December 30 2018 The Washington Post Sunday - Dec 30 2018 Crossword Clues and Answers

The Washington Post Sunday - Dec 30 2018

Clues	Answers
'Anyone ___?'	ELSE
'Crucify' singer Tori	AMOS
'Dilate' singer DiFranco	ANI
'Feed me Whiskas!'	MEOW
'Forget about it'	NAH
'Interesting'	ISEE
'Last Battle' publisher	SEGA
'Love and Basketball' star Epps	OMAR
'Me too'	SOHAVEI
'My word!'	ISAY
'Tell me the truth'	DONTLIE
'What's the ___?'	IDEA
*'Pride or Prejudice' author Austen	J{UA}NE
*'___ no Ted'	DUL{LY}
*Be a seeker, in a kids' game	{AH}IDE
*Bern perfume, as at church	CE{NA}SE
*Browse bestbuy.gov, say	SHO{DP}
*Canine foaming at the mouth with rubies	MADDO{GW}
*Dec. 30 et al	{YE}VES
*Eschews food	{ER}ATS
*Feels healthy	{NA}ILS
*Groups calling stripes	{UA}NIONS
*Highest temperature projections	LO{GW}S
*Knitting tread	{YE}ARN
*Landlocked European country	CHA{DP}
*Longest word in RSVP	SI{LP}
*Modern form of 'you'	THE{NE}
*Prominent feature of one with six-pack abs	{LP}AUNCH
*Repair, as shocks	DAR{NE}
*Robert's wife on 'Downtown Abbey'	COR{AN}
*Scrooge McDuck, to Donald Duck	{AH}UNT
*Southpaw	RIGHT{SY}
*Spreads out, as a flag	FU{ER}LS
*Tares into shreds	RE{AN}DS
*Toothless tool	{SY}AW
*Unbundled, as hay	BA{LY}ED
1962 title film villain	DRNO
4 or 5, for a certain H.S. student	APSCORE
Address in a window	URL
Adobe field, briefly	TECH
Adulterated	TAINTED
Arboretum specimen	SHRUB
Arrange for Uber transportation, say	GETARIDE
Barrier on a waterway	DAM
Bit of a joule	ERG
Bit split at a plant	ATOM
Bordered (on)	VERGED
Broker's employer	FIRM
Care USA CEO Michelle	NUNN
Caspian X's realm	NARNIA
Cautionary leader?	PRE
Changes a D to a C, say	REGRADES
Cinematic ex-Green Beret John	RAMBO
CNN anchor Burnett	ERIN
Coke-seizing org	DEA
Competitor on an oval	RACER
Computer lab array	SCREENS
Condition treated by AZT	HIV
Connects with	TIESTO
Cries of epiphany	AHAS
Cylinder's pair	EDGES
DCA or LAX projection	ETA
DDT banner of 1972	EPA
Deep spaces	OCEANS
Deer friend of Flower	BAMBI
Defended one's king, in a way	CASTLED
Dish with chopped, hard-boiled ingredients	EGGSALAD
Dishonor from false charges	BADRAP
District	AREA
Early retirement place?	CRIB
Elroy's canine buddy	ASTRO
Embroidery material	LACE
Evidence of dropping the ball, as found in the starred clues and in 12 crossings in this puzzle	ERRORS
Exerted much effort	STROVE

Clues	Answers
Explorer of other worlds	ROVER
Faculty figure	DEAN
Figure calculated from an income statement	TAXRATE
Film with a distinctive alternating two-note sequence in its score	JAWS
Flowing water source	OPENTAP
Former Geo models	METROS
Fulfill to excess	SATE
Great Basin people	UTES
Hank with 755 homers	AARON
Helping at Thanksgiving	TURKEYLEG
Heroic spirit	DERRINGDO
Hill top	CREST
Hired henchman	GOON
How some stock is sold	ATPAR
In a self-absorbed way	VAINLY
Inspects rudely	OGLES
Ivy appendage	TENDRIL
James who played Harry on 'Dexter'	REMAR
John, for short	LAV
Jumper lines	SEAMS
Kyzylkum Desert site	ASIA
Lengthy sentences	RUNONS
Like much medication	ORAL
Like much sushi	RAW
Linguistically coarser	SALTIER
Maintenance	UPKEEP
Make big changes to	REVAMP
Malcolm X's birth city	OMAHA
Miscellaneous	ASSORTED
More miffed	SORER
Mystery writer Earl ___ Biggers	DERR
New Kingdom king	TUT
Oft-quoted pugilist	ALI
Oregon Trail vehicles	WAGONS
Org. responding to wildfires	FEMA
Parked oneself	SAT
Part of a cell	IRONBAR
PBS benefactor	NEA
Person who makes a good impression?	MIMIC
President who served as solicitor general	TAFT
Put on notice	WARN
Remove, as a king	OUST
Repairs, as socks	SEWS
Ring master?	SUMO
See 36 Down	MAO
Sets straight	ORIENTS
Shakespearean stir	ADO
Short time, informally	JIFF
Show stopper, briefly?	TVAD
Side-to-side distance	BREADTH
Snow ___ (dessert)	CONE
Source of destruction	BANE
Stages, as old battles	REENACTS
Subj. of ESPNU shows	NCAA
Summer Games sword	EPEE
Tangles	ENSNARLS
Territory of north India	DELHI
The Times Square ball, with respect to changing times, e.g	SYMBOL
They might tweet	USERS
Those who can help raise people's spirits?	MEDIUMS
Those who whistle while they work	REFS
Thrash metal band with the album 'Spreading the Disease'	ANTHRAX
Tireless transport	SLED
Toy box?	PETCRATE
Trekkies, for one	FANBASE
University of Alaska Southeast locale	JUNEAU
Vermilion's lake	ERIE
With 51 Across, leader whose portrait hangs at Tiananmen Square	CHAIRMAN
Zilch	NIL
___ blanket	WET
___ degree	NTH
___ Relaxo ('The Simpsons' spa with a Spanglish name)	RANCHO
___ Valley, Calif	SIMI
___-weekly	ALT