The Washington Post Sunday – Mar 20 2022 Crossword Solutions
The Washington Post Sunday – Mar 20 2022
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| ‘Absence makes the heart grow fonder,’ e.g | MAXIM |
| ‘As a result …’ | THUS |
| ‘Fear of Flying’ author Jong | ERICA |
| ‘Funny Girl’ actor Sharif | OMAR |
| ‘Gotta run’ | IMOUT |
| ‘I’d ___ my life on it’ | BET |
| ‘Last four digits’ ID | SSN |
| ‘Left to ___ own devices …’ | THEIR |
| ‘Look ___ here!’ | WHOS |
| ‘Man, you just feel bad for that guy’ (Beck) | WHATALOSER |
| ‘Marina’ poet T.S | ELIOT |
| ‘Midnight Cowboy’ role | RATSO |
| ‘Might as well try’ (Johnny Cash) | ITCANTHURT |
| ‘Mona ___’ | LISA |
| ‘Nighty-night!’ (Fleetwood Mac) | SWEETDREAMS |
| ‘That’s all ___ wrote’ | SHE |
| ‘The Farseer Trilogy’ author Robin | HOBB |
| ‘The Sopranos’ actress ___ de Matteo | DREA |
| ‘Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’ star Kemper | ELLIE |
| ‘Watch out!’ (George Harrison) | BEHINDYOU |
| ‘Why is a raven like a writing-desk?’ speaker in ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ | HATTER |
| 113 Across’s drink | TEA |
| 1990s attorney general Janet | RENO |
| 2001 film with a title derived from ‘Green Eggs and Ham’ | IAMSAM |
| Antiquated ‘antiquated’ | OLDE |
| Bake ___ | SALE |
| Bar holding a towel | ROD |
| Bob’s makeup? | HAIR |
| Boorish individual | LOUT |
| Cage bone with a ‘false’ counterpart | TRUERIB |
| Capital that’s home to the largest ceramic mosaic in the world | HANOI |
| Cheese that’s literally made up in this puzzle? | EDAM |
| Cheri who portrayed Rita DelVecchio on SNL | OTERI |
| Class with many functions, briefly | TRIG |
| Cookie that may be dunked using a Dipr | OREO |
| Cram for an exam | STUDY |
| Dawn of a new ___ | ERA |
| DIY guide | HOWTO |
| English school, or a sheet music symbol backward | ETON |
| Express grief | MOURN |
| False name | ANONYM |
| Family planning process | ADOPTION |
| Fertilizer compound | AMMONIA |
| Fiddled (with) | TOYED |
| Fireworks noise | BANG |
| Fork’s point | TINE |
| Fuel additive brand | STP |
| Gains admission to | ENTERS |
| Garden in many a Renaissance painting | EDEN |
| Garment depicted in Roman sculptures | TOGA |
| Get a whiff of this! | AROMA |
| Get a whiff of this! | SCENT |
| Goddess offering the boons Hunter’s Mark and Hide Breaker in the video game ‘Hades’ | ARTEMIS |
| Golden Rule preposition | UNTO |
| Greek symbol of change in math | DELTA |
| Grilling sessions in graduate school | ORALS |
| Grizzlies, but not Bears | NBATEAM |
| Guesstimate words | ORSO |
| Guided museum events | TOURS |
| Herbal laxative | SENNA |
| Hiking footwear | BOOT |
| Hint of color | TINCT |
| Idol ride, perhaps | LIMO |
| Inn company | RAMADA |
| Instrument with chikari strings | SITAR |
| It may enjoy an empty box more than a deluxe scratching post | CAT |
| Lasting skin mark | SCAR |
| Launcher of Stardust | NASA |
| Lessens in difficulty | EASES |
| Like some marinades | TANGY |
| Maj. or gen | ABBR |
| Makes less agitated | CALMS |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Marine’s time off | LEAVE |
| Mars landform | MESA |
| Matriarch of a Mell Lazarus comic strip | MOMMA |
| Member of a steel band? | ROBOT |
| Member of the Klingon House of Martok, in the ‘Star Trek’ universe | WORF |
| Mother ___, missionary who received a Nobel Prize | TERESA |
| Mountain in Thessaly | OSSA |
| Nerf darts, for a Nerf Ultra blaster | AMMO |
| Not many | AFEW |
| Nunchaku wielder in a martial arts film, maybe | NINJA |
| One who may subscribe to the newspaper Politika | SERB |
| Opposite of a nail-biter, in sports | ROUT |
| Organizes | SORTS |
| Parisian’s ‘My God!’ | MONDIEU |
| Partner of aahs | OOHS |
| Parts of a chain? | STORES |
| Pasture | LEA |
| Perimeters | EDGES |
| Piece of live-stream gaming equipment | HEADSET |
| Pieces of rock? … and what the last words of 10 answers in this puzzle represent | SONGS |
| Pitted or stuffed fruit | OLIVE |
| Pizza place | OVEN |
| Powdery detritus | ASH |
| Prefix with angular or lateral | TRI |
| Pretended not to know (Nirvana) | PLAYEDDUMB |
| Prevent, as disaster | AVERT |
| Produced a picture | DREW |
| Public transportation stopping at docks (Harry Chapin) | WATERTAXI |
| Rations, with ‘out’ | METES |
| Rebuke from Caesar | ETTU |
| Remark when getting a new lightbulb? | OHISEE |
| Result of the leadoff hitter reaching base | ONEON |
| Rough rock formation | CRAG |
| Safe place | HAVEN |
| Savored savories, say | ATE |
| Ship that ran aground on Christmas Day (Blondie) | SANTAMARIA |
| Short pants? | TROU |
| Show off one’s canines? | SMILE |
| Silly and senseless | INANE |
| Slumber party get-up | PJS |
| Smooched suddenly (Prince) | STOLEAKISS |
| Sounding like an oboe | REEDY |
| Source of low notes … and, when read left to right, what’s spelled out by the bottom letters of 10 answers in this puzzle | BASSGUITAR |
| Spread made from forcemeat | PATE |
| Stitched up | SEWN |
| Struck in kickboxing, in a way | KNEED |
| Supervillain’s specialty | EVIL |
| Surface-to-floor measurement | DEPTH |
| Surprise attack | RAID |
| System for vinyl records | HIFI |
| Take on, at a business | HIRE |
| Tesla or volt, e.g | UNIT |
| They may be converted into game rooms | ATTICS |
| Thumbs-up relative | OKSIGN |
| Top hat-wearing monster of a 2014 horror film | BABADOOK |
| Turned out badly (Depeche Mode) | WENTWRONG |
| Tutu’s homeland (Toto) | SOUTHAFRICA |
| Until now | TODATE |
| Upscale hotel company | OMNI |
| Varying in quality | UNEVEN |
| Volts per ampere | OHMS |
| Wash. and Tex. both form part of it | USBORDER |
| Wedding reservation | VENUE |
| What retinoids treat | ACNE |
| Whig faction opponent | TORY |
| Wild plums | SLOES |
| Woody climbing plant | LIANA |
| Written so as to be understood | READABLE |
| ___ as directed | USE |
| ___ brulee | CREME |
| ___ of habeas corpus | WRIT |
| ___ through the ranks | RISE |