"I'll ___ it" Crossword Clue
Looking for the answer to “"I'll ___ it"” from the Washington Post Sunday crossword of September 14, 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, SEPTEMBER 14, 2025
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ALLOW is the answer to “"I'll ___ it"”. It means to put no obstacle in the way of.
Hints
Three clues to the answer, gentle first. Open one at a time.
Hint 1 Meaning
To put no obstacle in the way of.
Hint 2 Anagram
Its letters, scrambled: LWLAO.
Hint 3 Another clue
It has also been clued as “Grant”.
More clues from the Washington Post Sunday (September 14, 2025)
Across
- 1. Sinister3 letters, starts with BBAD
- 4. Party spread cooked in a terrine4 letters, starts with PPATE
- 8. Some bridge positions5 letters, starts with EEASTS
- 13. Nocturnal newborn5 letters, starts with OOWLET
- 18. Fútbol fan's encouragement3 letters, starts with OOLE
- 19. Foreboding sign4 letters, starts with OOMEN
- 20. Obtain by intimidation6 letters, starts with EEXTORT
- 21. Get on one's soapbox5 letters, starts with OORATE
- 22. Getting a late start on the day8 letters, starts with SSLEEPINGIN
- 24. Neo dodging bullets and stopping bullets in "The Matrix," e.g.12 letters, starts with SSPECIALEFFECTS
- 26. Winery stoppers5 letters, starts with CCORKS
- 27. 1950s radical?5 letters, starts with NNEATO
- 29. Item that V leaves on each of his victims in "V for Vendetta"4 letters, starts with RROSE
- 30. "Have a ___"4 letters, starts with SSEAT
- 31. Loved one, to a loved one7 letters, starts with SSWEETIE
- 33. "Sorry to Bother You" actress Thompson5 letters, starts with TTESSA
- 35. Pitched shelter4 letters, starts with TTENT
- 37. Core workout targets3 letters, starts with AABS
- 38. Rewards for lying down, maybe6 letters, starts with TTREATS
- 40. Charcuterie board meat6 letters, starts with SSALAMI
- 44. Where people live10 letters, starts with HHOMEADDRESSES
- 49. Mad scientist's vessel4 letters, starts with VVIAL
- 51. "6 Months Later" singer Moroney5 letters, starts with MMEGAN
- 52. Turn signal?4 letters, starts with OODOR
- 53. Be abundant (with)4 letters, starts with TTEEM
- 54. Reveal, as an imported good, at customs7 letters, starts with DDECLARE
- 56. Envelope abbr.3 letters, starts with AAVE
- 57. Exchanged vows again5 letters, starts with RREWED
- 59. Catches a glimpse of6 letters, starts with EESPIES
- 61. "You've got the best girlfriend!"8 letters, starts with SSHESAKEEPER
- 63. Successful alley-oop pass, e.g.6 letters, starts with AASSIST
- 65. Contracted work directive?4 letters, starts with AATTN
- 66. Saturated substances, at times4 letters, starts with FFATS
- 67. Shipped off4 letters, starts with SSENT
- 68. Criticized harshly7 letters, starts with SSLAMMED
- 70. Most hairy, as a situation7 letters, starts with DDICIEST
- 72. "Who ___ could it be?"4 letters, starts with EELSE
- 75. Said "It's just what I wanted" after opening a terrible gift, say4 letters, starts with LLIED
- 76. Period beginning in late September4 letters, starts with FFALL
- 77. Have some trouble with one's balance6 letters, starts with TTEETER
- 81. Airborne streaks of water particles that fuel some conspiracy theories8 letters, starts with VVAPORTRAILS
- 83. Exercise done while suspended6 letters, starts with PPULLUP
- 85. Submit using TurboTax, say5 letters, starts with EEFILE
- 86. Folk singer DiFranco3 letters, starts with AANI
- 87. Makes hand over fist7 letters, starts with RRAKESIN
- 89. Share a border4 letters, starts with AABUT
- 91. "Some Kind of Beautiful" actress Jessica4 letters, starts with AALBA
- 92. Like the fog in a "pea soup"5 letters, starts with DDENSE
- 94. Leak out slowly4 letters, starts with SSEEP
- 95. Song sans singing10 letters, starts with IINSTRUMENTAL
- 97. Garden border6 letters, starts with EEDGING
- 99. "Danger-prone" sleuth in "Scooby-Doo"6 letters, starts with DDAPHNE
- 101. "Blueberries for ___" (children's book by Robert McCloskey)3 letters, starts with SSAL
- 102. Trounce in competition4 letters, starts with MMAUL
- 104. Feudal lord or vassal5 letters, starts with LLIEGE
- 105. Work on a Studio Ghibli film, say7 letters, starts with AANIMATE
- 110. Reason for cramming4 letters, starts with EEXAM
- 113. Goblin ___ (unapologetically self-indulgent behavior)4 letters, starts with MMODE
- 115. Newspaper company's openings?5 letters, starts with LLEDES
- 117. Hullabaloos5 letters, starts with TTODOS
- 118. Unpleasant things one accepts because the alternatives are worse12 letters, starts with NNECESSARYEVILS
- 121. Hotel room amenities that would aptly contain this puzzle's seven pint-size words?8 letters, starts with MMINIBARS
- 123. Remarks about a guest speaker, say5 letters, starts with IINTRO
- 124. Yarn coloration identification6 letters, starts with DDYELOT
- 125. Fateful day in "Julius Caesar"4 letters, starts with IIDES
- 126. TV ad on emergency preparedness, say3 letters, starts with PPSA
- 127. Aster family flower5 letters, starts with DDAISY
