The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2020 08 09

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Mortgage interest fig APR
No-return service ACE
Offshore drilling target OIL
People of First Mesa HOPI
Performing pair's piece DUET
Practice a la Pacquiao SPAR
Prevailing feeling at a wedding JOY
Queen's pronoun SHE
Queen's value, at times TEN
Reason for storming out IRE
Reckon, briefly SPOSE
Silver ___ (fish) CARP
Square root of sesenta y cuatro OCHO
Take control, demon-style POSSESS
Take part in a triathlon SWIM
Task guides TODOLISTS
Theological waiting point LIMBO
Toon brother of 103 Across BART
Toon sister of 79 Down LISA
Torment with gibes TAUNT
Torment with gibes TEASE
Turns to liquid THAWS
Univ. hall figures RAS
Virtuoso's gift TALENT
White noise from a fan WHIR
Space for quarters SLOT
Something taken on a plane SEAT
FEEL FEVERISH AIL
ANSWER AT THE ALTAR IDO
TRAVELED BY BIKE RODE
SEE 76 DOWN END
SEE 76 DOWN EYRIE
CONTEMPTUOUS LOOK SNEER
Soak, as in a teacup STEEP
Neat displays ARRAYS
Ring worn at a Hawaiian wedding, perhaps LEI
Showing impudence SASSING
Seep through a membrane OSMOSE
Monthly with models ELLE
Scottish aquatic locale LOCH
Sacred flower, in Buddhism LOTUS
Riveter on a poster ROSIE
TWIST, AS STATISTICS SKEW
SPENDING OUTING SPREE
GOLF BALL HOLDERS TEES
WORD IN A NEW YEAR'S SONG SYNE
RAN ___ OF THE LAW AFOUL
THAT GUY'S HIS
___ TOTS TATER
With 56 Across, final words ... or with 56 Down, 'Game of Thrones' castle on top of a mountain THE
___ salts (form of magnesium sulfate) EPSOM
Toddler's lesson ABCS
Spinners on roofs VANES
'Perception' actress Rachael ___ Cook LEIGH
Protective sheets TARPS
Pneumovax maker MERCK
'The kick's in the air ...' (and a hint to two starred answers in this puzzle) ITSUP
'The ___ of a living thing is not the atoms that go into it, but the way those atoms are put together': Carl Sagan BEAUTY
'This means war!' (and a hint to two starred answers in this puzzle) ITSON
LHASA ___ (DOG BREED) APSO
DIRECTOR LUPINO IDA
PRESIDENT PRO ___ TEM
YARD SALE CAVEAT ASIS
MED. DIAGNOSTIC CTSCAN
VIADUCT FEATURES ARCHES
PREFIX WITH PERSPIRANT ANTI
___ FABLES AESOPS
MOVE QUICKLY DASH
FUNCTION USE
MOVE QUICKLY JET
TENNIS ICON ARTHUR ASHE
SWIZZLE STIR
MANILOW SONG SETTING COPA
CONNECTING DEVICE MODEM
BURNING ISSUE? HEAT
SOME AFEW
MAKE LESS TENSE SETATEASE
WORK OF PRAISE PAEAN
Venomous reptiles ASPS
ULTIMATUM CONCLUSION ORELSE
COLON, IN AN ANALOGY ISTO
OVERHAULS REDOES
TUCKS AWAY STOWS
REJECT NIX
___ COTTA TERRA
'Unsellable Houses' airer HGTV
'You ___ win 'em all' CANT
Pitching gem SHUTOUT
Pfizer subsidiary SEARLE
Painters' degs BFAS
Share stories, say TELLLIES
Seawater discolorations caused by algal blooms REDTIDES
*Jolly Roger pirate, when he's building a home made of twigs? NESTINGSMEE
*Loaf stuffed with cocoons stuffed with insects? PUPABREAD
*Shindig for small horses? PONYPARTY
*Young dogs led by a maestro? ORCHESTRAPUPS
Actress Campbell-Martin of 'My Wife & Kids' TISHA
'I'm here' (and a hint to two starred answers in this puzzle) ITSME
Apple chip holder? IPAD
Bret of short stories HARTE
'No worries' (and a hint to two starred answers in this puzzle) ITSOK
Cell count? APPS
Champion shoe brand KEDS
Curse substitution BLEEP
Declassify, as records UNSEAL
Defender Kelley on the U.S. women's national team OHARA
Emerald or jade HUE
Emulated models POSED
Enters a second time RETYPES
Fail to get the W, say LOSE
Frozen yogurt topping OREO
Geld, say CASTRATE
Glide floss brand ORALB
Got off the sofa, say STOOD
Grounds care brand DEERE
'Stumptown' protagonist ___ Parios DEX
Herded creature in 'Babe' EWE
Herr lines? GERMAN
Hidden loot, e.g STASH
Horse family member ASS
Hubristic king of myth MIDAS
Incline (toward) LEAN
'___ Frutti' (1955 classic by Little Richard) TUTTI
Jane's toon son ELROY
Journalist Bly or Bowles NELLIE
Latte art shade TAN
Like Genie in 'Aladdin' BLUE
Like many a chess match DRAWN
Like Margo Dydek, among all WNBA pros so far TALLEST
Like rice or couscous STARCHY
*Actor Danson in rare form? UNCOMMONTED
Material of many Etsy products HEMP
Media revenue sources ADS
Mining company's finds ORES
Molokai menu tuna AHI
*Chinese cooking competition? BATTLEOFWOKS
*Defame athletes? SMEARPLAYERS
*Fully understand one's choppers? GROKYOURTEETH
Alternate-universe counterpart of Clark Kent ULTRAMAN
'The Color Purple' role CELIE
Captain Picard's weapon PHASER
Grps. concerned with testing PTAS
Is quite perceptive SEESALL
Like Washington's presidency TWOTERM