The Washington Post Sunday - Dec 2 2018 Crossword Answer

The Washington Post Sunday - Dec 2 2018 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
It's paired with 'wine'	DINE
Jersey team until 2012	NETS
Kent's love of comics	LANE
Lager containers	STE{IN}S
Landing strip	{TA}RMAC
Laptop memory units	B{YT}ES
Latest fashion	TREND
Leans toward, as with an age group	S{KE}WS
Legal excuse	ALIBI
Legal order	WRIT
Like candles or crayons	WAXEN
Like some pool balls	SO{LI}D
Looked upon	BE{HE}LD
Looks (around)	NOSES
Loop at a rodeo	LASSO
Nameless hero's portrayer in the martial arts film 'Hero'	JET{LI}
Necessities for many with broken shoulders	SLIN{GS}
Needs for clarinetists	REEDS
Never to be repeated	ONCE
New drivers, usually	TEENS
New York City's ___ Avenue	FIFTH
Newsweek alternative	TIME
Nickel sources	ORES
Nightingale's pad	NEST
Nissan NX options	{TT}OPS
No-no for a child	SASS
Not at all competent	INEPT
Not dirty	C{LE}AN
Novelist Amado	{JO}RGE
October Revolution leader	LENIN
Ointment applicator	SWAB
One in a swarm	MIDGE
One-eyed deity	ODIN
Ones ignoring a called strike?	SCABS
Ooze out	LEAK
Openly displayed	BARED
Order at Texas Roadhouse	STEAK
Oscar winner for 'Brokeback Mountain'	ANG{LE}E
Outbuilding	SHED
Overdo, as a privilege	ABUSE
Play things?	L{IN}ES
Reads, as vibes	S{EN}SES
Red baseball feature	S{TI}TCH
Regards	EYES
Relative of a grapefruit	UGLI
Revise, as an essay	EDIT
Ribisi's director in 'The Gift'	RAIMI
Rosemary and thyme, e.g	HERBS
Rust, e.g	OXIDE
Seed of wheat	{KE}RNEL
Show up	COME
Striped shirt wearer of children's books	WALDO
Take a military recruiter up on their offer	EN{LI}ST
Target of thrombolysis	CLOT
Taxi meter reading	FARE
Tea party figure	ALICE
Teased stuff in a salon	HAIR
Tenth of a bowling game	FRA{ME}
Terminal on a network	NODE
The person reading this, for one	{SO}LVER
Tightly clenched hand	FIST
Top dog	HEAD
Topper at a pageant	{TI}ARA
Traffic problems	JAMS
Trapshooting	SKEET
Traveler from afar?	ALI{EN}
Trireme propellers	OARS
Trumpet with praise	EX{TO}L
Trusty mount	STEED
Tweak, as text	AMEND
Type types	FONTS
Underhanded stratagems	WILES
Unoccupied	IDLE
Untimely, in a way	EARLY
Used curse words	SWORE
Using as a source, with 'on'	BASED
Utterance of dismissal	SCRAM
View from Luxor	NILE
Waistcoat edges	HEMS
Wanted poster word	ALIAS
War of words	SPAT
Wednesday, to Fester	NIECE
What a lab rat may navigate	MAZE
Yasser Arafat's birth city	CAIRO
Yearly college football opponent of Harvard	YALE
Yogi or Smokey, e.g	BEAR
Yokohama's nation	JAPAN
Yorkshire terrier, e.g	POOCH
Young lover of theater	ROMEO
Yummy food's asset	AROMA

Clues	Answers
'But every so ___ ...'	OFTEN
'Chiquitita' band	ABBA
'Elf' co-star James	CAAN
'Have anything ___ to share?'	ELSE
'Hick' actor Baldwin	ALEC
'If ___ I'd known!'	ONLY
'In other words ...'	I{ME}AN
'Light of the heavens and the earth,' per the Koran	ALLAH
'Lost' place	ISLE
'New Fool at an Old Game' singer McEntire	REBA
'Oh, what a surprise!'	BY{JO}VE
'Once and Again' actress Ward	SELA
'The Bonesetter's Daughter' author	AM{YT}AN
'The Piano' actress Anna	PAQU{IN}
'You take care of yourself out there'	BESA{FE}
Acrobatic	AGILE
Activate	BEG{IN}
Actor Max Jr	BAER
Adventurous one's quality	{ME}TTLE
After the hour	PAST
Aisle walker	US{HE}R
Angler's item	REEL
Aquarium growth	ALGAE
Article of cutlery	KNI{FE}
Attendance call reply	HERE
Aviator Earhart	A{ME}LIA
Burst of electricity	JOLT
Danish coast feature	FJORD
Deadly 'Impaler'	VLAD
Derulo of pop and R&B	JA{SO}N
Designer's choice	STYLE
Detonation sites, once	A{TO}LLS
Display	ARRAY
Dolphins uniform color	AQUA
Domain	AREA
Drunk, in slang	BLO{TT}O
Dull discomfort	ACHE
Dynamite stuff, briefly	NITRO
Ease	SOO{TH}E
Easier said ___ done	THAN
Eckhart of 'Sully'	AARON
Eensy	SMALL
Eggs, on Halloween	AMMO
Emerald Bay's lake	TAHOE
Employ a dagger	STAB
Emulate a moth	FLIT
Engages in litigation	SUES
Enlightened about	ONTO
Entertaining Del Rey	LANA
Erogenous zone named for Ernst Gräfenberg	{GS}POT
Eschew hard work	LOAF
Establishments that offer belts	DOJOS
Ethiopian's neighbor	SOMA{LI}
Evade detection, in a way	LURK
Exaggerated account	TALE
Exemplar	IDEAL
Extremes	ENDS
Flour ___ (tiny pest that feeds on grain)	MITE
Gel ingredient, maybe	ALOE
Gluttons	PIGS
Go without	OMIT
Greek fabulist	AESOP
Hammer wielder	THOR
Hard-shell food, maybe	{TA}COS
He-Man's asset	MIGHT
Hebrew Bible kingdom	JUDAH
Hells Canyon state, in part	IDAHO
Henri's 'ta-ta'	ADIEU
Hint of Limburger cheese?	ODOR
Hit on the noggin	CONK
Honey-glazed items	HAMS
Hop into the tub	BA{TH}E
Hotel keycard opening	SLOT
Huck's conveyance	RAFT
Hue of a clear sky	AZURE
Identify	NAME
Imaginary line through Earth	AXIS
Implements in shop class	SAWS
Imposing naval force	FLEET
In existence	REAL
Indian wood sources	TEAKS
Inoculation amount	DOSE
Intentional loss, in boxing slang	DIVE
Internet access method	CABLE
Intimidating brute	OGRE
Inviting door sign	ENTER
Iron Man's alter ego Tony ___	STARK
It gets set by a judge	BAIL
It may be free	RIDE
It'll take you for a spin	EDDY