The Washington Post - Dec 13 2015 Crossword Answer

The Washington Post - Dec 13 2015 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
'Ash Wednesday' monogram	TSE
'Call Me Maybe' middle name	RAE
'Little Women' woman	AMY
'Shake ___' (1981 song by the Cars)	ITUP
19th of 24 Greek letters	TAU
Actor Calhoun	RORY
Alternatives to fans, briefly	ACS
Antiques	AGES
Armchair quarterback's channel, perhaps	ESPN
Augment	ADDTO
Barcelona relative	TIO
Be constructive?	ERECT
Betel nut palm	ARECA
Big cheese in Greece?	FETA
Big kid?	GOAT
Blues vocalist ___ Monica	SISTA
Bothered big-time	ATEAT
Calling for	NECESSITATING
Canadian prov. named for royalty	PEI
Capitol Hill prizes	SENATORIALSEATS
Caution tag	ASIS
Chipped, say	ELECTRONIC
Citrus peel	ZEST
Clay transformation?	ALI
Criminal patterns, briefly	MOS
DC donor	PAC
Down time?	NAP
Early sixth-century date	DVI
Eight, for starters	OCTA
Email header	FROM
Figureheads?	Statisticians
Final Stuart monarch	ANNE
Find fault with	SNIPEAT

Clues	Answers
First NYC subway	IRT
Game shows?	SPORTSCASTS
Get engaged?	MESH
Has a go at	TRIES
Heaps	APILE
Ink spot?	TAT
Inuit word for 'house'	IGLU
Is slack-jawed	GAPES
It's a bit of a reproach	TUT
It's played with 32 cards	SKAT
Jersey Shore city popularized by Springsteen	ASBURYPARK
Knock for a loop	STUN
Leaves, in a way	SABBATICALS
Lets down	DISENCHANTS
Lilting syllable	TRA
Mangel-wurzel, e.g	BEET
NASCAR legend Yarborough	CALE
Research ctr	INST
Rigel or Spica	BSTAR
Santa ___ Valley, California	YNEZ
Shell game object	PEA
Short lines?	RRS
Surprise visits, of a kind	SNAPINSPECTIONS
Swanson film of 1950	SUNSETBOULEVARD
Thespian Thurman	UMA
They may try to figure out the future	NUMEROLOGISTS
Tie settlers, for short	OTS
Try to get a better view, perhaps	STANDONONESTOES
Voters' rights group of the early 20th century	SUFFRAGISTS
Where 'He maketh me to lie down,' biblically	GREENPASTURES
Woman who's 54?	LIV
___ dire (jury selection process)	VOIR
___ pro nobis	ORA