The Washington Post Sunday Mar 15 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

The Washington Post Sunday - March 15 2020 - Answers

Clues	Answers
'A little'	SORTA
'Are not!' response	AMTOO
'Birds of a feather flock together,' e.g	MAXIM
'Birds of a feather flock together,' e.g	ADAGE
'Bonjour, mes ___!' ('Hello, my friends!')	AMIS
'Don't settle for ___'	LESS
'I ___ wondering ...'	WAS
'In any event ...'	BESIDES
'Let's not forget ...'	ALSO
'Oh, ___ is me!'	WOE
'You're dang right!'	YESSIREE
12 Down stock	DOLLS
8-) or :-D, e.g	SMILEY
Animal that can be trained to lure fish into fishing nets	OTTER
Babysitters' tormentors	IMPS
Basin by a riverbank	MARINA
Bobcats' homes	DENS
Bosses of video games, e.g	ENEMIES
Bread baker	OVEN
Break the tie between, as two currencies' exchange rates	UNPEG
Bucking beast, briefly	BRONC
Bury	INTER
Campers' quarters, briefly	RVS
Captured, in chess	TOOK
Card recipient, briefly	ATM
Cause for alarm in a restaurant?	CHILI
Celebratory period	EVE
Cherry discard	STEM
Commissioned piece, perhaps	OPED
Complete nonsense	BUNK
Conflicts of interest for politicians?	WARS
Console piano relative	SPINET
Critical	VITAL
Curriculum components	EXAMS
Debuts, datewise	OPENSON
Defend one's crown, say	WIN
Direct to another path	REROUTE
Disapproving sound	TSK
Drink you could aptly enjoy at a parade	FLOAT
Dusk-dawn connector	TIL
Evidence of hoarseness	RASP
Exits suddenly, in slang	BAILS
Factions in a long-running battle	SEXES
Fantasy game sorcerer, and an anagram of a word in this clue	MAGE
Feel rotten	AIL
Finely refined	ELEGANT
Flips	UPENDS
Folk tale about a bathroom?	JOHNLEGEND
Forest full of big cats?	TIGERWOODS
Forklift platform	PALLET
Fraudulent one	FAKER
Game point?	TOYSTORE
Go the ___ nine yards	WHOLE
Hats, so to speak	ROLES
Heart of the matter	GIST
Hushed summons	PSST
In good ___	STEAD
In ___ (not yet born)	UTERO
Interstate dividers	MEDIANS
It can be spread by a doctored photograph	HOAX
It may be sent through the cloud	EMAIL
Lavish shindig	FETE
Like deep-fried fries	OILY
Like suspicious activity	SHADY
Live	DWELL
Lustful hybrid of myth	SATYR
Makes mad	RILESUP
Mandible's location	JAW
Masks and scuba tanks, to scuba divers	NEEDS
Means of support for a dance studio?	BARRE
Natural rise of a religious movement?	FAITHHILL
Natural skill	APTITUDE
Nautical locations where radio operators say 'copy that'?	ROGERWATERS
Nobleman known for eating burgers?	PATTYDUKE
Noodles often eaten with chopsticks	SOBA
Not intense, as color	PALE
Not yet risen	ABED
One worshiped by male goats?	BILLYIDOL
Oodles and oodles	MANY
Out words?	IMGAY
Parts of applications	FORMS
Paste made by a chef	PUREE
Patisserie treat	TARTE
Period of religious observance	HOLYDAY
Picnic ___ (outdoor lunch locale)	AREA
Piece of a bird's nest	TWIG
Plane lane	AISLE
Play kickoff	ACTI
Play teams	CASTS
Poet's creations	VERSES
Potential result of a powerful hook, briefly	TKO
Presses, as a suit	IRONS
Prime time, in ads	NITE
Public soup kitchen once endowed by a sultan	IMARET
Purchases	BUYS
Raven's weapon	TALON
React after a touchdown, perhaps	CHEER
Remove plaque, in a way	FLOSS
Revered village figure	ELDER
River crossings where some meet their boyfriends?	BEAUBRIDGES
Rotation noise	WHIR
Salmon family fish	COHO
Sandbox occupant	TOT
Satisfying safety standards	UPTOCODE
Says 'I do'	WEDS
Seafaring voyage for male turkeys?	TOMCRUISE
Seize, as control	WREST
Sentimento romantico	AMORE
Set of rooms reserved by an engaged couple, perhaps	SUITE
Shed plenty of tears	SOB
Sheltered spaces	NOOKS
Something taken at an outdoor charity event	WALK
Something to chew on	GUM
Spot for seats of honor	DAIS
Steal someone's heart, say?	CHEAT
Step noisily	CLOMP
Streaming site?	CREEK
Subject of legalization debates	WEED
Swamp plant	SEDGE
Sways with flattery	CAJOLES
Tanker mess that occurs during a blessing?	GRACESLICK
Textile factory device	LOOM
They offer lake views	ATLASES
Thing checked at a rock concert	MIC
Thing checked at a supermarket	ITEM
Tick off	MIFF
To some extent	RATHER
Tract of marshy land	MOOR
Trio x 3	NONET
Tuck away	STOW
Unleashes (on)	SICS
Unleavened flatbread	ROTI
View badly	OGLE
Voltage spike	SURGE
Wandering worker	HOBO
Went from 1 to 10, say	AGED
Wild dog that hunts wallabies	DINGO
Winged queen's home	HIVE
Wriggly reef resident	EEL
Young kangaroo who's head of the diocese?	JOEYBISHOP
Zombie's utterance of 'braaaains,' essentially	MOAN
___ acids	AMINO
___ on the wrist	SLAP
___ out (allotted)	METED