The Washington Post May 21 2016 crossword clues & answers

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The Washington Post May 21 2016

Clue	Answer
'Chicago P.D.' actor formerly on 'Homicide: Life on the Street'	JONSEDA
'Mamma Mia!' group	ABBA
'Morning ___' (Grateful Dead signature song)	DEW
1960s bonfire tinder	BRAS
Actor Brynner	YUL
Actress Jessica with an 'Honest Beauty' cosmetics line	ALBA
Alabama's is crimson	TIDE
Albumen's shellmate	YOLK
Anonymous surname	DOE
Aspen alternative	VAIL
Assistant	AIDE
Basis of the decimal system	TEN
Be in charge	REIGN
Bedspring	COIL
Behave like a wanderer	ROVE
Bests	OUTDOES
Big fib	LIE
Bird seen in Egyptian hieroglyphics	IBIS
Bubble gum globs	WADS
Byway	ROAD
Canine hunting breed named for a Yorkshire region	AIREDALETERRIER
Cantabs' historic rivals	ELIS
Cellist Casals	PABLO
Colorado setting for 'Mork & Mindy'	BOULDER
Comment from the black sheep of the family?	BAA
Cops' labor union (abbr.)	PBA
Dada pioneer	ARP
Decree	EDICT
Diminutive songbird	WREN
Equipment for the Super-G	SKIS
Farm structures	BARNS
Fossil resin	AMBER
Girl's name meaning 'she' in French	ELLE
Han Solo's buddy in the 'Star Wars' franchise	LANDOCALRISSIAN
Interjection when reminiscing about poor Yorick	ALAS
Kind of bull	PAPAL
Kingpin	CZAR
Lease term, often	YEAR
Like an old apple, maybe	MEALY
Like some gridiron use of hands	ILLEGAL
Location of a certain wife-taking farmer	DELL
May 21st celebration honoring those who keep America safe on the fronts formed by the first few letters of 20-, 34-, and 43-Across	ARMEDFORCESDAY
Momentous	EPIC
Mug like Snidely Whiplash	SNEER
Name on a 1994 gun control law	BRADY
Necessity for a two-run homer	ONEON
Network on which Will Shortz is Puzzlemaster, for short	NPR
New Balance rival	AVIA
Official precious gemstone of Nevada	OPAL
Online auction site	EBAY
Org. in whose halls heroes might congregate	VFW
Part of A.D	ANNO
Paycheck abbreviation	FICA
Pink Floyd's Barrett	SYD
Publication whose 1897 edition featured 25¢ straw hats	SEARSCATALOGUE
Result of a brainstorming session	IDEA
Robert De ___	NIRO
Ron Paul's senatorial son	RAND
Singer whose last album broke records for single-week sales	ADELE
Slow-moving arboreal critter	SLOTH
Society newcomer, familiarly	DEB
Some bank deposits?	DATA
Spare rib purveyor?	ADAM
Still in bed	NOTUP
Stringed instruments of antiquity	LYRES
Symbol on a musical staff	CLEF
Synthesizer biggie	MOOG
Syrian strongman in the news	ASSAD
Team with a green-and-white football-shaped logo	JETS
The O'Haras' plantation	TARA
Tropical tuber	TARO
U. of Maryland jock	TERP
Wanderer	NOMAD
Wed	UNITE
Went underground	HID
Whacked	ICED
Whirling water	EDDY
Woodcutter's tool	ADZE

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