The Washington Post - Dec 21 2016 Crossword Answer

The Washington Post - Dec 21 2016 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
'Beetle Bailey' vehicle	JEEP
'That did the trick!'	THERE
'That's my cue!'	IMON
'The Hunt for Red October' device	SONAR
'Thriller' singer, in tabloids	JACKO
'You've got mail' ISP	AOL
'___ it obvious?'	ISNT
'___ Teen Hunger Force' (Cartoon Network series)	AQUA
1958 Pulitzer winner James	AGEE
Addressed	SPOKETO
Backstage clashers, perhaps	EGOS
Before	PRIORTO
Biceps, slangily	GUNS
Calf-length trousers	PEDALPUSHERS
Certain pinochle scores	MELDS
Classic Latin reproach	ETTU
Coil on a fire truck	HOSE
Colloquial carefree guy	RILEY
Complies with the commands of	OBEYS
Core idea	KEYCONCEPT
Daring beachwear	STRINGBIKINI
Dip, as a doughnut	DUNK
Disapproving syllables	TSKS
Do some branch management?	LOP
Doomed Genesis shepherd	ABEL
Driver's license datum	NAME
Evens out	EQUALIZES
Far from flabby	TONED
Figure skating team	PAIR
Flared dress style	ALINE
Foolish types	BOZOS
Freshly honed	SHARP
Fudge the facts	LIE
Fuming feeling	IRE
Garfield's predecessor	HAYES
Go like the Road Runner	ZIP
Grasp of what's going on	UPTAKE
Grind together	GNASH
Hardly any	ABIT

Clues	Answers
Harsh quality	EDGE
He sells Squishees to Bart	APU
Heads-up from the head office	MEMO
Herb in many stuffings	SAGE
Hierarchy level	RUNG
Hungarian composer Béla	BARTOK
Invite through the doorway	ASKIN
It can be bellied up to	BAR
Just around the corner	NEAR
Layered haircut	SHAG
Like some eclipses	LUNAR
Made like a model	POSED
Major setback	BLOW
Monster in Tolkien tales	ORC
Mouselike worm eaters	SHREWS
Okefenokee growth	MOSS
Oldest of the Three Musketeers	ATHOS
PA system components	AMPS
Per unit	APOP
Portable player since 2001	IPOD
Progressive commercial character	FLO
Pull the fuse from, perhaps	DISARM
Puts on notice	ALERTS
Rock-crushing contraption	HAMMERMILL
Shake up	FAZE
Shakespearean advisor-turned-adversary	IAGO
Sound in a 'Star Wars' shoot-out	ZAP
Stem-to-stern piece	KEEL
Stooge's pie target	FACE
Symbol of slipperiness	EEL
Tetley alternative	NESTEA
They're made by maids	BEDS
Toddler's taboos	NONOS
Tokyo-based automaker	ISUZU
Torch wielders in 'Frankenstein'	MOB
Traps by trawling	NETS
Wintry weather map feature	COLDFRONT
Word before doctor or cycle	SPIN
Worse than fair	POOR