The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2020 08 09

crossword answers
Clue Answer
BURNING ISSUE? HEAT
DIRECTOR LUPINO IDA
MED. DIAGNOSTIC CTSCAN
SPENDING OUTING SPREE
TWIST, AS STATISTICS SKEW
Riveter on a poster ROSIE
Sacred flower, in Buddhism LOTUS
Scottish aquatic locale LOCH
Seawater discolorations caused by algal blooms REDTIDES
Seep through a membrane OSMOSE
Share stories, say TELLLIES
Ring worn at a Hawaiian wedding, perhaps LEI
Showing impudence SASSING
Soak, as in a teacup STEEP
Something taken on a plane SEAT
Space for quarters SLOT
Spinners on roofs VANES
Square root of sesenta y cuatro OCHO
'The kick's in the air ...' (and a hint to two starred answers in this puzzle) ITSUP
Molokai menu tuna AHI
Monthly with models ELLE
Mortgage interest fig APR
Neat displays ARRAYS
No-return service ACE
Offshore drilling target OIL
Painters' degs BFAS
People of First Mesa HOPI
Performing pair's piece DUET
Pfizer subsidiary SEARLE
Pitching gem SHUTOUT
Pneumovax maker MERCK
Practice a la Pacquiao SPAR
Prevailing feeling at a wedding JOY
Protective sheets TARPS
Queen's pronoun SHE
Queen's value, at times TEN
Reason for storming out IRE
Reckon, briefly SPOSE
Silver ___ (fish) CARP
Take control, demon-style POSSESS
Take part in a triathlon SWIM
Task guides TODOLISTS
Theological waiting point LIMBO
Toddler's lesson ABCS
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
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
SOME AFEW
REJECT NIX
TUCKS AWAY STOWS
OVERHAULS REDOES
ANSWER AT THE ALTAR IDO
THAT GUY'S HIS
MOVE QUICKLY DASH
MOVE QUICKLY JET
___ FABLES AESOPS
PREFIX WITH PERSPIRANT ANTI
WORK OF PRAISE PAEAN
___ TOTS TATER
FUNCTION USE
SEE 76 DOWN EYRIE
SEE 76 DOWN END
LHASA ___ (DOG BREED) APSO
COLON, IN AN ANALOGY ISTO
ULTIMATUM CONCLUSION ORELSE
PRESIDENT PRO ___ TEM
RAN ___ OF THE LAW AFOUL
WORD IN A NEW YEAR'S SONG SYNE
TRAVELED BY BIKE RODE
GOLF BALL HOLDERS TEES
___ COTTA TERRA
CONTEMPTUOUS LOOK SNEER
VIADUCT FEATURES ARCHES
TENNIS ICON ARTHUR ASHE
Venomous reptiles ASPS
FEEL FEVERISH AIL
YARD SALE CAVEAT ASIS
CONNECTING DEVICE MODEM
MAKE LESS TENSE SETATEASE
SWIZZLE STIR
MANILOW SONG SETTING COPA
'I'm here' (and a hint to two starred answers in this puzzle) ITSME
'No worries' (and a hint to two starred answers in this puzzle) ITSOK
'Perception' actress Rachael ___ Cook LEIGH
'Stumptown' protagonist ___ Parios DEX
'The Color Purple' role CELIE
'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
'Unsellable Houses' airer HGTV
'You ___ win 'em all' CANT
'___ Frutti' (1955 classic by Little Richard) TUTTI
*Actor Danson in rare form? UNCOMMONTED
*Chinese cooking competition? BATTLEOFWOKS
*Defame athletes? SMEARPLAYERS
*Fully understand one's choppers? GROKYOURTEETH
*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
Alternate-universe counterpart of Clark Kent ULTRAMAN
Apple chip holder? IPAD
Bret of short stories HARTE
Captain Picard's weapon PHASER
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
Grps. concerned with testing PTAS
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
Is quite perceptive SEESALL
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
Like Washington's presidency TWOTERM
Material of many Etsy products HEMP
Media revenue sources ADS
Mining company's finds ORES