The Washington Post - Dec 28 2016

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Clues Answers
'Ain't that the truth!' AMEN
'Cocoon' director Howard RON
'Go ___' (Pet Shop Boys hit of 1993) WEST
'Guitar Town' singer Steve EARLE
'I've been ___!' HAD
'___ Louise!' GEEZ
157.5 degrees from N SSE
AAA recommendation, at times RTE
Bands of blacktop ROADS
Big fuss ADO
Brown in the sun TAN
Bunyan's blade AXE
Canadian coin, familiarly LOONIE
Chicken ___ king ALA
Complex units, perhaps CONDOS
Conciliatory gestures SOPS
Conservative leader? ULTRA
Corp. honcho CEO
Country bordering Tibet NEPAL
Delivery doc OBGYN
Disney's 'Little Mermaid' ARIEL
Do away with ABOLISH
Double helix letters DNA
Every 24 hours DAILY
Filberts HAZELNUTS
Folk wisdom LORE
Forensic science facility LAB
Former New York City mayor Abe BEAME
Free of four-letter words CLEAN
French females ELLES
Friend of Queen Elizabeth II? BUCKINGHAMPAL
Full of smudges SMEARY
Get-up-and-go OOMPH
Ghosts from the first 'Star Wars' episode? THEPHANTOMMEN
Giant fan ADORER
Gold rush purchase CLAIM
Hardly encouraging DISMAL
Hems' partners HAWS
Home of Iowa State University AMES
Clues Answers
Hosp. surgery sites ORS
It may be junk or registered MAIL
It's much sooner than later NOW
Levels, as a building RAZES
Lustrous flickers GLEAMS
Mature, as a mango RIPEN
Mix it up STIR
Mum SILENT
Mural depicting Kate's royal husband? WILLIAMWALL
Neighbor of Braz ARG
News pieces ITEMS
Old tar's tipple GROG
On edge ILLATEASE
Once in a blue moon SELDOM
Onetime Soviet propaganda source TASS
Onetime Texaco rival ESSO
Penn in NYC, e.g STA
Perfect places EDENS
Pitcher's stat ERA
Place for a pupil IRIS
Plow-pulling pair OXEN
Purse parts CLASPS
R&B artist Des'___ REE
Rand McNally book ATLAS
Recipe meas TSP
Role for Bert in 'The Wizard of Oz' ZEKE
Short member of the family? REL
Sporty Ford, to aficionados STANG
Squeak squelcher OIL
Stage instruction EXIT
Theater production SHOW
Three, in Tuscany TRE
Topper for Che Guevara BERET
Vardalos or Long NIA
Wanting company LONELY
Wheel attachment AXLE
Where the breakers are out of this world? MARTIANSURF
Will beneficiary HEIR
___-American AFRO