The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2020 08 23

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Risking base discipline AWOL
'Le Grand Canal' painter MONET
Frequent faller in a Rube Goldberg machine DOMINO
Hulking fantasy beast OGRE
MOVE AWAY RECEDE
*More bizarre ODER
REPRESENT ACTAS
Nautical mapping tool SONAR
Extract from poppies OPIUM
Dance studio railing BARRE
Electric Company card, e.g DEED
'___ No Secret' (Kylie Minogue song) ITS
Org. that painted the phrase 'Black Lives Matter' on its courts in 2020 NBA
LIP OF A CUP RIM
Sport with a hall of fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum RODEO
ROOT ORIGIN
Challenges presented by children DARES
Destroyer sometimes used at sea TNT
'Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom,' e.g BIOPIC
Course surface SOD
Flat-bladed tool HOE
Crowded, noisy party RAGER
Non-public relations? LOVELIFE
Largest of the dolphins ORCA
GRADUALLY DISINTEGRATE ERODE
Fire-tipped missile, at times ARROW
Bulb-shaped fruit PEAR
Things cracked by spies CODES
LEGLESS LARVA MAGGOT
Small toys? RUNTS
Ruminant in a meadow EWE
Sch. that receives more applications than any other college in the U.S UCLA
Fabric made from wool TWEED
NICKNAME IN 1950S POLITICS IKE
*Spurs GADS
Cultural interests ARTS
'Down' singer ___ Sean JAY
Got 100 percent on NAILED
Prepare for horse racing SADDLEUP
Some characters in Jesmyn Ward's book 'Sing, Unburied, Sing' GHOSTS
'Lola' actress Anouk AIMEE
Tony winner Kelli OHARA
Press, as an accelerator STEPON
'Mario Is Missing!' hero LUIGI
Vowel value in Scrabble ONE
ORBITAL EXTREME APOGEE
'COULDN'T AGREE MORE' YES
REPORTER'S VIEWPOINT ANGLE
Party spirit, maybe GIN
Has doubts ISNTSURE
Coricancha constructor INCA
Doreen Shaffer's genre SKA
INEPT SORT DOOFUS
Noisemaker in a jam HORN
SURGE PROTECTOR? SODACAN
Why some players need an extra quarter TIE
'The Vampire Diaries' actress Dobrev NINA
BUG RILE
Body made of plasma SUN
Mathematical group SUBSET
The Fray singer Slade ISAAC
Rainbow Falls locale HILO
Funny wedding pic? ROMCOM
*___ the system (exploited the rules) GED
Durable deck material CEDAR
*Removing the wrong letters, say EASING
Auto decoration DECAL
Like the author Francine Prose's surname APT
Nickname in 1960s politics CHE
Djokovic's former tennis coach AGASSI
Firm name abbr INC
Cool ___ (creamy pie topping brand) WHIP
'Make it make ___' SENSE
Problems for crops PESTS
Time when an early riser is awake FIRSTLIGHT
RELAYED SENT
'Bewitched' witch ENDORA
RECENTLY INTRODUCED NEW
*Empathetic comment IRE
Make great progress GETFAR
Sci-fi judge working in the year 2139 DREDD
Stats for National Pro Fastpitch players RBIS
The castaways on 'Gilligan's Island,' e.g SEPTET
Leave No Doubt but still perform, say GOSOLO
Time when an early riser is awake BREAKOFDAY
Behind, on a ship ASTERN
Columns in cabins, maybe LOGS
*Confusing situations MASSES
Battery pack letters AAA
Make a second offer REBID
CONTEMPTIBLE CHARACTER CUR
Obtain energy from FEEDON
Maxim Brewery's Double Maxim, e.g ALE
1500 THREEPM
Radio host Flatow, or radio host Shapiro backward IRA
ROUTINELY ALOT
Reason to fix a radiator LEAK
Frightening responses SHRIEKS
Protein-producing molecule RNA
Pride parade month, often JUNE
Stars may signify them RANKS
STUNNED INAWE
___ Nakken, first woman to be a full-time coach in Major League Baseball history ALYSSA
Old painting site CAVE
Food rhyming with 59 Across EGG
Ceremony bestowal AWARD
BESTED OUTDID
RECIPE PHRASE ALA
Brand with 'Scooping since 1928' on its cartons EDYS
SHARPEN HONE
Carol's time NOEL
What an early riser may watch ... and, reading bottom to top, what's spelled out by this puzzle's 'early risers' GOODMORNINGAMERICA
SIT ___ BY IDLY
Theater section? SCENE
FBI a(gents) GMEN
Neverland hand SMEE
Parts of crossword grids ROWS
Bird hunted by a dingo EMU
Garment sold by Spanx BRA
One may wear a dastar SIKH
'Shaun of the Dead' actor Simon PEGG
'That's all' IMDONE
'Children Power' musician ONO
*Inning before extra innings NTH
MAKE A HOME (IN) RESIDE
Promote, as lies PEDDLE
REGAL TITLE SIRE
Symbol of efficiency ETA
Save the Children provision AID
EQUITABLE FAIR
Cherry ___ (tree) PLUM
Missing groom-to-be in 'The Hangover' DOUG
Takes advantage of, as privileges ABUSES
Direct courses BEELINES
Father's attire ALB
Unlike pro bono work PAID
Outing on a sound, e.g BOATRIDE
NOT SUITABLE UNFIT
Has a cold one IMBIBES
'Tucker and Dale vs. Evil' director ___ Craig ELI
Group in wage talks UNION
Co-star of Sissy in 'The Long Walk Home' WHOOPI
Musical subgenre of psychedelia ACIDROCK