The Washington Post - Dec 19 2016 Crossword Answer

The Washington Post - Dec 19 2016 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
'Blessed ___ ...' (Joan Baez album)	ARE
'Chicago' actor Richard	GERE
'Don't worry, no problem'	ITSOK
'Here's your bacon, straight from the fryer'?	TAKEITGREASY
'You'll have to ask someone else'	ICANT
'___ the Man' (2006 film)	SHES
Air gun ammo	BBS
Air traffic controller's spot	TOWER
Before now	AGO
Belief	IDEA
Big name in the kitchen or laundry room	AMANA
Bring to bear, as power	EXERT
Broke ground, in a way	HOED
Buddies	PALS
Bygone ruler of Iran	SHAH
Capital replaced by Brasilia, familiarly	RIO
Clown around	JOKE
Comes down hard, maybe	RAINS
Comic actress Martha	RAYE
Craft that weathered the storm	ARK
Dangler on a hook	WORM
Deal with tough times	COPE
Eats	HAS
Frosty coating	RIME
Greeted the day	AWOKE
Guffawed	ROARED
High-ranking Brits	EARLS
Huge bird of lore	ROC
Hurt	INJURE
Israel's parliament	KNESSET
Learn in passing	HEAR
Life stories, briefly	BIOS
Like Montmartre	ARTY
Long John Silver, for one	PIRATE
Luau instruments	UKES
Many early PCs	IBMS
Nearness	PROXIMITY
Noted spinach devotee	POPEYE
O'Brien on late-night TV	CONAN

Clues	Answers
Oft-quoted Yankee legend	YOGIBERRA
One going for the gold?	MINER
Pageantry	POMP
Performing	ONSTAGE
Removes all doubt	Makessure
Result of a sale on beer?	SIXPACKGRABS
Rhino's weapon	HORN
Rocket trajectories	ARCS
Roddick swinging a racket	ANDY
Rope-making fiber	HEMP
Rte. displayer	GPS
Saint Laurent of fashion	YVES
Sample	TRY
Something to sniff out	ODOR
Sound from a beleaguered winter shoveler?	SNOWYGROWL
Stares in amazement	GAPES
Start of a Clement Moore Christmas classic	TWAS
Station wagon cousin, for short	SUV
Sugary topper	ICING
Tex-Mex menu pick	TACO
They hold volumes	BOOKCASES
Treasured 1700s violin, familiarly	STRAD
Tribe once found around the Great Lakes	ERIE
Truck scale unit	TON
Twice-a-day school lineup	BUSES
U.K. clock standard	GMT
Unappetizing bit of fruit?	HAIRYGRAPE
Unlikely Mr. America	GEEK
Von Sydow with an Emmy nomination for 'Game of Thrones'	MAX
Wedding tribute	TOAST
Whimper	MEWL
Wind surge	GUST
Wine glass feature	STEM
Woeful	SAD
Word with England or Mexico	NEW
Wordsmith Webster	NOAH
Written with a keyboard	TYPED
Zenith	ACME
___ Ridge National Laboratory	OAK