The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2019 09 08

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