The Washington Post Sunday – Nov 7 2021 Crossword Solution
The Washington Post Sunday – Nov 7 2021
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| ‘Boat on the River’ band, aptly | STYX |
| ‘Can I talk to you?’ | GOTASECOND |
| ‘Doggone it!’ | DANG |
| ‘Eat Drink Man Woman’ director Lee | ANG |
| ‘Frankenstein’ musician Winter | EDGAR |
| ‘If only!’ | ALAS |
| ‘Jurassic Park’ hero Dr. ___ Grant | ALAN |
| ‘Last Dance’ genre | DISCO |
| ‘Nomadland’ director Zhao | CHLOE |
| ‘Please forgive me!’ | SORRY |
| ‘___ la Douce’ | IRMA |
| ‘___ Musk Debuts New Self-Parenting Child’ (May 2020 headline in the Onion) | ELON |
| 1977 Turow bestseller | ONEL |
| Acme product buyers | TOONS |
| Acquires | GAINS |
| Address for a man on base | SIR |
| Adjective, e.g | NOUN |
| Animals at the Lola ya Bonobo sanctuary | APES |
| Annual high school publication … multiplied by 10? | DECADEBOOK |
| Apply a slant to, as a Photoshop image | SKEW |
| Apt rhyme of ‘shame’ | BLAME |
| Ascends to the heavens | SOARS |
| Bad casting? | HEX |
| Ball game since the 1990s? | POKEMON |
| Begins fixing an error | ERASES |
| Beliefs | ISMS |
| Beliefs | CREDOS |
| Betting guide figures | ODDS |
| Bill-rejecting word | NAY |
| Calculated pay rate | HOURLYWAGE |
| Caribou’s horn | ANTLER |
| Character on the Netflix series ‘Sex Education’ | ERIC |
| Charged | RANAT |
| Clairvoyant folks | SEERS |
| Comb through carefully | SCAN |
| Currently leading | ONTOP |
| Debate team member’s asset | LOGIC |
| Delivery vehicle, often | SEMI |
| Descends beneath the main deck | GOESBELOW |
| Dichotomous choice situation | EITHEROR |
| Distract oneself with fantasies … multiplied by about 30? | MONTHDREAM |
| Equestrian’s strap | REIN |
| Evil side of literature | HYDE |
| Feeling about someone, so to speak | AURA |
| Fired off, as a text | SENT |
| First name that means ‘noble’ | GENO |
| Flame ___ (fish) | TETRA |
| Focus of many festivals | ARTS |
| Folk or punk follower | ROCK |
| Gargantuan | HUGE |
| Gastroenterology concern | GUT |
| Gawk | STARE |
| Get a handle on, say | NAME |
| Get through work | EARN |
| Gold medal-winning gymnast Kerri | STRUG |
| Guard’s duty | PATROL |
| Hall of ___ (legends) | FAMERS |
| Helmet locale | HEAD |
| HINT: Each set of circled squares in 52 Across and 80 Across can be filled with ___ different units of time | TWO |
| HINT: In 111 Across and 113 Across, a unit of time has been ___ with another | REPLACED |
| HINT: To get the circled words of 23 Across and 25 Across, ___ the word ‘time’ | SCRAMBLE |
| Hot states? | SNITS |
| In a flexible way | PLIANTLY |
| Indigenous people with Bear, Pigeon, Eagle, Owl, Beaver, Buffalo and Elk clans | OTOE |
| It can come in many different colors | DYE |
| Japanese drink made from fermented rice | SAKE |
| Large piece of land | TRACT |
| Laughing sound | HAH |
| Letters supporting an applicant, briefly | RECS |
| Lifesaving letters | CPR |
| Like dinosaur bones | OLD |
| Like hard bagels | STALE |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Like those who teach the ‘baa-ram-ewe’ password in ‘Babe’ | OVINE |
| Masts or spars, e.g | POLES |
| Meeting reminder, say | MEMO |
| Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy of ‘Little Women,’ e.g | SISTERS |
| Michoacán money | PESOS |
| Missed, as a meeting | SKIPPED |
| Most residents of Oman | ARABS |
| Mount Carmel’s nation | ISRAEL |
| Musician’s pitch | TONE |
| Narrator in Carolyn Meyer’s novel ‘Doomed Queen Anne’ | BOLEYN |
| National event in D.C.? | HOMEGAME |
| Negative reply to ‘Who did this?’ | NOTI |
| Not as colorful | PALER |
| Not busy right now | IDLE |
| Oafs, in Canadian slang | HOSERS |
| One out of prison early | PAROLEE |
| Ornamental jugs | EWERS |
| Over | ANEW |
| Paid, with ‘up’ | PONIED |
| Palindrome in an ode | ERE |
| Part of an ancient message | RUNE |
| PC key pressed with Tab to go through windows | ALT |
| Period of existence | AGE |
| Person requesting a claim check? | SKEPTIC |
| Pesters constantly | NAGSAT |
| Podcast downloader | LISTENER |
| Possessor of great power in a fantasy novel, perhaps | RING |
| Preposition beginning with a vowel | ONTO |
| Prevented a Bill from moving forward, say | TACKLED |
| Promotional bag, often | TOTE |
| Pushes forward | IMPELS |
| Qatari monarch | EMIR |
| Really annoys | IRKS |
| Receded, as the tide | EBBED |
| Remove, as a tenant | EVICT |
| Reply from one who’s on the fence | IMAY |
| Scrooge McDuck’s trait | GREED |
| See 18 Across | ATME |
| Series premieres | OPENERS |
| Simmering product | RAGU |
| Sitcom mechanic Gomer | PYLE |
| Some governed by the U.K. Parliament | SCOTS |
| Something worn over one’s chest | TEE |
| Squiggly, wriggly fish | EELS |
| Stretch out | ELONGATE |
| Strong hold ’em pair | ACES |
| Subject featuring the quadratic formula | ALGEBRA |
| Summa cum ___ | LAUDE |
| Talk amongst yourselves | CHAT |
| Task often assigned by a project manager | ACTIONITEM |
| Test for MS program applicants, maybe | GRE |
| They’re passed in relay races | BATONS |
| Tiny pest that’s a type of arachnid | SPIDERMITE |
| Totally | INALL |
| Tranquil condition | SERENITY |
| Trauma center pro | ERNURSE |
| TV franchise with forensic scientists | CSI |
| University board VIPs | REGENTS |
| Use a La-Z-Boy | SIT |
| Watch brand with a Greek letter in its logo | OMEGA |
| Website that can give you Lab results? | ADOPTAPET |
| What cars are primarily made of | STEEL |
| What typically follows a.k.a | ALIAS |
| With 91 Across, ‘Pay attention!’ | LOOK |
| Without volatility | STABLY |
| Word often used as a substitute for ‘less’ | FEWER |
| Writers like Audre Lorde and Sarojini Naidu | POETS |
| [If only] | SIGH |
| ___ apple | ROSE |
| ___ Dale, first woman to serve as deputy administrator of NASA | SHANA |
| ___ Jima | IWO |
| ___ Mama (tropical c*cktail) | BAHAMA |