The Washington Post Sunday - Dec 23 2018
| Clues | Answers |
| 'Give this a shot' | HERE |
| 'Gotta go!' | SEEYA |
| 'r,' in a text | ARE |
| 'The Glass Bead Game' writer | HESSE |
| 'Wait for ___' (Roger Waters song) | HER |
| 'We'll let you know later': Abbr | TBA |
| 'You've got mail' co | A-O-L |
| Acid, by another name | -LSD- |
| Actress Long or Peeples | -NIA- |
| Ancient sign of life? | ANKH |
| Ancient times | YORE |
| And others, briefly | E-TAL |
| As ___ usual | PER |
| Award won by Michael Jordan five times | M-V-P |
| Barely visible person in many a painting? | NUDE |
| Baseball level for the Hagerstown Suns | CLASSA |
| Bath dweller's afternoon refreshment | TEA |
| Beatty of 'Rudy' | NED |
| Boxing souvenirs | SHINERS |
| Burn slightly | SING-E--- |
| Capital of France and Germany | EU-RO |
| Chickadee's relative | TIT |
| Chloride, e.g | ION |
| Cleaning cloth | -RAG- |
| Clock front | -FACE |
| Confirm | ENSURE |
| D and C, in D.C | STREETS |
| D or C, in D.C | INITI-A-L |
| Develop, as in a womb | GESTATE |
| Dollar offerings | SEDANS |
| Downsized | SHRANK |
| Enjoy a hurricane just a little bit, say | SIP |
| Evergreen conifer | CYPRESS |
| Fast food symbol associated with one of this puzzle's special letters | GOLDENARCHES |
| Festival three days after Maundy Thursday | EASTER |
| Figure with 12 edges | CUBE |
| Free from turmoil | SERENE |
| Free of ambiguity | CLEAR |
| Fulfill, as expectations | SATIS-F-Y- |
| Genre for Eazy-E and Jay-Z | RA---P- |
| Gift-wrapping creature | ELF |
| Gift-wrapping feature | BOW |
| Gloss | SHEEN |
| Gomer on an old sitcom | PYLE- |
| Got in the game, in a way | ANTED |
| Group of quail | BEVY |
| Half of 1001? | ONES |
| Holiday party times | EVES |
| Human spirit | PSYCHE |
| Hung on the clothesline | AIRDRIED |
| Hunting item associated with one of this puzzle's special letters | TREASUREMAP |
| Hybrid article of sportswear | SKORT |
| Hydrothermal deposit, at times | ORE |
| Ingredient in some protein shakes | SOY |
| Invalidates | RESCINDS |
| Inventor of a famous 43 Down | RUBIK |
| Ironworking, e.g | TRADE |
| Irrigated organ | EAR |
| Italian region located in East India? | AS-T-I- |
| Life lines? | VEINS |
| Like 'landlady' and 'policeman' | GENDER-E-D |
| Like a human 'butterfly' | SOCI-A-L- |
| Like steak tartare | R-A-W |
| Like the squares that comprise this puzzle's special letters | BLANK |
| Literary character associated with one of this puzzle's special letters | HESTERPRYNNE |
| Makes use (of) | AV-AILS |
| Mama's mama's nickname, perhaps | NANA |
| Meadow | LE--A-- |
| Mesmerized state | TRAN-C-E- |
| MLB team originally founded as the Milwaukee Brewers | ORIOLES |
| National defense concern? | ERROR |
| Newark's county | ESSEX |
| Noxious atmosphere | MIASMA--- |
| Org. for those with Dream jobs? | WNBA |
| Ornamental carp | KOI |
| Perplexing puzzle | ENIGMA |
| Person from Athens, Moscow or Naples, say | AMERICAN |
| Person who puts the writing on the wall, e.g | VANDAL |
| Piercing site, for some | NAVEL |
| Poles on galleons | MASTS |
| Precious spheres | PEARLS |
| Progressing in small steps | G-R-ADUAL |
| Reason to resign | SCANDAL |
| Reminder of a hit-by-pitch | WELT |
| Reporter associated with one of this puzzle's special letters | CLARKKENT |
| Rink feat | AXEL |
| Salacious relative of the editorial adage 'If it bleeds, it leads' | SEXSE-LLS- |
| She wears a wool coat | EWE |
| Shot spot | ARM |
| Site of the World Ice Art Championships | ALASKA |
| Smiljan-born inventor | TESLA |
| Spectrum segment | HUE |
| Spelling with credits | TORI |
| Stagger | REEL--- |
| Stands noise | RAH |
| State without agitation | EASE |
| Stewart who portrayed Charles Xavier in film | PATRICK |
| Stout with a flair for mystery | REX |
| Swampy ground | MI-RE |
| Take off | LEAVE |
| Taking off the board | ERASING |
| Target audience of G-rated movies | K-IDS |
| Thesis writers, often | SENIORS |
| Tight squeeze | BEARHUG |
| Titles bestowed by monarchs | SIRS |
| Tools at a car wash | HOSES |
| Traffic sign word | -MER-GE |
| Tunnel-building group | ANTS |
| Turner on a stereo | DIAL |
| Type of sentence with a comma splice, maybe | R-U-NON |
| Under ground? | SEABED |
| Underhanded sneak | DAST-ARD- |
| Unlikely philanthropist | MISER |
| Violet variety of quartz | AMETHYST |
| Warning about an imperiled king | CH-ECK- |
| Weathers in 'Rocky' films | CA-RL |
| Wedding party lines | TOAST |
| Where to find a sponge | OCEAN |
| Winter X Games host city since 2002 | ASPEN |
| Wise to, as a joke | INON |
| Woes | SORR-OW-S |
| Wonder-struck feeling | -AWE- |
| Worker's short recharging period | -POW-ERNAP |
| ___ De Palma (Danny DeVito's role on 'Taxi') | LOUIE |
| ___ legends | URBAN |
| ___ profit | NET |
| ___-service | SELF |
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