The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2019 09 08

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