The Washington Post - Jun 17 2019 Crossword Answer

The Washington Post - Jun 17 2019 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Island whose eastern half is a sovereign state	TIMOR
It may be tiled or carpeted	FLOOR
L.A. commuter org	MTA
Language of southern Africa	BANTU
Little bit of gel	DAB
Made a meal of	FEDON
Mideast's Dead __	SEA
MIT and Brookings	INSTS
Montana neighbor	IDAHO
Nashville's st	TENN
Nincompoop	DOLT
Not married	UNWED
Number-picking bar game	KENO
Old Marseille money	FRANC
Part of a pound	OUNCE
Put in a hold	STOW
Rabbits have big ones	EARS
Reason for a ball game delay	RAIN
Rummage (around)	ROOT
Santa __ winds	ANA
Scent	ODOR
Sch. with a Providence campus	URI
She, in Sevilla	ELLA
Shifting choice	GEAR
Showy houseplant	BEGONIA
Small salamander	NEWT
Smear (on)	DAUB
Some	AFEW
Sought election to	RANFOR
Spreading like crazy online	GOINGVIRAL
Story on a stand	ALIBI
Syst. for the hearing-impaired	ASL
Take as one's own	COOPT
Teen's skin woe	ACNE
Two-outs-in-a-single-AB stats	DPS
U.S. regulating org. with a wing in its logo	FAA
URL letters	HTTP
Very serious, as straits	DIRE
Yak it up	GAB

Clues	Answers
'70s embargo gp	OPEC
'90s Indian prime minister	RAO
'Gotcha!'	AHA
'In that case ... '	IFSO
'Keep out!' sign ... or, in three parts, each answer to a starred clue	NOENTRY
'Show Boat' novelist Ferber	EDNA
'What __ is new?'	ELSE
*Admiral, e.g	NAVALOFFICER
*Dentist's 'laughing gas'	NITROUSOXIDE
*Home of the NFL's Saints	NEWORLEANS
*Slipping into slumberland	NODDINGOFF
Accounting giant __ & Young	ERNST
Architect Saarinen	EERO
Asian takeout option	THAI
Ballot markings	XES
Beauty at a ball	BELLE
Big name in jeans	LEE
Blue Cross rival	AETNA
Cartoon frame	CEL
Cartoon mermaid	ARIEL
Cause increasing bitterness	FESTER
Christmas season	YULE
Cry hard	BAWL
Darth, as a youth	ANI
Dull-sounding pig	BOAR
Family car	SEDAN
Fencing weapon	EPEE
Former justice Sandra Day __	OCONNOR
Gentle push	NUDGE
Giants catcher Buster __	POSEY
Giraffes eat its leaves	ACACIATREE
Gymnast Comaneci	NADIA
Hairy Addams cousin	ITT
Hawaiian coffee region	KONA
Horse and buggy __	ERA
In a gallant manner	NOBLY
Infuriates	ENRAGES
Insect colony with a queen	ANTNEST
Interest percent	RATE