The Washington Post - Mar 12 2017 Crossword Answer

The Washington Post - Mar 12 2017 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
'... __ a puddy tat!'	ITAW
'A mouse!'	EEK
'Breaking Bad' baddie Fring	GUS
'Got it!'	AHA
'I'll take all the help I can get'	ANYADVICE
'Java' trumpeter	ALHIRT
'Julie & Julia' director	EPHRON
'My stars!'	EGAD
'Never Wave at __': Rosalind Russell movie	AWAC
'Oh, sure!'	YEAHIBET
'Rabbit' series author	UPDIKE
'Same for me'	ASAMI
'Seems to be the case'	GUESSSO
'Terrible' Russian ruler	IVAN
'The Sound of Music' high points	ALPS
'__ b?': 'Which is it?'	AOR
'__ out!'	YER
Atkins of country	CHET
Autocrats until 1917	TSARS
Baby monitor alert	WAIL
Bairns	WEEONES
Baloney	TRIPE
Big bore	DRAG
Bit of a belly laugh	HAR
Black Friday mo	NOV
Blockheads	OAFS
Blue state?	WOE
Cabinet dept	EDUC
Cable option	PAYPERVIEW
Calculus pioneer	EULER
Calls off	ENDS
Campbell-Martin of 'Martin'	TISHA
Ceramic piece	TILE
Closer to being raw	RARER
Colombian export	EMERALDS
Come again	RECUR
Conspire with	ABET
Copacabana beach locale	RIO
Curly-tailed dog	AKITA
Deep pit	ABYSS
Demonstratively romantic	LOVEYDOVEY
Dole (out)	METE
Don Juan	ROUE
Draws off, as maple syrup	TAPS
Fanfare and then some	HYPE
First African-American Best Actor	POITIER
Flix alternative	TMC
Folksy Guthrie	ARLO
Forearm bones	ULNAS
Fresh	SAUCY
Frets	STEWS
Game inside a Narragansett beer bottle cap	REBUS
Genesis setting	EDEN
Georgetown hoopster	HOYA
Gets tough	HARDENS
Glide on blades	SKATE
Go off-line?	ADLIB
Goofy collectibles?	CELS
GPS displays	RTES
Grace starter	OLORD
Ground-up bait	CHUM
Hard on the eyes	UGLYASSIN
Hawk's claw	TALON
Helped a tot tie a shoelace, say	KNELT
Holiday pantomime game?	EASTERCHARADE
Impressive dwelling	MANOR
In __ of	LIEU
Is too sweet	CLOYS
Its PAC is the Political Victory Fund	NRA
Large retailer's overexpansion, perhaps?	CHAINKILLER
Lift	HOIST
Like Gen. Shinseki, former Secretary of Veterans Affairs	RETD

Clues	Answers
Like some spore reproduction	ASEXUAL
Little bird wielding an ax?	GUITARCHICK
Lost cause	GONER
Major course	ENTREE
Maker of fancy notebooks	MOLESKINE
Marshland	MIRE
Measure of stress inflicted by a crowd's roar?	CHEERPRESSURE
Merged news agency	TASS
MinuteClinic operator	CVS
MLBer with 696 home runs	AROD
Modeling adhesive	EPOXY
Monster slain by Hercules	HYDRA
Move crab-style	SIDLE
Move quickly, as clouds	SCUD
Name on Re-Nutriv products	ESTEE
Necklace for a macho heartthrob?	STUDCHOKER
News-selling org	UPI
Nonpro?	CON
Not all there	LOOPY
Novelist Evelyn	WAUGH
Ocean bird	ERN
On the road	AWAY
One with kids	GOAT
One-eyed Norse deity	ODIN
Ottoman honorific	AGHA
Outback native	EMU
Pair near your hair	EARS
Pick up	HEAR
Post-exam exultation	INAILEDIT
Press the point	ARGUE
Printer brand owned by Seiko	EPSON
Ref. for wordsmiths	OED
Requiring a lot of attention	NEEDY
Resort in the Caucasian Riviera	SOCHI
Right in the head	SANE
Risk being burned, in a way	BASK
Rodeo mount	BRONC
Sailing ropes	TYES
Screening org	TSA
Sideline shouts	RAHS
Sign word evoking days of yore	OLDE
Single-serving coffee choice	KCUP
Site of the Cave of Zeus, in myth: Abbr	MTIDA
Slugger Mel	OTT
Soup for toddlers?	BABYCHOWDER
Sour	TURN
Spider woman?	ARACHNE
Spokane-to-Edmonton dir	NNE
Stairway piece	RISER
Starbuck, for one	SAILOR
Storage unit for spray bottles, trowels, etc.?	GARDENCHEST
Stout holder	STEIN
Subtleties	NUANCES
Synthetic silk	RAYON
Terrier of old mysteries	ASTA
They're unlikely to pass the bar	SOTS
Time line divisions	ERAS
To blame	ATFAULT
To have, to Henri	AVOIR
Unbelievable one	LIAR
Urge	PROD
Very important	KEY
Visit overnight	STAYAT
Watch kids	SIT
Welcome summer cold snap?	HAPPYCHILL
Well-timed	ONCUE
Where to find fans	ARENA
Winery cask	TUN
Worms, to robins	PREY
['That stinks!']	BOOHISS
__ Majesty	HER
__-Canada: Esso competitor	PETRO