The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2018 02 25

crossword answers
Clue Answer
FLORA AND FAUNA BIOTA
TRIFLING MERE
IN THE VICINITY CLOSE
SOME MEDIEVAL WEAPONS AXES
IT MAKES SHORT FLIGHTS AIRTAXI
POTENTIAL BROTHER PLEDGE
COMFORT DURING A CRISIS SOLACE
WITHDREW LITTLE BY LITTLE WEANED
LOWERS IN REPUTATION ABASES
BACKSPLASH SQUARE TILE
'Relax,' on base ATEASE
Star of HBO's 'Insecure' ISSARAE
'The Family Circus' cartoonist Keane BIL
ASSOCIATES WITH RELATESTO
HOLD FIRMLY GRASP
CAR MECHANIC'S WIPER RAG
QUAINT CALCULATORS ABACI
LIKE SOME CHECKING ACCOUNTS NOFEE
PINK WINE CHOICE ROSE
Certain Yamaha vehicle MOPED
NBA HALL OF FAMER SANDERS SATCH
PAIR OF BOXERS? FISTS
DOOMSDAY IN THE SENATE IDES
'___ Kleine Nachtmusik' (classic Mozart piece) EINE
HAILE REVERED AMONG RASTAFARIANS SELASSIE
ENDING OF A COMPANY INC
WOULD-BE DOCTOR'S TEST ORAL
Sign before Gemini TAURUS
D.C. NINE NATS
LIME COVERING PEEL
IMPROPER UNTOWARD
TRANSIENT SORT VAGRANT
'Baudolino' author ECO
LAKESIDE RENTAL CANOE
POWERFUL RULER AUTOCRAT
TOLL ROADS PIKES
SENTENCE FRAGMENT PHRASE
Fin's portrayer on 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit' ICET
JACOBS OF FASHION MARC
Padmé's love, familiarly ANI
SHOW HONESTY, PER THE TITLE OF A 2015 HIP-HOP SONG BY KID INK BEREAL
WAITER'S COLLECTIONS TIPS
DECEMBER TUNE CAROL
WALL FIXTURE, PERHAPS SAFE
THE N OF TNT NITRO
Cartoon villain who seeks the secrets of Castle Grayskull SKELETOR
KEG INSERT TAP
'Famous' cookie man AMOS
MOVES HURRIEDLY (AWAY) SKITTERS
DID SOME CREW WORK OARED
COUNTRY LEGEND KENNY ROGERS
VENETIAN BLIND PIECE SLAT
'GHOSTS' PLAYWRIGHT IBSEN
HITTER OF 609 CAREER HOME RUNS SOSA
TV JOURNALIST LESTER HOLT
PROVIDE WITH SHELTER HOUSE
Gilpin who played Roz on 'Frasier' PERI
LIKE RHUBARB TART
KENNEDY'S COLLEAGUE ALITO
COPY WRITERS? SCRIBES
RUSSIA VIS-A-VIS PRUSSIA DURING THE NAPOLEONIC WARS ALLY
Aquatic invertebrates bearing the name of a many-headed monster HYDRAS
GRAPH FEATURES AXES
___ FOX BRER
CODE OF CONDUCT ETHIC
LEAST ADORNED BAREST
CATCH A GLIMPSE OF SPOT
EXHIBITED GLOOMINESS MOPED
'___ the pity' MORES
COVERED IN QUILLS SPINY
PUT BACK TO ZERO, SAY RESET
DO GOO GEL
Congers, e.g EELS
'___ Said ___ Said' (1966 Beatles song) SHE
COMPANY SUB TEMP
HINDER IMPEDE
What a forebear leaves LEGACY
FORMER NEW YORK CITY MAYOR ED WHO WROTE MURDER MYSTERIES KOCH
FIELD TRIP VEHICLES BUSES
SERVED FLAWLESSLY ACED
ANDROID'S ARRAY APPS
'50S POLITICO KEFAUVER ESTES
Those who may do time a second time REPEATOFFENDERS
JANITORS' TOOLS MOPS
LIKE TAFT'S PRESIDENCY ONETERM
VOTING ___ AGE
MESSENGER MOLECULE RNA
PAPER TOWEL LAYER PLY
Seal, as the deal on a home CLOSE
ADDS LAYERS TO, AS WITH PAINT RECOATS
EXECUTIVE REFUSAL VETO
THINGS SURROUNDING ULTIMATE FIGHTING RINGS CAGES
'GOOD HEAVENS!' EGADS
PERIOD OF PREPARATION LEADTIME
FROM DAYS GONE BY OFOLD
SUFFERING CONSIDERABLY INAGONY
PROCEDURES FOLLOWING BIG CHEMICAL SPILLS CLEANUPS
BEGINS THE WORKDAY CLOCKSIN
HIGH PRIEST OF SHILOH ELI
POETIC NASH OGDEN
STUFF IN SOME BARRELS OIL
Artoo's 'surname' DETOO
OCTET FOR MOST SPIDERS EYES
PHYSIQUE, BRIEFLY BOD
'Later,' in Lille ADIEU
Number theory pioneer EUCLID
TROUBLE IN BED, MAYBE APNEA
TURN BLUE AFTER TURNING GREEN, SAY REDYE
'Green' prefix ECO
SOCIETAL CUSTOMS MORES
TV DOCTOR ROLE FOR LAURIE, ONCE HOUSE
OGLE LEERAT
___ BROTHERS (INFLUENTIAL CONSERVATIVE DONORS) KOCH
TEST VERSIONS BETAS
WOMAN'S NAME THAT BECOMES ANOTHER WOMAN'S NAME IF YOU SWAP THE FIRST TWO LETTERS ILSA
CORNELL'S LOCALE ITHACA
Rests atop LIESON
IROQUOIAN PEOPLE SENECA
Música norteña songwriter Ayala RAMON
COUP D'___ ETAT
Pride, e.g SIN
MEYERS SEEN ON NBC SETH
___ STICK (BOUNCY TOY) POGO
INCREASED ROSE
Fantasy island? AVALON
'It's so nauseating' UGH
1998 BRITISH OPEN CHAMP OMEARA
MUSCLE INJURY TEAR
ROOF EDGES EAVES
DUCT DROP TEAR
Former legal dramedy '___ McBeal' ALLY
Neither here nor there? ABSENT
BIG RIG ON THE INTERSTATE SEMI
HITTER OF 696 CAREER HOME RUNS, FAMILIARLY AROD
FUNNYMAN JOHNSON ARTE
ELEMENT IN BLUE GLASS COBALT
'Let Me Ride' rapper Dr. ___ DRE
POETIC DICKINSON EMILY
PASTA-TOPPING SAUCE RAGU
TROUBLE SPOT? GAMETABLE
SIX-SIDED METAL FASTENER HEXNUT
GOLD MEDAL-WINNING LONG JUMPER BOB BEAMON
SINGER-SONGWRITER JOAN OSBORNE
ENGINE ENHANCER TURBO