The Washington Post - Aug 20 2018 Crossword Puzzle Answers

Clues	Answers
'... mighty __ has struck out'	CASEY
'Lil'' rapper	KIM
'__ a Sin': Pet Shop Boys hit	ITS
Airer of old quiz show reruns, for short	GSN
All people, with 'the'	HUMANRACE
Animal house	ZOO
Anne Brontë, to Emily	SISTER
Anne who teamed with Stiller	MEARA
AP competitor	UPI
Attacks	HASAT
Attempt	TRY
Birth control activist Margaret	SANGER
Bounce off the wall	CAROM
Boutonniere site	LAPEL
Chopped cabbage sides	SLAWS
Chowder bit	CLAM
Coif for the prom	UPDO
Consider to be	DEEM
Conversation	TALK
Coop layer	HEN
Doodle on the guitar	STRUM
Every cloud's silver feature?	LINING
False statements	LIES
Fashion's Versace	GIANNI
Fills (someone) in about the latest developments	BRINGSUPTOSPEED
Flat to change, in Chelsea	TYRE
Florida, mostly	PENINSULA
Get a guffaw from	AMUSE
Get up	ARISE
Go limp	WILT
Hawaiian root	TARO
He broke Ruth's home run record	MARIS
Heavenly bear	URSA
Hollywood pre-award speculation	OSCARBUZZ
Huge hit	SMASH
Ironic exclamation before an unsurprising announcement	NEWSFLASH
Jazz music fan	HEPCAT
Legend	MYTH
Lexicographer's love	WORDS
Michelob diet beer	ULTRA
Mine, in Metz	AMOI
Moe or Curly, e.g	STOOGE
Muffin spread	OLEO
NCO below sgt	CPL
Not kidding	SERIOUS
One of many in TV's 'The Americans'	SPY
Online chats, briefly	IMS
Online site for making a will	LEGALZOOM
Opposite of SSW	NNE
Placate	APPEASE
Pointy-hatted garden figures	GNOMES
Pooh-poohs, with 'at'	SCOFFS
Pre-Kentucky Derby postings	ODDS
Profited	GAINED
Rainbow flag letters	LGBT
Running free	LOOSE
San Antonio mission	ALAMO
Some fridges	GES
Sports stadium	ARENA
Starbucks tea brand	TAZO
Stuns in an arrest	TASES
Suffix with violin	IST
Summer weather word	HEAT
System of connected PCs	LAN
Thin spaghetti	ANGELHAIR
Total up (to)	AMOUNT
Tree with needles	PINE
Unit of resistance	OHM
Wagner work	OPERA
Wards (off)	FENDS
Way in the woods	PATH
Weizman of Israel	EZER
Well-ventilated	AIRY
Wooden shoe	SABOT
__-di-dah: pretentious	LAH
__-pitch	SLO