The Washington Post Sunday – Jan 2 2022 Crossword Solution
The Washington Post Sunday – Jan 2 2022
Clues | Answers |
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‘Any time!’ | MYPLEASURE |
‘Card’ up one’s sleeve | ACE |
‘Dang it!’ | DRAT |
‘Dracula’ actor Lugosi | BELA |
‘Fantastic Four’ actress Kate | MARA |
‘Get lost!’ | SCRAM |
‘Groundhog Day’ weatherman Connors | PHIL |
‘It’s no ___ crying over spilled milk’ | USE |
‘Rushmore’ director Anderson | WES |
‘Scooby-Doo! and the ___ Ness Monster’ (2004 animated film) | LOCH |
‘That was me’ | IDID |
‘We’re not sure yet’ initials | TBA |
‘You’d better tell me the truth’ | DONTLIE |
‘___ do lunch!’ | LETS |
3-D brain scan, maybe | MRI |
A | ARCTICFRONT |
Acclamatory poem | ODE |
Activate, as certain cookies | ENABLE |
Apple Store offering | MAC |
Apt rhyme of ‘trap’ | YAP |
Area for a page number, perhaps | FOOTER |
Arizona’s Black Mountain and Colorado’s Green Mountain, for two | MESAS |
Associated (with) | LINKED |
At some point in the future | ONEDAY |
Auto tuning station? | GARAGE |
Back of one’s neck | NAPE |
Barely defeated | EDGED |
Bathe in the sunlight | BASK |
Before, in a sonnet | ERE |
Breakout of zits | ACNE |
Breed of the dog Chester Ludlow, who was awarded an online MBA degree from Rochville University | PUG |
Bright spot | STAR |
Brownish-purple color | PUCE |
Burr who dueled Alexander Hamilton | AARON |
Bus. bosses | CEOS |
Campus life? | ACADEMIA |
Candy Hall of Fame member H.B. ___ | REESE |
Chopper spinner | ROTOR |
Chutzpah | GALL |
Classical element associated with the tarot suit of wands | FIRE |
Cousin of a 60 Across | FAUN |
Covert ops org | CIA |
Critic’s glowing review | RAVE |
Crops up | ARISES |
Cry of pain | YOW |
Danger exaggerator | ALARMIST |
Decluttered | NEATENED |
Drinks served with crumpets | TEAS |
Droop | SAG |
Dryer trap accumulation | LINT |
E | EDITHHEAD |
E | EYEOPENER |
Eat at 7 p.m., say | DINE |
ER tubes | IVS |
Erred, with ‘up’ | MESSED |
Expected number of strokes | PAR |
Fitting zodiac sign for a Los Angeles Rams player | ARIES |
Flat expanse of ice | SHEET |
Furry, subterranean creature | MOLE |
Gibbons, gorillas, etc | APES |
Granola morsel | OAT |
Group united by kinship | CLAN |
Hairstyle for Ebonee Davis, at times | AFRO |
Having a noble rank | TITLED |
Hide-___-seek | AND |
Hindu spiritual teacher | SWAMI |
How a solo pilot flies | ALONE |
Hummus, e.g | SPREAD |
In ___ of (rather than) | LIEU |
Instrument from the Persian for ‘three-stringed’ | SITAR |
Joan of Arc portrayer Sobieski | LEELEE |
Lasagna sauce choice | RAGU |
Clues | Answers |
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Leans one way or another | TILTS |
Like Juliett, in the NATO phonetic alphabet | TENTH |
Like some European ski resorts | ALPINE |
Lil Nas X’s genre | RAP |
Long stretch of time | EON |
Long-snouted fish | GAR |
Lump | GOB |
MA/IN/LA/ND locale | USA |
Majestic in appearance | STATELY |
Makes loud, sorrowful noises | KEENS |
Many a drink listed on BeerAdvocate | ALE |
Math operation used in KenKen puzzles | ADDING |
Mileage displayer | ODOMETER |
Monarch’s proclamation | EDICT |
Most unusual | ODDEST |
N | NOVEMBERFIRST |
Narrow water passages | INLETS |
NFL team in Las Vegas | RAIDERS |
Offering more of a challenge | HARDER |
Old hat | PASSE |
One-named musician whose backing band was the Revolution | PRINCE |
Out of the ___ (unaware) | LOOP |
Paths | WAYS |
Piece of neckwear | CRAVAT |
Place to order rounds | PUB |
Playful scoundrel | RASCAL |
Plows the field | TILLS |
Prefix for many a school of thought | NEO |
Present full of goodies | GIFTBASKET |
R | REMOTESTARTER |
Rack up | AMASS |
Raise, as children | REAR |
Really enjoys the party, say | HASABALL |
Request for chips, but not dip? | ANTEUP |
Rumpus | ADO |
Safety device that provides protection when a car turns over | ROLLBAR |
Sailboat with a fore-and-aft rig | SLOOP |
Sanitation system channel | SEWER |
Satisfies a financial obligation | REPAYS |
Section of a patio door | PANE |
See 121 Across | LEE |
Sex cells | OVA |
Snippet from a film | CLIP |
Software company that created Photoshop and Illustrator | ADOBE |
Some Thanksgiving invitees | INLAWS |
Spots for some plugs | EARS |
Statues of ‘Rocky’ | OSCARS |
Streaming installment of a TV show | WEBISODE |
Subj. with sines, cosines and tangents | TRIG |
Technique such as a half moon or a downward-facing dog | YOGAPOSE |
Tendon injury | STRAIN |
The ‘k’ of km | KILO |
The Who rocker Townshend | PETE |
Theme park enjoyed by builders | LEGOLAND |
They’re ‘turned’ during a reversal of fortune | TABLES |
Totally wreck | RAVAGE |
Tragic figure for Euripides | ELECTRA |
Treaded car parts | TIRES |
Turn in the trash, say | ROT |
Venice-born Polo | MARCO |
W | WORLDPREMIERE |
Where the author Haruki Murakami was born | KYOTO |
With 125 Across, ‘Life of Pi’ director | ANG |
Word after smart or TV | SET |
Work for a politician? | MEMOIR |
Y | YOUTHLEADER |
Young boy | LAD |
___ 9000 (villainous computer in ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’) | HAL |
___ a move (dance) | BUST |
___ Pérignon (monk for whom a champagne brand is named) | DOM |
___ play (Greek performance genre that featured a chorus of mythical hybrids) | SATYR |
___-Jo (gold medal-winning sprinter) | FLO |