The Washington Post - Oct 11 2018 Crossword Answer

The Washington Post - Oct 11 2018 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
It may be proper	NOUN
Jiffy Lube service, and a hint to the start of the answers to starred clues	OILCHANGE
Kerry locale	EIRE
Key	MAIN
Lackluster	DRAB
Lancelot and Mix-a-Lot	SIRS
Laptop alternatives	TABLETS
Like some U.S. mail	CERT
Linguistic suffix	ESE
Long of 'NCIS: Los Angeles'	NIA
Major artery	AORTA
Make rough	COARSEN
Moment of remorse	PANG
One thing on top of another	STACK
Open a bit	AJAR
Open, as toothpaste	UNCAP
ORD posting	ETA
Park in NYC, e.g	AVE
Phantom	SPECTER
Pince-__ glasses	NEZ
Plasm prefix	ECTO
Poll gathering	DATA
Portrayer of a big scaredy-cat	LAHR
Put the brakes on	HALT
Reacts to yeast	RISES
Resort town near Santa Barbara	OJAI
Saucony rival	AVIA
Short trip	HOP
Start of a decision-making rhyme	EENY
Start to mature?	PRE
Taj __	MAHAL
They go for the gold	PANNERS
Together, so to speak	SANE
Triangle ratio	SINE
Verbal hesitations	HAWS
Watchdog's warning	GRR
Word before and after 'oh'	BOY
Yachting event, e.g	SEARACE
__ tick: disease carrier	LYME

Clues	Answers
'Copacabana' showgirl	LOLA
'La Cage __ Folles'	AUX
'Mental Illness' Grammy winner Mann	AIMEE
'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' novelist	KESEY
'So-so'	MEH
'Yikes!'	EEK
*Enter on the sly	SNEAKIN
*Gravlax	CUREDSALMON
*They're for the dogs	LEASHLAWS
*Two-time women's soccer Olympic gold medalist	ABBYWAMBACH
2002-'03 viral outbreak, briefly	SARS
Actor Miller of 'Justice League'	EZRA
Belarus capital	MINSK
Bleak	DISMAL
Buckles, as a seat belt	FASTENS
Bud	PAL
Buffalo hockey player	SABRE
By any means	SOMEWAY
Chaps	MEN
Din	NOISE
Droop	SAG
Dropping (off)	NODDING
Engagement ring centerpiece	STONE
Espresso foam	CREMA
Extended family	CLAN
Feel remorse for	RUE
Finals, say	EXAMS
Fine English china	SPODE
Followers of shots	CHASERS
French clerics	ABBES
French-speaking Western Hemisphere country	HAITI
Freshwater minnow	REDFIN
Frozen dessert chain	TCBY
Garage containers	GASCANS
Germ-killing brand	LYSOL
Great divide	CHASM
Hawaii's Mauna __	KEA
ID issuer	SSA
Indy racing family name	UNSER