The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2019 09 08

crossword answers
Clue Answer
CHINA SETTING ASIA
CHINA SETTING TABLE
TRIUMPHS OVER BESTS
RESULT OF BRAINSTORMING IDEA
Rock formation? FIST
'___ out!' GET
RELINQUISH OFFICIALLY CEDE
BUTTRESS BOLSTER
BADMINTON BARRIER NET
Be annoyingly sweet CLOY
Bombshell basis, often LEAK
Bulletin board makeup CORK
Guitarist Paul's nickname when he wouldn't stop playing? CHRONICLES
HBO watcher, usually ADULT
Herbivore with horns RAM
Like 'The Exorcist' EERIE
Like gumdrops CHEWY
Like some scales MINOR
Maxwell who founded a department store KOHL
Message at the end of a 'G.I. Joe' episode PSA
Morticia, to Wednesday MOM
Noble descendants SCIONS
Notes with Hamilton TENS
Opéra Nouvel city LYON
Pale from shock ASHEN
Raise with great effort HEAVE
React to being walloped REEL
STIR UP RILE
INDICATE DENOTE
LIFT HOIST
LICORICE FLAVORING ANISE
SOMEWHAT SLOW, ON A SCORE ANDANTE
DECIDES ONE WILL OPTSTO
STAT ASAP
Causes to rise, in a way LEAVENS
FIRST IN LINE, PERHAPS OLDEST
Possessive for a group OURS
Bane of Bane BATMAN
SMALL UNIT OF TIME? SEC
HAVE A GETAWAY BEFORE A HONEYMOON ELOPE
FEATHERED FRIENDS FOWL
LARGE AMOUNT ALOT
DIRECT STEER
Activation phrase for an iPhone user HEYSIRI
OFT-MISUSED PRONOUN WHOM
POLYNESIAN LANGUAGE MAORI
PERFORMS ADEQUATELY DOESOK
They have many lines PLAYS
More hoarse, as voices RASPIER
JAZZ SINGER FITZGERALD'S NICKNAME WHEN SHE ATE LOX? SALMONELLA
IT'S TWISTED TO OPEN KNOB
TIDE TYPE NEAP
DANCE WITH A CHAIR HORA
OB/GYN, e.g DOC
Poseidon, e.g SEAGOD
BOW FEATURE KNOT
Pit with a bucket WELL
TREE WITH WINGED SEEDS MAPLE
LIKE SOME POTATOES RICED
SNOBS PUT THEM ON AIRS
AS GUILTY AS ___ SIN
ACTOR DANSON'S NICKNAME WHEN HE HAS MULTIPLE HEADS? HYDRATED
JAZZY ANITA ODAY
From Nan or Narathiwat THAI
Title role, often LEAD
SMALL AMOUNT ATAD
Rear-washing fixture BIDET
Rocker Slick's nickname when she insults people? DISGRACE
Runs around a few blocks, say JOGS
Show anguish, in a way SOB
Sites of rock concert hits? DRUMS
Southwestern people APACHE
Specialty of André 3000 RAP
Start of a Napoleonic palindrome ABLE
'A roach!' EEK
'Awesome,' to a 1980s skateboarder RAD
'Juneteenth' author Ralph ELLISON
'___ do this!' LETS
2, for 1 and 1 SUM
2026 Winter Olympics co-host city MILAN
Change flats? MOVE
Author Uris's nickname when he was in the 'Round and Round' rock group? RATTLEON
Author Grafton's nickname when she worked as a clerk? COUNTERSUE
Analgesic since 1955 TYLENOL
Actress Kendrick's nickname when she joins a musical group? BANDANNA
Actress Heard's nickname when she uses a stiffening agent at the laundromat? STARCHAMBER
Actor McKellen's nickname when he gives a dazzling performance? ELECTRICIAN
38 Down's pole MAST
Landform distinct from barrier or fringing reefs ATOLL
Kept a sustained pitch DRONED
International settlement PACT
SURMOUNTING ATOP
CLOSE TO HOME LOCAL
MAIN MODE OF TRAVEL? SHIP
VIEW AGAIN RESEE
GIVE OFF, AS HEAT RADIATE
DISSEMINATE SOW
TERMINATED ENDED
SAMPRAS RIVAL AGASSI
ADDRESS BAR ADDRESS URL
STAND ABIDE
FEELS REGRET OVER LAMENTS
THEY GET HIGH AT THE WORLD SERIES OF POKER STAKES
POLK'S MIDDLE NAME KNOX
QUALIFYING ATHLETIC CONTESTS, BRIEFLY PRELIMS
Hit from 'Flashdance' MANIAC
Pretty chilly NIPPY
Prepare, as spaghetti BOIL
Pre-admission phrase ITSME
Polynesian Triangle isle OAHU
___ Lankans SRI
Big fennec fox features EARS
Black ___ (rare gem) OPAL
Blister look-alikes WARTS
CNN anchor Lemon's nickname when he discusses no-longer-current events? PASSEDON
Conclusion of a Napoleonic palindrome ELBA
Conduits from ventricles AORTAS
Conspiratorial faction CABAL
Contralto Anderson's nickname when she used the metric system? GRAMMARIAN
Coordinate plane line AXIS
Country singer Adkins's nickname when he handles a large snake? BOATRACE
DCA approximations ETAS
Deliver a keynote, e.g ORATE
Delta force? JETS
Doze, say REST
Droplets by a waterfall SPRAY
Emperor until 68 A.D NERO
Emulate a furry pet SHED
Faked out a la Gretzky DEKED
Flathead Lake state MONTANA
Foot on a page IAMB
Gets something for nothing MOOCHES
Harvard Law memoir ONEL
Sultan Qaboos, e.g OMANI
Sweetened cooler, often ICEDTEA
Sword master's case SHEATH
Test for screening out bots CAPTCHA
The Indian ruler Lakshmi Bai, e.g RANI
Wear down naturally ERODE
What 100 may signify APLUS
What Galileo observed in 1610 VENUS
Work with the king of Egypt AIDA
___ out (made uncomfortable) CREEPED
___ rickey (drink) LIME