Chelsea buns? Crossword Clue
Looking for the answer to “Chelsea buns?” from the Washington Post Sunday crossword of June 8, 2025? It has 5 letters. Flip the tiles one at a time, try a hint first, or look through the rest of that puzzle.
Crossword answer
WASHINGTON POST SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 2025
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ARSES is the answer to “Chelsea buns?”. It means an offensive word.
Hints
Three clues to the answer, gentle first. Open one at a time.
Hint 1 Meaning
An offensive word.
Hint 2 Anagram
Its letters, scrambled: RSSAE.
Hint 3 Another clue
It has also been clued as “Parliamentary seats?”.
More clues from the Washington Post Sunday (June 8, 2025)
Across
- 1. Bluesky base5 letters, starts with UUSERS
- 6. Correct the record?4 letters, starts with EEDIT
- 10. Where the photo "Pale Blue Dot" was taken5 letters, starts with SSPACE
- 15. Lab assistant called an "impetuous young boy" in "Monster Mash"4 letters, starts with IIGOR
- 19. Scroll in a temple5 letters, starts with TTORAH
- 20. Clover ___ (arachnid)4 letters, starts with MMITE
- 21. Bird of prey's gripper5 letters, starts with TTALON
- 22. Hemispherical roof4 letters, starts with DDOME
- 23. One evaluating Dior's flared dress style?10 letters, starts with AALINEJUDGE
- 25. Mixed-greens dish eaten while employing a euphemism for romantic affection?10 letters, starts with LLWORDSALAD
- 27. Signal from a Subaru, say4 letters, starts with HHONK
- 28. "80's Ladies" singer K.T.5 letters, starts with OOSLIN
- 29. Dinner tube, perhaps5 letters, starts with SSTRAW
- 30. "Foxy Brown" hairstyle3 letters, starts with FFRO
- 31. "That scared me!"3 letters, starts with EEEK
- 33. Ms. Grande, to fans3 letters, starts with AARI
- 34. Spy's false name5 letters, starts with AALIAS
- 36. Fans of a discontinued Apple music device?10 letters, starts with IIPODPEOPLE
- 40. Dresses worn during a young sluggers game?10 letters, starts with TTBALLGOWNS
- 45. ___ Andreas Fault3 letters, starts with SSAN
- 46. Notable time periods4 letters, starts with EERAS
- 47. Believes in one's heart5 letters, starts with FFEELS
- 48. Orange piece5 letters, starts with SSLICE
- 49. Never showing the effects of time7 letters, starts with AAGELESS
- 51. Takes care of6 letters, starts with SSEESTO
- 53. "Ain't gonna happen"3 letters, starts with NNAW
- 54. Wished, as a farewell4 letters, starts with BBADE
- 55. Dark beer served to a fearsome dino?9 letters, starts with TTREXSTOUT
- 58. Carnatic music features5 letters, starts with RRAGAS
- 60. Captivate6 letters, starts with EENGAGE
- 63. The Citizen and the Public from DC Brau Brewing, e.g.4 letters, starts with AALES
- 64. Toiling away4 letters, starts with AATIT
- 66. Waters where unhip squares from the 1950s roam?10 letters, starts with LLSEVENSEAS
- 68. Ocean predator in an internet birthday greeting?10 letters, starts with EECARDSHARK
- 74. Question after confirming a conspiracy theory?4 letters, starts with EETTU
- 75. Color akin to waterspout4 letters, starts with CCYAN
- 76. Barbecue sticker6 letters, starts with SSKEWER
- 77. Substances that neutralize bases5 letters, starts with AACIDS
- 80. Musical father who only plays in a key with four sharps?9 letters, starts with EEMAJORDAD
- 85. Eruption observed by astronomers4 letters, starts with NNOVA
- 86. Sweet spread on toast3 letters, starts with JJAM
- 87. Compounds such as CaO and CdO6 letters, starts with OOXIDES
- 88. Waterproof fabric7 letters, starts with OOILSKIN
- 91. Chelsea buns?5 letters, starts with AARSES
- 94. Pain relief brand5 letters, starts with AALEVE
- 95. Whiting Award-winning author Simpson4 letters, starts with MMONA
- 96. Bugling mammal3 letters, starts with EELK
- 97. Reptilian mascot of a video game console?10 letters, starts with XXBOXTURTLE
- 99. Public spectacles on a ski lift?10 letters, starts with TTBARSCENES
- 102. Feat in a Jackie Chan film5 letters, starts with SSTUNT
- 103. "For ___ a jolly good fellow"3 letters, starts with HHES
- 104. European conger, e.g.3 letters, starts with EEEL
- 105. The way of East Asian philosophy3 letters, starts with TTAO
- 107. Speaks hoarsely5 letters, starts with RRASPS
- 110. Practitioner of the spiritual tenet of livity5 letters, starts with RRASTA
- 112. Bassoon's relative4 letters, starts with OOBOE
- 116. Dessert for the cartoonist who created Mr. Natural?10 letters, starts with RRCRUMBCAKE
- 119. Athletic activity for Mr. T's TV crew?10 letters, starts with AATEAMSPORT
- 121. Messes up4 letters, starts with EERRS
- 122. Surgery on the cornea5 letters, starts with LLASIK
- 123. Impoverished area of a city4 letters, starts with SSLUM
- 124. Kutcher, on "That '70s Show"5 letters, starts with KKELSO
- 125. Janitor's jangling items4 letters, starts with KKEYS
- 126. Rage onstage, say5 letters, starts with EEMOTE
- 127. "What's going on ___?"4 letters, starts with HHERE
- 128. Bonus ... such as the phrase spelled out by the letters appended to 12 phrases in this puzzle5 letters, starts with AADDON
