What you encounter when living dangerously Crossword Clue
Looking for the answer to “What you encounter when living dangerously” from the Washington Post Sunday crossword of April 12, 2026? 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, APRIL 12, 2026
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PERIL is the answer to “What you encounter when living dangerously”. It means to imperil.
Hints
Three clues to the answer, gentle first. Open one at a time.
Hint 1 Meaning
To imperil.
Hint 2 Anagram
Its letters, scrambled: ELRPI.
Hint 3 Another clue
It has also been clued as “Danger”.
More clues from the Washington Post Sunday (April 12, 2026)
Across
- 1. Performance enhancers4 letters, starts with AAMPS
- 5. Associations: Abbr.4 letters, starts with OORGS
- 9. "The King and I" locale4 letters, starts with SSIAM
- 13. Lil Mama or Big Daddy Kane, e.g.6 letters, starts with RRAPPER
- 19. Quick look4 letters, starts with PPEEK
- 20. Origin of the Apu Inka folk dance4 letters, starts with PPERU
- 21. Opera star's number4 letters, starts with AARIA
- 22. Odorless hydrocarbon6 letters, starts with EETHANE
- 23. Plus: Although I was worried people would express concern, they actually ___ when they saw how effective my security system was.14 letters, starts with PPRAISEDANALARM
- 26. Where a trip starts6 letters, starts with PPOINTA
- 27. Complete collection3 letters, starts with SSET
- 28. Shortly, to Shelley4 letters, starts with AANON
- 29. Moving day transport3 letters, starts with VVAN
- 30. Appointment on campus4 letters, starts with DDEAN
- 32. Marina ___ Rey, Calif.3 letters, starts with DDEL
- 33. Worked on a case as Sherlock Holmes would8 letters, starts with SSLEUTHED
- 35. Minus: I bought an amulet, but there was a hex on it. Now I've been afflicted with ___.9 letters, starts with MMAGICHARM
- 37. Plus: I was wrong when I thought someone said there were deadly insects at the picnic. Instead they said there were ___. Great alcoholic drinks are much more fun!11 letters, starts with KKILLERBEERS
- 40. Covered, as by one's cellular network6 letters, starts with IINAREA
- 41. "Coldest drink in town" sloganeer4 letters, starts with IICEE
- 42. Some herbal drinks4 letters, starts with TTEAS
- 43. Actor's digression5 letters, starts with AASIDE
- 44. Office document4 letters, starts with MMEMO
- 48. Those assigning scores6 letters, starts with RRATERS
- 51. Gets into the 80s, say6 letters, starts with SSPEEDS
- 53. Basketball legend Tim who won five NBA championships6 letters, starts with DDUNCAN
- 55. Made a split decision?7 letters, starts with BBROKEUP
- 57. "Trap" on one's body5 letters, starts with MMOUTH
- 60. What you encounter when living dangerously5 letters, starts with PPERIL
- 61. Currency in Kawasaki3 letters, starts with YYEN
- 62. Disinfectant target4 letters, starts with GGERM
- 64. Minus: Every class I've taken for my college major has been awful. I've been jinxed with the ___!12 letters, starts with CCURSEOFSTUDY
- 66. "Well, right, that's what I'm saying"6 letters, starts with UUMYEAH
- 68. One-armed ___6 letters, starts with BBANDIT
- 69. Plus: That actor doesn't have any reminders of past injuries, but rather ___ for his great performances in war films.12 letters, starts with BBATTLEOSCARS
- 74. Furniture store staple4 letters, starts with SSOFA
- 75. Livid3 letters, starts with MMAD
- 78. Welcome word in Maui5 letters, starts with AALOHA
- 79. Mathematician's relationship5 letters, starts with RRATIO
- 80. Go back over, as steps7 letters, starts with RRETRACE
- 82. Nogales's locale6 letters, starts with SSONORA
- 84. Sportscaster Dick6 letters, starts with EENBERG
- 88. Welcomed through the door6 letters, starts with SSEENIN
- 89. Fortune recipient, maybe4 letters, starts with HHEIR
- 90. Play groups?5 letters, starts with BBANDS
- 93. Queen born Lisa Najeeb Halaby4 letters, starts with NNOOR
- 95. Sardine containers4 letters, starts with TTINS
- 96. New Providence port6 letters, starts with NNASSAU
- 98. Minus: I was heading to the country club to practice my golf swing when someone cut me off on the road. I have so much ___ that I can't think straight!11 letters, starts with DDRIVINGRAGE
- 101. Plus: I'll be spending today getting encouragement at the retreat known as ___. It's way less stressful than military training.9 letters, starts with BBOOSTCAMP
- 104. Did things on one's own8 letters, starts with RRODESOLO
- 105. Pop's Grande, familiarly3 letters, starts with AARI
- 106. Feeling that everything will be all right4 letters, starts with HHOPE
- 107. As late as, briefly3 letters, starts with TTIL
- 108. Floral symbol of love4 letters, starts with RROSE
- 109. NFL kicker's support3 letters, starts with TTEE
- 112. Descriptor for the pre-Easter period6 letters, starts with LLENTEN
- 114. Minus: There's a ___ that's terrifying people at our local recreation area, as monsters are known to do. Why couldn't things have been easy?14 letters, starts with TTROLLINTHEPARK
- 118. Quite compassionate6 letters, starts with SSOKIND
- 119. Quite persnickety4 letters, starts with AANAL
- 120. Speck of dust4 letters, starts with MMOTE
- 121. Lake by Oregon, Ohio4 letters, starts with EERIE
