The Washington Post - Dec 18 2016 Crossword Answer

The Washington Post - Dec 18 2016 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
'It may come ___ surprise ...'	ASNO
'Lady and the Tramp' cat breed	SIAMESE
1946 Literature Nobelist	HESSE
Anthropoid	APE
Bank employee	GUARD
Bar or bakery order	RYE
Bills featuring Hamilton	TENS
Certified	ATTESTEDTO
Chicken ___	POX
Children, in legalese	ISSUE
Close	NEAR
Concerning the ear	OTIC
Conservative strongholds	REDSTATES
Controversial 1922 novel	ULYSSES
Delmonico, e.g	STEAK
Dermatologist's concern	MOLE
Disciple's query	ISITI
Do some camber work	ALIGN
Early outcast	EVE
ERA and RBI, say	STATS
Excessive interest rate charges	USURIES
Fabled Himalayan creature	YETI
Far northern American port	NOMEALASKA
Following a military order	RETREATING
Futures dealers?	SEERS
Glacial soil deposit	ESKER
God, in Italian	DIO
Handle poorly	ILLUSE
Hungarian name in showbiz	GABOR
Israeli notable	EBAN
LAX approximations	ETAS
MacFarlane of 'Family Guy'	SETH
Milk source	SOY
Modern pictograph	EMOJI
Montana mining center	BUTTE
Morales of 'NYPD Blue'	ESAI

Clues	Answers
Most curve-laden	SHAPELIEST
Non-Latino, maybe	ANGLO
Object with multiple heads	DRUMSET
One of the deadly sins	LUST
Onetime VHS rival	BETA
Paints delicately	DABS
Perseus, to Zeus	SON
Pops up	ARISES
Printer powder	TONER
Pundit's page	OPED
Put on the shelf	DEFER
Race start?	ETHNO
Represent falsely	FEIGN
Retro golf wear	TAM
Savage	BEAST
Schubert's '___ Maria'	AVE
Ship's records	LOGS
Showy annual	ASTER
Simplicity	EASE
Slangy negative	IXNAY
Slow equine gait	JOGTROT
Small African antelope	ORIBI
Society newcomer, briefly	DEB
Strait's 'All My ___ Live in Texas'	EXS
Supply for a plastic surgeon	BOTOX
The Steve Miller Band's 'Fly Like an ___'	EAGLE
They might attract workers	NECTARS
Those who worship	ADORERS
Totally busted	SHOT
Track action	BET
Unlikely winner	DARKHORSE
Wing alternative	THIGH
Wing tips, perhaps	DRESSSHOES
With brevity	TERSELY
Wows	ASTONISHES
___ Reader (eclectic digest)	UTNE