Down
- 1. Great Salt Lake site4 letters, starts with UUTAH
- 2. Single number?4 letters, starts with SSOLO
- 3. "Power Rangers Time Force" actress Cahill4 letters, starts with EERIN
- 4. Organized in order of preference6 letters, starts with RRANKED
- 5. Pronoun for an empress3 letters, starts with SSHE
- 6. Big birds in Australia4 letters, starts with EEMUS
- 7. Swam back and forth in a pool7 letters, starts with DDIDLAPS
- 8. Dated term for a popular young celebrity6 letters, starts with IITGIRL
- 9. ___ Beanie (1990s toy with a rhyming name)6 letters, starts with TTEENIE
- 10. Mo. town3 letters, starts with SSTL
- 11. Furry friend's feet4 letters, starts with PPAWS
- 12. Very often4 letters, starts with AALOT
- 13. Livestock pens7 letters, starts with CCORRALS
- 14. Ultimate purpose6 letters, starts with EENDALL
- 15. Investigative journalist Tarbell3 letters, starts with IIDA
- 16. Driving motion9 letters, starts with GGOLFSWING
- 17. "House" actor Epps4 letters, starts with OOMAR
- 18. Second chance4 letters, starts with RREDO
- 24. Couple often banned from a casino?6 letters, starts with JJOKERS
- 26. Hearty gulps5 letters, starts with SSWIGS
- 32. Fencing weapon4 letters, starts with EEPEE
- 35. CD-ROM mailer, once3 letters, starts with AAOL
- 36. "Violeta" author Allende6 letters, starts with IISABEL
- 37. Many followers of Druidry6 letters, starts with PPAGANS
- 38. Anxious6 letters, starts with OONEDGE
- 39. Kiln for drying hops4 letters, starts with OOAST
- 40. Focus of a cram session4 letters, starts with TTEST
- 41. The politician Robert Francis O'Rourke, familiarly4 letters, starts with BBETO
- 42. MLB family name4 letters, starts with AALOU
- 43. ESPNU topic4 letters, starts with NNCAA
- 44. Repairs with stitches4 letters, starts with SSEWS
- 47. Admit, with "up"4 letters, starts with FFESS
- 50. Broad-___ tree6 letters, starts with LLEAVED
- 51. Actress Ward, or 63 Across backward4 letters, starts with SSELA
- 52. Splitsville figures4 letters, starts with EEXES
- 56. "American Fiction" actress Issa3 letters, starts with RRAE
- 57. La Brea ___ Pits3 letters, starts with TTAR
- 58. Jeopardize4 letters, starts with RRISK
- 59. Parthenon setting6 letters, starts with AATHENS
- 61. Picks up4 letters, starts with GGETS
- 62. _ar, _ose and _hroat doc3 letters, starts with EENT
- 65. QB passing successes3 letters, starts with TTDS
- 67. Seek legal damages3 letters, starts with SSUE
- 68. Governess Jane4 letters, starts with EEYRE
- 69. Contemptible men4 letters, starts with CCADS
- 70. Ortiz of "Ugly Betty"3 letters, starts with AANA
- 71. No longer dreaming6 letters, starts with AAWOKEN
- 72. Criticize harshly6 letters, starts with RREVILE
- 73. "Christmas With the ___" (2004 comedy)6 letters, starts with KKRANKS
- 75. What might be cracked in an escape room4 letters, starts with CCODE
- 77. Trojan War warrior4 letters, starts with AAJAX
- 78. Low-___ foods (beef, eggs, fish, etc.)4 letters, starts with CCARB
- 79. "My sincerest apologies"9 letters, starts with IIMSOSORRY
- 81. Shed, as feathers4 letters, starts with MMOLT
- 82. Disney on Ice jump4 letters, starts with AAXEL
- 83. "___ Talkin'" (1975 hit for the Bee Gees)4 letters, starts with JJIVE
- 84. Opening part of a fridge4 letters, starts with DDOOR
- 89. Pants measurement6 letters, starts with IINSEAM
- 90. Shoestring4 letters, starts with LLACE
- 92. Tel. no. follower3 letters, starts with EEXT
- 93. ___ und Drang5 letters, starts with SSTURM
- 94. Fraud committed at a gallery, say7 letters, starts with AARTSCAM
- 95. Man providing relief for one's back or shoulders7 letters, starts with MMASSEUR
- 98. Without the resources6 letters, starts with UUNABLE
- 99. Defeat by a huge margin6 letters, starts with TTHRASH
- 100. Any of four bandmates involved in the British Invasion of the 1960s6 letters, starts with BBEATLE
- 101. Didn't have any reception?6 letters, starts with EELOPED
- 105. Very long walk4 letters, starts with TTREK
- 106. Division of farmland4 letters, starts with AACRE
- 108. El ___, Texas4 letters, starts with PPASO
- 109. Short theatrical piece4 letters, starts with SSKIT
- 111. Not wild, as an animal4 letters, starts with TTAME
- 113. Emphasized in writing4 letters, starts with BBOLD
- 114. Approximately4 letters, starts with OORSO
- 115. British school found in Princeton and Appleton4 letters, starts with EETON
- 117. Inits. on American naval vessels3 letters, starts with UUSS
- 118. ___ out a victory (win by a point, say)3 letters, starts with EEKE
- 120. Victoria ___ & Reggae Festival (music event in British Columbia)3 letters, starts with SSKA
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Questions
What is the answer to “Chelsea buns?”?
ARSES, 5 letters: an offensive word.
When was “Chelsea buns?” last seen in a crossword?
In the Washington Post Sunday crossword of June 8, 2025.
How many letters does the answer have?
5 letters, starting with A.