- 122. Levy, as a fine6 letters, starts with AASSESS
- 123. Wanders (about)4 letters, starts with GGADS
- 124. Pluses, and what's spelled by the letters that were added to make this puzzle's "pluses"4 letters, starts with PPROS
- 125. Minuses, and what's spelled by the letters that were subtracted to make this puzzle's "minuses"4 letters, starts with CCONS
Down
- 1. Programs on one's phone4 letters, starts with AAPPS
- 2. "A ___ technicality"4 letters, starts with MMERE
- 3. Bog feature4 letters, starts with PPEAT
- 4. Compete like the Olympian Lindsey Vonn3 letters, starts with SSKI
- 5. Game 1 of a series6 letters, starts with OOPENER
- 6. Defensive structure7 letters, starts with RREDOUBT
- 7. Ones getting research funding, e.g.8 letters, starts with GGRANTEES
- 8. Celestial symbol on the flag of Malawi3 letters, starts with SSUN
- 9. Sweetgreen servings6 letters, starts with SSALADS
- 10. Setting of "Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood"4 letters, starts with IIRAN
- 11. ___ traffic controller3 letters, starts with AAIR
- 12. New York City mayor Zohran7 letters, starts with MMAMDANI
- 13. Made right8 letters, starts with RREPAIRED
- 14. "This instant!"6 letters, starts with AATONCE
- 15. 21st Greek letter3 letters, starts with PPHI
- 16. Furry lover of bamboo5 letters, starts with PPANDA
- 17. Appear onstage5 letters, starts with EENTER
- 18. Queen's territory5 letters, starts with RREALM
- 24. Retail attraction4 letters, starts with SSALE
- 25. Showing reluctance (to)6 letters, starts with AAVERSE
- 31. "Goodness gracious me!"4 letters, starts with EEGAD
- 33. Stylish like a sports car5 letters, starts with SSLEEK
- 34. Disorderly pile4 letters, starts with HHEAP
- 35. Title shown on a sash7 letters, starts with MMISSUSA
- 36. 2025 film about William Shakespeare, Agnes Hathaway and their son6 letters, starts with HHAMNET
- 37. Nintendo character who inhales his enemies and copies their abilities5 letters, starts with KKIRBY
- 38. Words of empathy5 letters, starts with IICARE
- 39. Reveal5 letters, starts with LLETON
- 43. "OMG, look at that cute kitty!"6 letters, starts with AADORBS
- 45. Pale brown hue4 letters, starts with EECRU
- 46. Many a "Downton Abbey" employee4 letters, starts with MMAID
- 47. "If ___!" ("I wish!")4 letters, starts with OONLY
- 49. Customary7 letters, starts with RREGULAR
- 50. "So I made a mistake. Get over it!"5 letters, starts with SSUEME
- 52. Big bird in Australia3 letters, starts with EEMU
- 54. Like Schenectady vis-à-vis New York City7 letters, starts with UUPSTATE
- 56. Richard who received the first Mark Twain Prize for American Humor5 letters, starts with PPRYOR
- 58. Lowest royal flush cards4 letters, starts with TTENS
- 59. "Game of Thrones" character who says one word (his name)5 letters, starts with HHODOR
- 63. Southwest elevation4 letters, starts with MMESA
- 64. Metal linkages, often6 letters, starts with CCHAINS
- 65. Flutes in military music5 letters, starts with FFIFES
- 67. Earned a timeout, say7 letters, starts with AACTEDUP
- 69. Big celebration4 letters, starts with BBASH
- 70. ___ vera gel4 letters, starts with AALOE
- 71. "A Mercy" author Morrison4 letters, starts with TTONI
- 72. 108 Across's stickers6 letters, starts with TTHORNS
- 73. Burglarize3 letters, starts with RROB
- 75. Major fad5 letters, starts with MMANIA
- 76. Crushing, as a test5 letters, starts with AACING
- 77. Like a white dwarf5 letters, starts with DDENSE
- 81. Nostalgically cool5 letters, starts with RRETRO
- 83. Departs secretly8 letters, starts with AABSCONDS
- 85. Register academically6 letters, starts with EENROLL
- 86. Anabolic compound involved in doping scandals, briefly4 letters, starts with RROID
- 87. Cabinet maker?8 letters, starts with GGOVERNOR
- 91. "Make it fast" letters4 letters, starts with AASAP
- 92. Convention sticker7 letters, starts with NNAMETAG
- 94. Creamy ristorante dish7 letters, starts with RRISOTTO
- 97. Acropolis Museum site6 letters, starts with AATHENS
- 98. These are boring6 letters, starts with DDRILLS
- 99. Snacks (on)6 letters, starts with NNOSHES
- 100. Exultant emotion4 letters, starts with GGLEE
- 101. Model-building wood5 letters, starts with BBALSA
- 102. Teddy KGB's favorite cookies in "Rounders"5 letters, starts with OOREOS
- 103. Noises from a pen5 letters, starts with OOINKS
- 107. Frog's friend in Arnold Lobel's series of children's books4 letters, starts with TTOAD
- 109. Hawaiian root crop4 letters, starts with TTARO
- 110. Activist Brockovich4 letters, starts with EERIN
- 111. Barely gets, with "out"4 letters, starts with EEKES
- 113. ___ up loose ends3 letters, starts with TTIE
- 115. Transcription product3 letters, starts with RRNA
- 116. Rascally child3 letters, starts with IIMP
- 117. Chest muscle, briefly3 letters, starts with PPEC
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Questions
What is the answer to “What you encounter when living dangerously”?
PERIL, 5 letters: to imperil.
When was “What you encounter when living dangerously” last seen in a crossword?
In the Washington Post Sunday crossword of April 12, 2026.
How many letters does the answer have?
5 letters, starting with P.