The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2018 04 15

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Piece of music? LYRIC
Tesla who claimed to have invented an 'earthquake machine' NIKOLA
Grinding object PESTLE
'Okay, I ___ it' ADMIT
The Little Prince's prized flower and others ROSES
Fancy events GALAS
Sch. whose basketball team became the first No. 1 seed to be defeated by a No. 16 seed in the men's NCAA tournament UVA
THROW A FIT GOAPE
SOURCE OF LINSEED OIL FLAX
SHOW PREFERENCE LEAN
CABAL'S CREATION PLOT
LIKE YAKS HORNED
Actress Burnett, after taking a spill? FALLENCAROL
Area area? MATH
[Original author's typo] SIC
Black-eyed bit, maybe PEA
Chemist's container VIAL
Child welfare org.? PTA
It has at least six games SET
Ladies first? ELL
Many a character on 'The Office' SALESMAN
Part of the way up STAIR
Pinocchio's habit LYING
Red stopper, at times CORK
'Right this minute' ASAP
Scientific journal diagrams GRAPHS
Silken traps WEBS
Squat, so to speak NONE
Steak holder PLATE
Tuner in a pit OBOE
Where to see a human Wolf CNN
A WAYS AWAY FAR
SKIRT TYPE MAXI
___ FATALE FEMME
PUT INTO ACTION USE
SMALL AMOUNT DAB
AMONG AMID
'BLAST!' DRAT
JIMMY EAT WORLD GENRE EMO
LITTLE BIT OF FOOD MORSEL
JAPANESE SOUP BASE MISO
ALIAS INTRODUCER AKA
TAUNTS RAGSON
WING MEASUREMENT SPAN
NARROW STRIP SLAT
Some, but not many AFEW
GARFIELD WHO PLAYED SPIDER-MAN ANDREW
BELT HOLDERS CHAMPS
TOOK STRIDES STEPPED
FROZEN ITALIAN DESSERT TORTONI
SITE OF MANY IVS ICU
Celebratory, as an event JOYOUS
Cook's specialty, briefly? TECH
Didn't exit STAYED
Fishy-sounding road PIKE
Gives notes to someone, say SPENDS
Grocery shopping, e.g ERRAND
Haagen-Dazs products SORBETS
Heads of state, e.g VIPS
Invitation initialism RSVP
Joins, as a team of oxen YOKES
Legislative pros YEAS
Like an undesirable trinity UNHOLY
Like Vassar, since 1969 COED
Like some secrets, oxymoronically OPEN
Lock spot GATE
Mined Indonesian export TINORE
Repetitive song refrain LALA
Say that the answer to this clue is WRONG, say ERR
Request from the pulpit PRAYER
Residence, in slang PAD
Rome-born physicist FERMI
Shape-shifter of interest to scientists AMOEBA
Something made while tossing a coin, perhaps WISH
Stuff in a safe, maybe GOLD
Synonym of 1 Down ICES
'That's nauseating!' ICK
'The Karate Kid' actress Elisabeth SHUE
Takes out, a la a hit man OFFS
Big pieces of marble SLABS
Birthplace of King Harald V's son, Haakon OSLO
White stuff seen on the ground during a cold day SALT
Blunt command for a cartoon explorer to gain information? DORALEARN
Winged predators HAWKS
Do part of a triathlon RUN
Winner's remark, maybe YOULOSE
COUNT (ON) RELY
CHEERIOS GRAIN OAT
CLASSIFY ASSORT
DISTINCTIVE TIME ERA
BE REAL EXIST
INSERTS ADDS
MUSIC ___ BOX
TEHRAN LANGUAGE FARSI
Baptism participant GODPARENT
Cry in a courtroom ORDER
Ehrenreich starring as Han Solo in 'Solo: A Star Wars Story' ALDEN
European ___ (snakes) ASPS
Self-indulgent display EGOTRIP
Investor's purchases SHARES
Promo on the screen TVAD
Microscope rectangle SLIDE
Powerful suit, briefly EXEC
Rarely opposite OFTEN
Prepare, as soft food PUREE
Rock collection MOSS
Selfie features, maybe SMILES
'Take On Me' band AHA
COMMON FIRST WORD MAMA
Having good sense JUDICIOUS
Tuna sandwich choice RYE
Red letter indication HOT
VEXES ANNOYS
'To wrap up ...' INSUM
Yellow spring bloomers OXLIPS
'Singin' in the Rain' co-director Stanley DONEN
'Hill Street Blues' actress Veronica whose last name rhymes with a llama cousin HAMEL
INSIGNIFICANT MERE
Draped dresses SARIS
Easy as ___ ABC
Part of an honored British woman's inheritance? DAMESGENE
Theatrical digression ASIDE
'Won't somebody ___ of the children?' THINK
Drink with a Flashin' Fruit Punch variety HIC
Shelled ectotherm TURTLE
Hirsute, as a member of an old Total Fitness club would be? BALLYHAIRY
Bygone depilatory brand, or an adolescent in reverse NEET
Golf rental for angels? HEAVENCART
Getting ready to drive TEEINGUP
Spin-class nickname for actress Kate or Rooney? CYCLEMARA
Enriches, as with fat LARDS
Creamy cheese on the lam? LOOSEBRIE
DISAVOWS DENIES
Car roof fixture, at times ANTENNA
Indecent mandible site? LEWDJAW
Pale friend of Tarzan? WANJANE
'The Sopranos' capo PAULIE
Sch. with a basketball team coached by Geno Auriemma UCONN
METAL IN A JUNKYARD SCRAPIRON
U.S. Olympic swim trial host city in 2008, 2012 and 2016 OMAHA
Path left by a burrowing rodent? GOPHERTRACE
See if you can TRYTO
Former name of retired NBA star Metta World Peace RONARTEST
Late Fox News host Alan, when he was in a Hispaniolan nation? HAITICOLMES