE |
| Up to one’s ___ tricks | OLD |
| Update, as music | RESCORE |
| Vanquish | DEFEAT |
| Violinists’ items | BOWS |
| Web page scrapers | BOTS |
| Winemaking devices | PRESSES |
| Within arm’s reach | NEAR |
| Work detail, briefly | SPEC |
| X series automaker | BMW |
| [Move it!] | BEEP |
| ___ Awareness Month (annual period to raise awareness and foster inclusion of those with hearing loss) | DEAF |
| ___ calendar (pre-Christmas chocolate container) | ADVENT |
| ___-Euclidean geometry | NON |