The Washington Post Sunday - Sep 8 2019
| Clues | Answers |
| 'A roach!' | EEK |
| 'Awesome,' to a 1980s skateboarder | RAD |
| 'Juneteenth' author Ralph | ELLISON |
| '___ do this!' | LETS |
| '___ out!' | GET |
| 2, for 1 and 1 | SUM |
| 2026 Winter Olympics co-host city | MILAN |
| 38 Down's pole | MAST |
| Activation phrase for an iPhone user | HEYSIRI |
| Actor Danson's nickname when he has multiple heads? | HYDRATED |
| Actor McKellen's nickname when he gives a dazzling performance? | ELECTRICIAN |
| Actress Heard's nickname when she uses a stiffening agent at the laundromat? | STARCHAMBER |
| Actress Kendrick's nickname when she joins a musical group? | BANDANNA |
| Address bar address | URL |
| Analgesic since 1955 | TYLENOL |
| As guilty as ___ | SIN |
| Author Grafton's nickname when she worked as a clerk? | COUNTERSUE |
| Author Uris's nickname when he was in the 'Round and Round' rock group? | RATTLEON |
| Badminton barrier | NET |
| Bane of Bane | BATMAN |
| Be annoyingly sweet | CLOY |
| Big fennec fox features | EARS |
| Black ___ (rare gem) | OPAL |
| Blister look-alikes | WARTS |
| Bombshell basis, often | LEAK |
| Bow feature | KNOT |
| Bulletin board makeup | CORK |
| Buttress | BOLSTER |
| Causes to rise, in a way | LEAVENS |
| Change flats? | MOVE |
| China setting | ASIA, TABLE |
| Close to home | LOCAL |
| CNN anchor Lemon's nickname when he discusses no-longer-current events? | PASSEDON |
| Conclusion of a Napoleonic palindrome | ELBA |
| Conduits from ventricles | AORTAS |
| Conspiratorial faction | CABAL |
| Contralto Anderson's nickname when she used the metric system? | GRAMMARIAN |
| Coordinate plane line | AXIS |
| Country singer Adkins's nickname when he handles a large snake? | BOATRACE |
| Dance with a chair | HORA |
| DCA approximations | ETAS |
| Decides one will | OPTSTO |
| Deliver a keynote, e.g | ORATE |
| Delta force? | JETS |
| Direct | STEER |
| Disseminate | SOW |
| Doze, say | REST |
| Droplets by a waterfall | SPRAY |
| Emperor until 68 A.D | NERO |
| Emulate a furry pet | SHED |
| Faked out a la Gretzky | DEKED |
| Feathered friends | FOWL |
| Feels regret over | LAMENTS |
| First in line, perhaps | OLDEST |
| Flathead Lake state | MONTANA |
| Foot on a page | IAMB |
| From Nan or Narathiwat | THAI |
| Gets something for nothing | MOOCHES |
| Give off, as heat | RADIATE |
| Guitarist Paul's nickname when he wouldn't stop playing? | CHRONICLES |
| Harvard Law memoir | ONEL |
| Have a getaway before a honeymoon | ELOPE |
| HBO watcher, usually | ADULT |
| Herbivore with horns | RAM |
| Hit from 'Flashdance' | MANIAC |
| Indicate | DENOTE |
| International settlement | PACT |
| It's twisted to open | KNOB |
| Jazz singer Fitzgerald's nickname when she ate lox? | SALMONELLA |
| Jazzy Anita | ODAY |
| Kept a sustained pitch | DRONED |
| Landform distinct from barrier or fringing reefs | ATOLL |
| Large amount | ALOT |
| Licorice flavoring | ANISE |
| Lift | HOIST |
| Like 'The Exorcist' | EERIE |
| Like gumdrops | CHEWY |
| Like some potatoes | RICED |
| Like some scales | MINOR |
| Main mode of travel? | SHIP |
| Maxwell who founded a department store | KOHL |
| Message at the end of a 'G.I. Joe' episode | PSA |
| More hoarse, as voices | RASPIER |
| Morticia, to Wednesday | MOM |
| Noble descendants | SCIONS |
| Notes with Hamilton | TENS |
| OB/GYN, e.g | DOC |
| Oft-misused pronoun | WHOM |
| Opéra Nouvel city | LYON |
| Pale from shock | ASHEN |
| Performs adequately | DOESOK |
| Pit with a bucket | WELL |
| Polk's middle name | KNOX |
| Polynesian language | MAORI |
| Polynesian Triangle isle | OAHU |
| Poseidon, e.g | SEAGOD |
| Possessive for a group | OURS |
| Pre-admission phrase | ITSME |
| Prepare, as spaghetti | BOIL |
| Pretty chilly | NIPPY |
| Qualifying athletic contests, briefly | PRELIMS |
| Raise with great effort | HEAVE |
| React to being walloped | REEL |
| Rear-washing fixture | BIDET |
| Relinquish officially | CEDE |
| Result of brainstorming | IDEA |
| Rock formation? | FIST |
| Rocker Slick's nickname when she insults people? | DISGRACE |
| Runs around a few blocks, say | JOGS |
| Sampras rival | AGASSI |
| Show anguish, in a way | SOB |
| Sites of rock concert hits? | DRUMS |
| Small amount | ATAD |
| Small unit of time? | SEC |
| Snobs put them on | AIRS |
| Somewhat slow, on a score | ANDANTE |
| Southwestern people | APACHE |
| Specialty of André 3000 | RAP |
| Stand | ABIDE |
| Start of a Napoleonic palindrome | ABLE |
| Stat | ASAP |
| Stir up | RILE |
| Sultan Qaboos, e.g | OMANI |
| Surmounting | ATOP |
| Sweetened cooler, often | ICEDTEA |
| Sword master's case | SHEATH |
| Terminated | ENDED |
| Test for screening out bots | CAPTCHA |
| The Indian ruler Lakshmi Bai, e.g | RANI |
| They get high at the World Series of Poker | STAKES |
| They have many lines | PLAYS |
| Tide type | NEAP |
| Title role, often | LEAD |
| Tree with winged seeds | MAPLE |
| Triumphs over | BESTS |
| View again | RESEE |
| Wear down naturally | ERODE |
| What 100 may signify | APLUS |
| What Galileo observed in 1610 | VENUS |
| Work with the king of Egypt | AIDA |
| ___ Lankans | SRI |
| ___ out (made uncomfortable) | CREEPED |
| ___ rickey (drink) | LIME |
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