The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2018 03 11

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Stage backdrops SCRIMS
DECLUTTER NEATEN
SINISTER SIGN, PERHAPS OMEN
BEING CREATED FROM LIGHT, IN ISLAMIC FAITH ANGEL
COMEDIC CONTEMPORARY OF JEAN DE LA FONTAINE MOLIERE
'___ let the beetle, ___ the death-moth be / Your mournful Psyche': Keats NOR
DRAW FORTH EVOKE
BIG GROWTH FOR MARX BEARD
FLIPPANT PERT
OFFERS BRINGSTO
THOROUGH MEDICAL EXAMINATION WORKUP
LACKING EXPRESSIVENESS MONOTONE
WHO MEMBER? HEALTH
EXHAUST EMISSION SMOKE
BOUNCY SOUND EFFECT BOING
TONY-WINNING MUSICAL WHOSE MAIN CHARACTERS ARE NAMED GUY AND GIRL ONCE
MAKE PRECIOUS ENDEAR
Term for a person with 'hyperempathy,' in Octavia E. Butler books SHARER
PERIOD OF ONE'S YOUTH TENDERAGE
COMBUSTIBLE STRUCTURES PYRES
PACIFIC YELLOWFIN TUNA AHI
AREA AT THE BOTTOM OF A CERTAIN WINDOW STATUSBAR
'That's wrong' NOPE
EYE SPOT? FACE
Chef Ina who hosts 'Barefoot Contessa' GARTEN
HAVE A SCUFFLE GOATIT
LIGHT CORDOBA COURSES TAPAS
INFOMERCIAL PHRASE ONSALENOW
'Golden' shape in mathematics SPIRAL
CUTTING-EDGE MODERN
HOODWINKS DUPES
SOUND OF AN OBJECT FALLING INTO A SOUND PLOP
REPRESENT, IN A WAY PORTRAY
CRONIES PALS
TRUCK CAPACITY UNITS TONS
EJECT WITH FORCE SPEW
PHONE CAMERA OPTION FLASH
MAKING LIKE APING
CHALCOPYRITE AND OTHERS ORES
DISSERTATION FEATURE RESEARCH
COUNSELOR BORN IN 2336 TROI
GERE TITLE ROLE OF 2000 DRT
NOMINEE LISTS SLATES
DEPRESSION USED FOR DRAINAGE DITCH
Gluck's title character who sings 'Che farò senza Euridice?' ORFEO
DOCUMENTS LISTING THE PRICES FOR PRINTED PITCHES IN A NEWSPAPER RATECARDS
POP QUINTET SINGER WITH A FASHIONABLE NICKNAME POSHSPICE
Small brawl SCRAP
PERSON CURED IN THE BOOK OF MATTHEW LEPER
SIRIUS BLACK, AFTER HIS TIME IN AZKABAN ESCAPEE
First athlete to be depicted on a Wheaties box (in 1934) GEHRIG
1974 CIA SPOOF SPYS
DENTIST'S INSTRUCTION BITE
CRITIQUES LIKE A CHEF? PANS
IN THE THICK OF AMIDST
GENERAL AREAS? WARZONES
Control group? BOARD
LIKE ANT-MAN, AT TIMES TINY
NASTY SNIDE
EAGLES COACH? SCOUTLEADER
ESSENTIAL ___ ENERGY (OPTIMUM NUTRITION DIETARY SUPPLEMENT) AMINO
BREADSTICK TIDBITS, AT TIMES SESAMESEEDS
DIRECTOR LEE DANIELS
HAIR EXTENSION WEAVE
CROSS-COUNTRY EVENT, PERHAPS SKIRACE
FIRE-___ (SOME SIDESHOW PERFORMERS) EATERS
Requiem, e.g MASS
ST. PETER'S MASTERPIECE PIETA
'Oh, is that so?' AMI
'MY WAY' LYRICIST ANKA
HONORIFIC BEFORE BEAR, FOX OR RABBIT BRER
No. 1 hit whose lyric 'This'll be the day that I die' was turned into 'Soon I'm gonna be a Jedi' by Weird Al AMERICANPIE
SEIZED, AS TERRITORY ANNEXED
HORROR FILM WEAPON CHAINSAW
BAND CHASING BANDITS POSSE
'Quick, in the closet!' HIDE
HIT BETTE MIDLER SONG THAT COMPARES LOVE TO A RIVER, A RAZOR, A HUNGER AND (MOST IMPORTANT) A FLOWER THEROSE
CROONER DAMONE VIC
MORE LIKELY TO SLACK OFF LAZIER
DISPLAY EVINCE
PARTY REFRESHMENT SODA
Rutherford or Hayes, e.g BESTSUPPORTINGACTRESS
ZEAL ARDOR
ANTICIPATE AWAIT
'Ludovisi ___' (sculpture of Mars) ARES
EQUINE NOISES BRAYS
ENTERPRISE SETTING SPACE
INCITED ROUSED
NOT ON TIME FOR LATETO
Removed, as a coat SHED
'Hot' fad of the 1970s PANTS
GRAPHIC DISPLAYING OK USMAP
ONE OF AN OLD TV COUPLE DESI
CERTAIN FAMILY VIPS DONS
'Someone I know wants to know (and that someone is me)' ASKINGFORAFRIEND
NIGHT RIDER OF FICTION HEADLESSHORSEMAN
ANIMAL WHO BECOMES A KUNG FU MASTER IN AN ANIMATED FILM FRANCHISE PANDA
CHECK INSTRUCTION ENDORSEHERE
LIKE 8675309, SAY PRIME
CONSTRUCTION UNITS BEAMS
Like some short ribs BRAISED
ROCK BOTTOM NADIR
___ NAME PEN
HIEROGLYPHICS SYMBOL ASP
MOST PROLIX WORDIEST
IT'S MENTIONED 12 TIMES IN A CHRISTMAS CAROL PEARTREE
CEREMONIAL AFFIRMATION IDO
FROM RISHON LEZION, SAY ISRAELI
'Forgot About ___' (2000 rap hit) DRE
10 DOWN'S 10 DOWN, SAY LOGO
NOTE BELOW AN F, MAYBE SEEME
QUICK TRIP HOP
SHORT SPOT BEFORE A LONGER SPOT TEASERAD
ALTERNATIVE TO A SWIFFER WETJET SPONGEMOP
'THE FAMILY REUNION' PLAYWRIGHT ELIOT
Apt nickname of Sam Rothstein in 'Casino' ACE
DEMOND'S CO-STAR IN A 1970S SITCOM REDD
'Law & Order' spinoff, for short SVU
TOP CHOICE, IN SLANG FAVE
MAKE PRETTY ADORN
EMERGE ARISE
HOUND NAG
TAKE PAINS? ACHE
COMPOSITION OF YOSEMITE'S HALF DOME GRANITE
CAROUSEL OBJECTS BAGS
AFTERNOON EVENT PLATTER TEATRAY
'Yankee Doodle Dandy' Oscar winner James CAGNEY
WALMART RIVAL TARGET
BUSINESS-SUPPLIES RETAILER INVOLVED IN A 2013 MERGER OFFICEMAX
CAPTURED TOOK
MINER CHARACTER OF A 1937 FILM DOC
Oxen, to each other YOKEMATES