- 128. Moves merchandise5 letters, starts with SSELLS
- 129. Group on a play date?4 letters, starts with TTEAM
- 130. Christmas list listing3 letters, starts with TTOY
Down
- 1. Long-necked pears5 letters, starts with BBOSCS
- 2. "I'll ___ it"5 letters, starts with AALLOW
- 3. Company with a leaping stag on its logo5 letters, starts with DDEERE
- 4. Swift, e.g.7 letters, starts with PPOPSTAR
- 5. Mon ___ (my friend, in France)3 letters, starts with AAMI
- 6. Blues Hall of Fame state9 letters, starts with TTENNESSEE
- 7. Machine under a hood4 letters, starts with EENGINE
- 8. Pulitzer Prize winner's piece, perhaps6 letters, starts with EEXPOSE
- 9. Grabbed a bite3 letters, starts with AATE
- 10. Like a certain method of questioning8 letters, starts with SSOCRATIC
- 11. Medalists in an individual track event, e.g.4 letters, starts with TTRIO
- 12. Least fresh, as bagels5 letters, starts with SSTALEST
- 13. "Man, that's rough"3 letters, starts with OOOF
- 14. Compete like a luchador7 letters, starts with WWRESTLE
- 15. Sneaker cord4 letters, starts with LLACE
- 16. "Fire" singer James4 letters, starts with EETTA
- 17. "Is this thing on?"4 letters, starts with TTEST
- 20. Compounds in perfumes6 letters, starts with EESTERS
- 23. ___ out (barely earn)3 letters, starts with EEKE
- 25. Consulting charges4 letters, starts with FFEES
- 28. Took a crack at9 letters, starts with AATTEMPTED
- 32. "No doubt about that"4 letters, starts with IIBET
- 34. Goals for goalies5 letters, starts with SSAVES
- 36. The planet Neptune, to the god Neptune5 letters, starts with NNAMESAKE
- 39. Sites of Cuban steps?10 letters, starts with SSALSACLUBS
- 41. Staring in awe5 letters, starts with AAGAPE
- 42. Expert5 letters, starts with MMAVEN
- 43. Nonreactive, in a lab5 letters, starts with IINERT
- 44. Chair-in-the-air dance4 letters, starts with HHORA
- 45. Complimentary compositions4 letters, starts with OODES
- 46. Grazing grounds4 letters, starts with MMEADOWS
- 47. "An American Tragedy" novelist Theodore7 letters, starts with DDREISER
- 48. Topper on some chicken dishes in American Chinese cuisine10 letters, starts with SSESAMESEED
- 50. "Swing Shift" Oscar nominee Christine5 letters, starts with LLAHTI
- 54. Lounging room, often3 letters, starts with DDEN
- 55. Start things over5 letters, starts with RRESET
- 58. Internet hookup inits.3 letters, starts with DDSL
- 60. "___ be an honor!"3 letters, starts with IITD
- 62. "Mi Tierra" singer7 letters, starts with EESTEFAN
- 64. "Never Rarely Sometimes Always" actress Ryder5 letters, starts with TTALIA
- 66. Satisfy the demand9 letters, starts with FFILLANEED
- 69. Exploits as much as possible, as a joke5 letters, starts with MMILKS
- 70. Chana ___ (dish with chickpeas)3 letters, starts with DDAL
- 71. "Catch my drift?"3 letters, starts with SSEE
- 72. Avoid, as detection5 letters, starts with EEVADE
- 73. Divided like a freeway5 letters, starts with LLANED
- 74. Wearing5 letters, starts with SSPORTING
- 76. Like a good diversion3 letters, starts with FFUN
- 78. Not be fully straight up4 letters, starts with TTILT
- 79. Island in the "Able was I ..." palindrome4 letters, starts with EELBA
- 80. "It's been ___"4 letters, starts with RREAL
- 82. Venue for gladiators5 letters, starts with AARENA
- 83. Kid lit character with superhuman strength5 letters, starts with PPIPPI
- 84. Shelves9 letters, starts with PPUTSASIDE
- 88. What Denver is one mile above8 letters, starts with SSEALEVEL
- 90. He was erroneously announced as defeated in 19484 letters, starts with TTRUMAN
- 93. Cooks just below the boiling point7 letters, starts with SSIMMERS
- 95. Consume6 letters, starts with IINGEST
- 96. Plutocrat's disdain for the 99 percent7 letters, starts with EELITISM
- 98. What flossing benefits4 letters, starts with GGUMS
- 100. Words exchanged at icebreakers6 letters, starts with HHELLOS
- 103. Laundromat batches5 letters, starts with LLOADS
- 106. Unruly throng3 letters, starts with MMOB
- 107. Adjust to change5 letters, starts with AADAPT
- 108. Section of a museum?5 letters, starts with TTORSO
- 109. Piece of nonfiction5 letters, starts with EESSAY
- 110. City west of Tulsa4 letters, starts with EENID
- 111. Archrival of Callisto on a 1990s TV show4 letters, starts with XXENA
- 112. Half of "Chicago"4 letters, starts with AACTI
- 114. It's said that there is not a single one of these "in the house" during a sad movie4 letters, starts with DDRYEYE
- 116. Release, as photons4 letters, starts with EEMIT
- 119. Tofu base3 letters, starts with SSOY
- 120. Feeling lousy3 letters, starts with IILL
- 122. Labor org. literally found in Juneau3 letters, starts with NNEA
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Questions
What is the answer to “"I'll ___ it"”?
ALLOW, 5 letters: to put no obstacle in the way of.
When was “"I'll ___ it"” last seen in a crossword?
In the Washington Post Sunday crossword of September 14, 2025.
How many letters does the answer have?
5 letters, starting with A.