The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2018 12 30

crossword answers
Clue Answer
HILL TOP CREST
RING MASTER? SUMO
TERRITORY OF NORTH INDIA DELHI
*Scrooge McDuck, to Donald Duck {AH}UNT
DEEP SPACES OCEANS
*Repair, as shocks DAR{NE}
JOHN, FOR SHORT LAV
ARBORETUM SPECIMEN SHRUB
MALCOLM X'S BIRTH CITY OMAHA
Oft-quoted pugilist ALI
Short time, informally JIFF
Those who can help raise people's spirits? MEDIUMS
THEY MIGHT TWEET USERS
IVY APPENDAGE TENDRIL
OREGON TRAIL VEHICLES WAGONS
COMPETITOR ON AN OVAL RACER
MYSTERY WRITER EARL ___ BIGGERS DERR
BIT SPLIT AT A PLANT ATOM
*Toothless tool {SY}AW
The Times Square ball, with respect to changing times, e.g SYMBOL
*Southpaw RIGHT{SY}
CINEMATIC EX-GREEN BERET JOHN RAMBO
STAGES, AS OLD BATTLES REENACTS
HEROIC SPIRIT DERRINGDO
CASPIAN X'S REALM NARNIA
PUT ON NOTICE WARN
*Unbundled, as hay BA{LY}ED
GREAT BASIN PEOPLE UTES
ADULTERATED TAINTED
PARKED ONESELF SAT
Barrier on a waterway DAM
Arrange for Uber transportation, say GETARIDE
EXERTED MUCH EFFORT STROVE
EMBROIDERY MATERIAL LACE
FULFILL TO EXCESS SATE
ORG. RESPONDING TO WILDFIRES FEMA
NEW KINGDOM KING TUT
CYLINDER'S PAIR EDGES
*Be a seeker, in a kids' game {AH}IDE
*Dec. 30 et al {YE}VES
Thrash metal band with the album 'Spreading the Disease' ANTHRAX
'Last Battle' publisher SEGA
*Canine foaming at the mouth with rubies MADDO{GW}
ADDRESS IN A WINDOW URL
EXPLORER OF OTHER WORLDS ROVER
SOURCE OF DESTRUCTION BANE
LENGTHY SENTENCES RUNONS
*Bern perfume, as at church CE{NA}SE
ADOBE FIELD, BRIEFLY TECH
CONNECTS WITH TIESTO
'ME TOO' SOHAVEI
TANGLES ENSNARLS
REMOVE, AS A KING OUST
*Robert's wife on 'Downtown Abbey' COR{AN}
Evidence of dropping the ball, as found in the starred clues and in 12 crossings in this puzzle ERRORS
SNOW ___ (DESSERT) CONE
'Feed me Whiskas!' MEOW
WITH 51 ACROSS, LEADER WHOSE PORTRAIT HANGS AT TIANANMEN SQUARE CHAIRMAN
HIRED HENCHMAN GOON
LIKE MUCH SUSHI RAW
REPAIRS, AS SOCKS SEWS
ZILCH NIL
___ BLANKET WET
MAINTENANCE UPKEEP
MISCELLANEOUS ASSORTED
MORE MIFFED SORER
___ VALLEY, CALIF SIMI
SETS STRAIGHT ORIENTS
In a self-absorbed way VAINLY
Cries of epiphany AHAS
DCA OR LAX PROJECTION ETA
CARE USA CEO MICHELLE NUNN
SUBJ. OF ESPNU SHOWS NCAA
KYZYLKUM DESERT SITE ASIA
*Modern form of 'you' THE{NE}
*'___ no Ted' DUL{LY}
*Highest temperature projections LO{GW}S
'Anyone ___?' ELSE
Coke-seizing org DEA
*Spreads out, as a flag FU{ER}LS
HELPING AT THANKSGIVING TURKEYLEG
'What's the ___?' IDEA
THOSE WHO WHISTLE WHILE THEY WORK REFS
ELROY'S CANINE BUDDY ASTRO
*Knitting tread {YE}ARN
LIKE MUCH MEDICATION ORAL
INSPECTS RUDELY OGLES
SIDE-TO-SIDE DISTANCE BREADTH
1962 TITLE FILM VILLAIN DRNO
*Browse bestbuy.gov, say SHO{DP}
*Eschews food {ER}ATS
'Crucify' singer Tori AMOS
'Love and Basketball' star Epps OMAR
BIT OF A JOULE ERG
FIGURE CALCULATED FROM AN INCOME STATEMENT TAXRATE
TOY BOX? PETCRATE
'Forget about it' NAH
BORDERED (ON) VERGED
DISHONOR FROM FALSE CHARGES BADRAP
'MY WORD!' ISAY
COMPUTER LAB ARRAY SCREENS
HANK WITH 755 HOMERS AARON
DISH WITH CHOPPED, HARD-BOILED INGREDIENTS EGGSALAD
HOW SOME STOCK IS SOLD ATPAR
SHOW STOPPER, BRIEFLY? TVAD
FLOWING WATER SOURCE OPENTAP
___-weekly ALT
SEE 36 DOWN MAO
FILM WITH A DISTINCTIVE ALTERNATING TWO-NOTE SEQUENCE IN ITS SCORE JAWS
'Tell me the truth' DONTLIE
DDT BANNER OF 1972 EPA
'Interesting' ISEE
*'Pride or Prejudice' author Austen J{UA}NE
4 OR 5, FOR A CERTAIN H.S. STUDENT APSCORE
VERMILION'S LAKE ERIE
*Feels healthy {NA}ILS
MAKE BIG CHANGES TO REVAMP
EARLY RETIREMENT PLACE? CRIB
*Groups calling stripes {UA}NIONS
TIRELESS TRANSPORT SLED
___ Relaxo ('The Simpsons' spa with a Spanglish name) RANCHO
'Dilate' singer DiFranco ANI
CHANGES A D TO A C, SAY REGRADES
FORMER GEO MODELS METROS
Jumper lines SEAMS
SUMMER GAMES SWORD EPEE
DEFENDED ONE'S KING, IN A WAY CASTLED
PART OF A CELL IRONBAR
*Landlocked European country CHA{DP}
PRESIDENT WHO SERVED AS SOLICITOR GENERAL TAFT
___ DEGREE NTH
TREKKIES, FOR ONE FANBASE
DISTRICT AREA
DEER FRIEND OF FLOWER BAMBI
LINGUISTICALLY COARSER SALTIER
FACULTY FIGURE DEAN
PERSON WHO MAKES A GOOD IMPRESSION? MIMIC
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA SOUTHEAST LOCALE JUNEAU
SHAKESPEAREAN STIR ADO
CNN ANCHOR BURNETT ERIN
*Longest word in RSVP SI{LP}
CAUTIONARY LEADER? PRE
*Tares into shreds RE{AN}DS
BROKER'S EMPLOYER FIRM
PBS BENEFACTOR NEA
CONDITION TREATED BY AZT HIV
James who played Harry on 'Dexter' REMAR
*Prominent feature of one with six-pack abs {LP}AUNCH