The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2019 10 20

crossword answers
Clue Answer
DECIDUOUS TREE ELM
HAUL LUG
TRUMAN CAPOTE WORK ABOUT BEING DRENCHED WITH THE VITAL FLUIDS OF FISH-AND-CHIPS FISH? INCODBLOOD
BOX FULL OF BILLS TILL
HOLLYWOOD'S HOWARD RON
PERSONAL QUIRKS TICS
ANNA SEWELL WORK ABOUT THE LOVELINESS OF ONE'S POSTERIOR BODY SURFACE? BACKBEAUTY
EXCLUSIVE SOLE
SECURED GOT
___ WATER TAP
Sore from exercise ACHY
CLEANSED (OF) RID
Jumper on a pug FLEA
Edits, as a voice-over REDUBS
Like track stars FAST
Like, on menus ALA
Had ham, e.g ATE
Green party requirement? ENVY
Joseph Conrad work about an evil deer? HARTOFDARKNESS
Lecherous hybrid SATYR
Jay who once wrote a column for Popular Mechanics LENO
Declaration of incompetence ISTINK
Coerced payments RANSOMS
HAVING A BUG ILL
CEREAL 'FOR KIDS' TRIX
KEYCARD RECEIVER SLOT
KAZUO ISHIGURO WORK ABOUT YOUR DEMAND TO ACTRESS CAMPBELL TO FREE YOU? NEVELETMEGO
CRUCIFIX ROOD
ACTRESS LUPINO IDA
HENCE ERGO
CRIBBAGE PIECE PEG
Collection of letters MAIL
Cup, vis-a-vis a pint HALF
D&D enemies OGRES
Cause of boasting EGO
'Chocolat' co-star LENAOLIN
Chain with a Select Guest loyalty program OMNI
Charles Dickens work about astronomer Sagan dressing up as Santa? ACHRISTMASCARL
Carrier whose main hub is in Rome ALITALIA
COMPETES (FOR) VIES
Rocky foe Drago IVAN
MASSIVE SPAN EON
'COME AGAIN?' HUH
PHNOM ___ PENH
WEDDING RESPONSE IDO
WARM, IN A WAY NEAR
OVER ENDED
APPROPRIATE COOPT
NOT PRO CON
TOPIC FOR A CRIME BEAT REPORTER ARREST
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY WORK ABOUT A HOLIDAY TREE THAT MAKES PEOPLE CONCEITED? VANITYFIR
___ SPIEGEL DER
BEAVERS' STRUCTURES DAMS
DANTE ALIGHIERI WORK ABOUT A GODLIKE FORMER FBI DIRECTOR NAMED JAMES? THEDIVINECOMEY
OXEN RESTRAINTS YOKES
Oahu veranda LANAI
Stuff that's in circulation AIR
Sunlight blocker VISOR
Steelers great Bettis JEROME
Squad car signal SIREN
Songwriter Brickell EDIE
Smiley once on PBS TAVIS
LONG ON SCREEN NIA
Tina Fey work about dictatorial queens of small colonies? BOSSYANTS
Shop cutters LATHES
River by the Karnak temple NILE
EASILY FOOLED NAIVE
CRUISING ASEA
STRIP IN A BEDROOM? SLAT
HARMONIZING BRIAN ENO
LISA GENOVA WORK ABOUT COOTIES THAT DON'T MOVE? STILLLICE
TRAVELING ACROSS AMERICA LIKE AMERICA ONTOUR
CONGRESS.___ GOV
RICE MAKING PLOTS ANNE
STEW WITH BOK CHOY, PERHAPS HOTPOT
COLLECTED WORKS OEUVRE
Duma rejection NYET
Fell, in a forest HEW
Failed Ford EDSEL
Ed who voiced Hudson on 'Gargoyles' ASNER
Disreputable one CAD
REBEL GUEVARA CHE
Access point DOOR
RECIPIENTS OF MEDALS VETERANS
Worker's field CAREER
Chicago's Willis ___ TOWER
Frances Hodgson Burnett work about someone in actress Eve's family whom no one has ever heard of? THESECRETARDEN
Football snapper CENTER
Tabriz's nation IRAN
'Ghostbusters' actor Hudson ERNIE
LONG-BILLED WADER IBIS
SOON, IN A SONNET ANON
RIGHT AWAY ASAP
SCATTERED, AS SEEDS SOWN
BALTIC REPUBLIC LATVIA
COFFEE ___ MUG
HITS FROM A FLASK NIPS
ACTOR GUINNESS ALEC
1980S SOVIET LEADER ANDROPOV YURI
SEE 2 DOWN HIATT
SEE 17 DOWN TIME
'All right, already!' YESYES
'Can this be true?' ITIS
Canonized Mlle STE
121 Across woe STYE
Agreements in D.C AYES
Summer class abroad? MATHS
Work such as 'The Purloined Letter' (whose author's name is spelled out by this puzzle's purloined letters) SHORTSTORY
Major gold exporter MALI
Like the worst of circumstances DIREST
Sue of mysteries GRAFTON
Stephen King work about a paternity ward? THEDADZONE
Wedge, e.g SHOE
Tony winner Vereen BEN
Be cocky BRAG
Artificially colored DYED
Apple Pencil user's device IPAD
Andy Weir work about a guy who shares actor Sheen's name (and no one else does)? THEMARTIN
Accelerated science unit? ION
1997 World Series MVP Hernandez LIVAN
With 62 Across, euphemism for lovemaking SEXY
With 37 Down, 'Slow Turning' singer whose last name sounds like a hotel JOHN
LYMPH ___ NODE
ENTHUSIASM VIM
BYGONE BIRD DODO
ACQUIRE, AS DEBT INCUR
BOXER SPINKS LEON
___ SPUMANTE ASTI
WATER BRAND EVIAN
GUN, AS AN ENGINE REV
ESSENTIALS NEEDS
Just sits there IDLES
Piece with a point ESSAY
Scooped, as soup LADLED
Prez No. 16 ABE
Retired Rocket ___ Ming YAO
Regarded to be SEENAS
Ralph Ellison work about a mother you can't see? INVISIBLEMA
Proofing veto STET
Pursue, as a tip ACTON
Shop cutter ADZ
OMAN NEIGHBOR YEMEN
SIMOLEONS MOOLA
Percentage set by a bank CDRATE
Sleep clinic subject APNEA
TALK TOO MUCH RUNON
DIMINISH ABATE
GIVE IT A WHIRL TRY
HOARSE SOUND RASP
JUST OUT OF THE BOX NEW
BRINK EDGE
FROZEN TREATS ICEES
PREVARICATE LIE
MESS UP ERR
LARGE NUMBER MYRIAD
STICK UP ROB
TWO-ROD ANTENNA DIPOLE
COUNTRY WHERE ONE SPENDS CEDIS GHANA
Have a feeling? EMOTE
FILMMAKER COEN JOEL
OLYMPIAN KORBUT OLGA
MD. ATHLETE TERP
FLAT FIGURE? RENT
Has creditors OWES
Iris setting VASE
Iris setting EYE
Loses one's goatee, e.g SHAVES
Mitsubishi headquarters city TOKYO
More cheesy HOKIER
Old master's mastery ART
Key of 'Crazy on You' AMINOR
Opening on a sci-fi program WORMHOLE
Performs a brain operation? LEARNS
Partially cracked AJAR