The Washington Post - Dec 17 2017 Crossword Solution

The Washington Post - Dec 17 2017 Crossword Solution

Clues	Answers
'2 + 2 = 5' problem?	SUMTHINGSWRONG
'Chicago' star	GERE
'Could be trouble'	UHOH
'Don't panic'	BECALM
'Friends' friend	ROSS
'Get __!': 'Control yourself!'	AGRIP
'King __'	LEAR
'More than I wanted to know'	TMI
'Pic-a-nic' basket-seeking toon, familiarly	YOGI
'Unto the Sons' memoirist	TALESE
'What have we here?!'	OHO
'What __?'	OFIT
1925 Bryan foe	DARROW
2-Down, to Cato	AMOR
Absorb, as a loss	EAT
Actor Diggs	TAYE
Actress Blanchett	CATE
Actress Gaye of 'Ali'	NONA
Adlai's 1956 running mate	ESTES
Aerial mission	SORTIE
Aesopian ending	MORAL
Anthony __, Pulitzer winner for 'All the Light We Cannot See'	DOERR
Approval indicator	SEAL
Arms-folded response	MAKEME
Astronomy Muse	URANIA
Athlete Jackson discusses immunization options?	BOTALKSINJECTIONS
Average salary on a Detroit team?	PAYPERTIGER
Avoids like the plague	ESCHEWS
Ballet outfits	TUTUS
Basic French infinitive	ETRE
Bean in Hollywood	ORSON
Beauty pageant band	SASH
Beer originally brewed near a Northwest capital, briefly	OLY
Big name in candy	REESES
Bit of porch furniture, perhaps	SETTEE
Borscht veggie	BEET
Brief moments	SECS
Bring back to a former state	RESTORE
Brother of Peyton	ELI
Brutal	SAVAGE
Bugs	NAGSAT
Bun choice	SESAME
Camera component	LENS
CEO's credential	MBA
Certs competitor	TICTAC
Checked (out)	SCOPED
Chinese evergreen	LITCHI
Chooses	OPTS
Clapton et al	ERICS
Cruise purpose	PLEASURE
Cupid, to Plato	EROS
Dadaist collection	ARPS
Darling	HONEY
Defense gp. dissolved in 1977	SEATO
Denver-to-Omaha dir	ENE
Draw	ATTRACT
Easy rhythm	LILT
El __, Texas	PASO
Fighting ender	TREATY
Forgers of a sort	SMITHS
Former Renault	LECAR
Foxy	SLY
Garden invader	WEED
General Bradley	OMAR
Gift recipient	DONEE
Gloomy	SOMBER
Grandmas, earlier	MOMS
Greiner of 'Shark Tank'	LORI
Handel opera written in Italian	ORESTE
Harrow competitor	ETON

Clues	Answers
How rural areas are populated	SPARSELY
Ira Gershwin's forte	LYRICS
Islamic branch	SHIA
Island birthplace of Pythagoras	SAMOS
Japanese theater form	NOH
Key for Debussy?	ILE
Kit set	TOOLS
Lacking company	ALONE
Lamb piece	ESSAY
LAX inspection org	TSA
Leslie Charteris hero, with 'The'	SAINT
Like serious errors	GRIEVOUS
Lincoln who was the first screen adult Tarzan	ELMO
Meager amount	IOTA
Med school subj	ANAT
Mild oath	DANG
Mischievous	IMPISH
Motion passers	AYES
NBA nickname since the '70s	MAGIC
Nile biter	ASP
No. 5 maker	CHANEL
Offer of help	ICAN
Pal	BUB
Phobia beginning	ACRO
Pinstripes wearer	YANKEE
Pizazz	ELAN
Places with courts	GYMS
Plot	SCHEME
Podcaster Carolla	ADAM
Poehler 'Weekend Update' co-host on 'SNL'	FEY
Put an end to	BAN
Quick, as service	SAMEDAY
Reflective	SHINY
Refrain syllables	TRALA
Rodeo accessory	REATA
Roof rack items	SKIS
Rotting results	ODORS
Rover's turf	MARS
Rugby action	SCRUM
Seaman's complete canvas expense?	WHOLESAILCOST
Searches all over	SCOURS
Set of nine	ENNEAD
Seville : Sra. :: Seattle : __	MRS
Shore squawker	SEAGULL
Situation when a frat room is empty?	NOBUDDYHOME
Slowly	ADAGIO
Smarts	BRAINS
Spot	ESPY
Spring spelling event could face cancellation?	MAYBEEMAYBENOT
Subject of clothed and nude Goya portraits	MAJA
Success on the second roll	SPARE
Take __ at	ASTAB
Tara surname	OHARA
Tarzan player Ron	ELY
Tease	RAG
The Beatles, e.g	BRITS
Thin porridge	GRUEL
Tide type	NEAP
Toyota Camry model	SOLARA
Two above an eagle	PAR
Unintended revelation	SLIP
Was humbled	ATECROW
Wee amount	TAD
Weekly inspiration for many	SERMON
What 'it takes,' at the start of many macho mantras	AREALMAN
Where the Mets played	SHEA
Word derived from a marquis	SADIST
Writer anticipates a vacation?	AUTHOREYESTIMEOFF
Writer Bagnold	ENID
__ Sea	DEAD