The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2019 09 08

crossword answers
Clue Answer
OFT-MISUSED PRONOUN WHOM
POLYNESIAN LANGUAGE MAORI
Be annoyingly sweet CLOY
Big fennec fox features EARS
Black ___ (rare gem) OPAL
Blister look-alikes WARTS
Bombshell basis, often LEAK
Guitarist Paul's nickname when he wouldn't stop playing? CHRONICLES
HBO watcher, usually ADULT
Herbivore with horns RAM
International settlement PACT
Kept a sustained pitch DRONED
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
STAT ASAP
TERMINATED ENDED
AS GUILTY AS ___ SIN
INDICATE DENOTE
SAMPRAS RIVAL AGASSI
They have many lines PLAYS
TREE WITH WINGED SEEDS MAPLE
DANCE WITH A CHAIR HORA
PERFORMS ADEQUATELY DOESOK
TIDE TYPE NEAP
OB/GYN, e.g DOC
Poseidon, e.g SEAGOD
___ Lankans SRI
Bane of Bane BATMAN
Causes to rise, in a way LEAVENS
RESULT OF BRAINSTORMING IDEA
BUTTRESS BOLSTER
BADMINTON BARRIER NET
FEELS REGRET OVER LAMENTS
GIVE OFF, AS HEAT RADIATE
VIEW AGAIN RESEE
MAIN MODE OF TRAVEL? SHIP
Show anguish, in a way SOB
Sites of rock concert hits? DRUMS
Southwestern people APACHE
Specialty of André 3000 RAP
Possessive for a group OURS
FIRST IN LINE, PERHAPS OLDEST
From Nan or Narathiwat THAI
Title role, often LEAD
LIKE SOME POTATOES RICED
SNOBS PUT THEM ON AIRS
STAND ABIDE
LIFT HOIST
STIR UP RILE
Actress Kendrick's nickname when she joins a musical group? BANDANNA
Hit from 'Flashdance' MANIAC
Pretty chilly NIPPY
Prepare, as spaghetti BOIL
Analgesic since 1955 TYLENOL
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
38 Down's pole MAST
Actor McKellen's nickname when he gives a dazzling performance? ELECTRICIAN
'___ out!' GET
TRIUMPHS OVER BESTS
SMALL AMOUNT ATAD
BOW FEATURE KNOT
POLK'S MIDDLE NAME KNOX
QUALIFYING ATHLETIC CONTESTS, BRIEFLY PRELIMS
SURMOUNTING ATOP
CLOSE TO HOME LOCAL
RELINQUISH OFFICIALLY CEDE
Pit with a bucket WELL
ADDRESS BAR ADDRESS URL
SMALL UNIT OF TIME? SEC
HAVE A GETAWAY BEFORE A HONEYMOON ELOPE
JAZZ SINGER FITZGERALD'S NICKNAME WHEN SHE ATE LOX? SALMONELLA
DISSEMINATE SOW
Bulletin board makeup CORK
Change flats? MOVE
Conclusion of a Napoleonic palindrome ELBA
Conduits from ventricles AORTAS
Conspiratorial faction CABAL
CNN anchor Lemon's nickname when he discusses no-longer-current events? PASSEDON
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
Polynesian Triangle isle OAHU
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
Pre-admission phrase ITSME
Actress Heard's nickname when she uses a stiffening agent at the laundromat? STARCHAMBER
Activation phrase for an iPhone user HEYSIRI
More hoarse, as voices RASPIER
Message at the end of a 'G.I. Joe' episode PSA
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
Contralto Anderson's nickname when she used the metric system? GRAMMARIAN
Test for screening out bots CAPTCHA
DIRECT STEER
JAZZY ANITA ODAY
Rock formation? FIST
ACTOR DANSON'S NICKNAME WHEN HE HAS MULTIPLE HEADS? HYDRATED
THEY GET HIGH AT THE WORLD SERIES OF POKER STAKES
DECIDES ONE WILL OPTSTO
SOMEWHAT SLOW, ON A SCORE ANDANTE
LICORICE FLAVORING ANISE
LARGE AMOUNT ALOT
IT'S TWISTED TO OPEN KNOB
FEATHERED FRIENDS FOWL
CHINA SETTING TABLE
CHINA SETTING ASIA