The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2019 09 08

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Conspiratorial faction CABAL
VIEW AGAIN RESEE
OFT-MISUSED PRONOUN WHOM
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
PERFORMS ADEQUATELY DOESOK
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
AS GUILTY AS ___ SIN
LIKE SOME POTATOES RICED
BUTTRESS BOLSTER
QUALIFYING ATHLETIC CONTESTS, BRIEFLY PRELIMS
ADDRESS BAR ADDRESS URL
Pit with a bucket WELL
POLK'S MIDDLE NAME KNOX
'Juneteenth' author Ralph ELLISON
Bulletin board makeup CORK
Coordinate plane line AXIS
Country singer Adkins's nickname when he handles a large snake? BOATRACE
Possessive for a group OURS
Sword master's case SHEATH
Landform distinct from barrier or fringing reefs ATOLL
'A roach!' EEK
Pretty chilly NIPPY
Author Grafton's nickname when she worked as a clerk? COUNTERSUE
CNN anchor Lemon's nickname when he discusses no-longer-current events? PASSEDON
SOMEWHAT SLOW, ON A SCORE ANDANTE
Activation phrase for an iPhone user HEYSIRI
RELINQUISH OFFICIALLY CEDE
Delta force? JETS
Blister look-alikes WARTS
What 100 may signify APLUS
From Nan or Narathiwat THAI
2, for 1 and 1 SUM
INDICATE DENOTE
SMALL AMOUNT ATAD
MAIN MODE OF TRAVEL? SHIP
HAVE A GETAWAY BEFORE A HONEYMOON ELOPE
ACTOR DANSON'S NICKNAME WHEN HE HAS MULTIPLE HEADS? HYDRATED
JAZZY ANITA ODAY
DANCE WITH A CHAIR HORA
STAT ASAP
'___ out!' GET
___ Lankans SRI
Poseidon, e.g SEAGOD
38 Down's pole MAST
DECIDES ONE WILL OPTSTO
Actor McKellen's nickname when he gives a dazzling performance? ELECTRICIAN
Pre-admission phrase ITSME
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
Actress Heard's nickname when she uses a stiffening agent at the laundromat? STARCHAMBER
LARGE AMOUNT ALOT
Conclusion of a Napoleonic palindrome ELBA
Work with the king of Egypt AIDA
Herbivore with horns RAM
React to being walloped REEL
SURMOUNTING ATOP
CLOSE TO HOME LOCAL
LIFT HOIST
IT'S TWISTED TO OPEN KNOB
FEELS REGRET OVER LAMENTS
DISSEMINATE SOW
BADMINTON BARRIER NET
Causes to rise, in a way LEAVENS
POLYNESIAN LANGUAGE MAORI
OB/GYN, e.g DOC
'Awesome,' to a 1980s skateboarder RAD
Emulate a furry pet SHED
Like gumdrops CHEWY
'___ do this!' LETS
Be annoyingly sweet CLOY
Gets something for nothing MOOCHES
Like 'The Exorcist' EERIE
Like some scales MINOR
Pale from shock ASHEN
Sites of rock concert hits? DRUMS
Southwestern people APACHE
Test for screening out bots CAPTCHA
Wear down naturally ERODE
___ out (made uncomfortable) CREEPED
___ rickey (drink) LIME
Black ___ (rare gem) OPAL
Change flats? MOVE
DCA approximations ETAS
Doze, say REST
Flathead Lake state MONTANA
International settlement PACT
Opéra Nouvel city LYON
Start of a Napoleonic palindrome ABLE
Contralto Anderson's nickname when she used the metric system? GRAMMARIAN
Author Uris's nickname when he was in the 'Round and Round' rock group? RATTLEON
Emperor until 68 A.D NERO
Faked out a la Gretzky DEKED
Polynesian Triangle isle OAHU
STIR UP RILE
Message at the end of a 'G.I. Joe' episode PSA
Analgesic since 1955 TYLENOL
Bombshell basis, often LEAK
TIDE TYPE NEAP
DIRECT STEER
What Galileo observed in 1610 VENUS
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
BOW FEATURE KNOT
TRIUMPHS OVER BESTS
THEY GET HIGH AT THE WORLD SERIES OF POKER STAKES
SAMPRAS RIVAL AGASSI
Harvard Law memoir ONEL
Prepare, as spaghetti BOIL
Sultan Qaboos, e.g OMANI
CHINA SETTING ASIA
CHINA SETTING TABLE
They have many lines PLAYS
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
LICORICE FLAVORING ANISE
TREE WITH WINGED SEEDS MAPLE
Bane of Bane BATMAN
SNOBS PUT THEM ON AIRS
TERMINATED ENDED
2026 Winter Olympics co-host city MILAN
Conduits from ventricles AORTAS
HBO watcher, usually ADULT
More hoarse, as voices RASPIER
Sweetened cooler, often ICEDTEA