The Washington Post – July 4 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers

The Washington Post Crossword Puzzle Solutions – July 4 2017

Clue	Solution
Attaches	adds
Renter’s rooms	apartment
Keep	retain
Buck	stag
Trim	pare
Upper limb	arm
Mouth part	roof
Took long steps	strode
Statue base	pedestal
Rent	lease
Church leader	elder
Plus	asset
Tidy	neat
Harvest	reap
Musician ____ McEntire	reba
Funnyman ____ Idle	eric
Gun rights group (abbr.)	nra
Flavorful	tasty
Radio and newspapers e.g.	media
Spy org.	cia
Card game for one	solitaire
Peacock’s pride	tail
Fruit beverages	ades
Pull apart	separate
Printing measures	ens
Dunks	dips
Recipe abbr.	tsps
Seesaw	teeter
Novelist	author
Frighten	scare
Reef material	coral
Showers	rains
Fury	rage
Klutz’s exclamation	oops
Quick letter	note
Cheerful	glad
Building wings	ells
Parting word	bye
____ Knox	fort
Masts	spars
Urgent request	plea
Dummy	dope
Gypsy’s card	tarot
Snaky fishes	eels
Mild oath	drat
Protective gear	armor
Pops	dads
Peculiar	strange
Predict	foresee
Neckwear	tie
Sahara e.g.	desert
Leftover piece	remnant
Vegetarian’s taboo	meat
Poet’s "before"	ere
Small amount	trace
Ziti e.g.	pasta
Storage boxes	bins
Out of the way	aside
Heavy burden	load
Performed	acted
Contaminate	taint
Perjure oneself	lie
Sympathy	pity
Attacks	assails
Skin abrasion	scrape
Place	put
Less refined	coarser
Visible to the audience	onstage
Met solo	aria
Forbidden	taboo
Knoll	hill
Rave’s partner	rant
Cairo’s land	egypt
Vocal	oral
Differently	else
____ Witherspoon of "Legally Blonde"	reese
Nail polish shades	reds
Not nearby	afar