The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2019 09 08

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Actress Kendrick's nickname when she joins a musical group? BANDANNA
Be annoyingly sweet CLOY
Big fennec fox features EARS
Black ___ (rare gem) OPAL
Blister look-alikes WARTS
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
Landform distinct from barrier or fringing reefs ATOLL
Like 'The Exorcist' EERIE
Like gumdrops CHEWY
Like some scales MINOR
Maxwell who founded a department store KOHL
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
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
Actor McKellen's nickname when he gives a dazzling performance? ELECTRICIAN
Kept a sustained pitch DRONED
International settlement PACT
Hit from 'Flashdance' MANIAC
Pretty chilly NIPPY
Prepare, as spaghetti BOIL
Pre-admission phrase ITSME
___ Lankans SRI
BOW FEATURE KNOT
Rock formation? FIST
RESULT OF BRAINSTORMING IDEA
BUTTRESS BOLSTER
BADMINTON BARRIER NET
DECIDES ONE WILL OPTSTO
SOMEWHAT SLOW, ON A SCORE ANDANTE
LICORICE FLAVORING ANISE
LIFT HOIST
SMALL AMOUNT ATAD
Specialty of André 3000 RAP
Start of a Napoleonic palindrome ABLE
'A roach!' EEK
'Awesome,' to a 1980s skateboarder RAD
'___ do this!' LETS
2, for 1 and 1 SUM
2026 Winter Olympics co-host city MILAN
STAT ASAP
AS GUILTY AS ___ SIN
FEATHERED FRIENDS FOWL
STIR UP RILE
TIDE TYPE NEAP
'___ out!' GET
Pit with a bucket WELL
ACTOR DANSON'S NICKNAME WHEN HE HAS MULTIPLE HEADS? HYDRATED
JAZZ SINGER FITZGERALD'S NICKNAME WHEN SHE ATE LOX? SALMONELLA
DIRECT STEER
LARGE AMOUNT ALOT
IT'S TWISTED TO OPEN KNOB
JAZZY ANITA ODAY
38 Down's pole MAST
Change flats? MOVE
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
Coordinate plane line AXIS
DCA approximations ETAS
Deliver a keynote, e.g ORATE
Polynesian Triangle isle OAHU
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
Message at the end of a 'G.I. Joe' episode PSA
Sultan Qaboos, e.g OMANI
Sweetened cooler, often ICEDTEA
Sword master's case SHEATH
Author Uris's nickname when he was in the 'Round and Round' rock group? RATTLEON
The Indian ruler Lakshmi Bai, e.g RANI
Wear down naturally ERODE
Author Grafton's nickname when she worked as a clerk? COUNTERSUE
RELINQUISH OFFICIALLY CEDE
From Nan or Narathiwat THAI
Title role, often LEAD
TREE WITH WINGED SEEDS MAPLE
DANCE WITH A CHAIR HORA
FEELS REGRET OVER LAMENTS
STAND ABIDE
INDICATE DENOTE
OB/GYN, e.g DOC
Poseidon, e.g SEAGOD
SAMPRAS RIVAL AGASSI
ADDRESS BAR ADDRESS URL
TERMINATED ENDED
CLOSE TO HOME LOCAL
SURMOUNTING ATOP
They have many lines PLAYS
THEY GET HIGH AT THE WORLD SERIES OF POKER STAKES
Activation phrase for an iPhone user HEYSIRI
More hoarse, as voices RASPIER
PERFORMS ADEQUATELY DOESOK
OFT-MISUSED PRONOUN WHOM
POLYNESIAN LANGUAGE MAORI
Possessive for a group OURS
FIRST IN LINE, PERHAPS OLDEST
Bane of Bane BATMAN
Causes to rise, in a way LEAVENS
SMALL UNIT OF TIME? SEC
HAVE A GETAWAY BEFORE A HONEYMOON ELOPE
DISSEMINATE SOW
GIVE OFF, AS HEAT RADIATE
VIEW AGAIN RESEE
MAIN MODE OF TRAVEL? SHIP
POLK'S MIDDLE NAME KNOX
SNOBS PUT THEM ON AIRS
TRIUMPHS OVER BESTS
CHINA SETTING TABLE
CHINA SETTING ASIA
LIKE SOME POTATOES RICED
QUALIFYING ATHLETIC CONTESTS, BRIEFLY PRELIMS
Analgesic since 1955 TYLENOL
Work with the king of Egypt AIDA
Actress Heard's nickname when she uses a stiffening agent at the laundromat? STARCHAMBER
___ rickey (drink) LIME
Contralto Anderson's nickname when she used the metric system? GRAMMARIAN
Delta force? JETS
'Juneteenth' author Ralph ELLISON
Country singer Adkins's nickname when he handles a large snake? BOATRACE
What Galileo observed in 1610 VENUS
Harvard Law memoir ONEL
Test for screening out bots CAPTCHA
What 100 may signify APLUS
___ out (made uncomfortable) CREEPED