The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2021 02 21

crossword answers
Clue Answer
'Invisible Cities' writer Calvino ITALO
Attempts to tempt ENTICES
Apt rhyme of 'jaw' MAW
Apollo who fought 53 Across in 'Rocky' CREED
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue office shape OVAL
'The Devil's Advocate' actor Keanu REEVES
Baseball catcher, at times FAN
Avalanche's and Hurricanes' org NHL
'Hard ___' ('Absolutely not') PASS
Baseball legend Pete went deep? ROSEHOMERED
Breadmaker's output LOAF
Breakfast treat baked by actor Fraser or Gleeson? BRENDANMUFFIN
Dangerous downloads MALWARE
Collectors of badges SCOUTS
Comedian Richter ANDY
Greta of 'Ninotchka' GARBO
Participated in a gazing contest STARED
Broker's business REALTY
Business patronized before a wedding, often SALON
Play date item TOY
Busy med. workplaces ERS
Comparatively pint-size TEENIER
Settle from pressure SAG
Shrimp-catching tool NET
SUGGEST POSIT
___ BEANS LIMA
Fix, as a pet dog SPAY
Barrel ___ (aerial maneuver) ROLL
Gives takes OPINES
Patent's basis IDEA
Vortex seen while kayaking EDDY
Walk-walk connector THE
Weapon guided by a flight control system MISSILE
Design plans, briefly SPECS
Egg-frying vessel PAN
What a tanker carries OIL
Peruse prose READ
Sinister smile SNEER
'Quit stalling!' DOIT
See 73 Across ALAMODE
VOICES SAYS
TERMINATED AXED
Returns policy? TAXCODE
Small nest builder ANT
Bale's makeup HAY
Gospel of Mark dancer SALOME
Vice President Harris KAMALA
___ tai bo vien (Vietnamese beef soup) PHO
___ Octavius, a.k.a. Doctor Octopus in Spider-Man comics OTTO
Hinged convenience for a bus rider DROPSEAT
Immediately, in a hospital STAT
Inaugural recitations OATHS
Rocky who fought 63 Across in 'Rocky' BALBOA
'Once and Again' actress Ward SELA
McShane of 'Deadwood' IAN
SPIKE, AS PUNCH LACE
BEAMS OF LIGHT RAYS
Hushed 'hey!' PSST
OOH AND ___ AAH
TOPPED BESTED
EMULATE A KANGAROO LEAP
Mercury and Mars, e.g PLANETS
Mercury and Mars, e.g POPSTARS
BRACES (ONESELF) STEELS
LESSEN IN SEVERITY EASE
'CONFOUND IT!' DRAT
MAJOR BIG
DECLARE ASSUREDLY AVOW
APEX ACME
SOME SAP PRODUCERS ELMS
H ETA
Automotive shaft AXLE
APOPLECTIC IRATE
ZILCH NADA
TEASED RAGGEDON
ENCOUNTERED MET
They're nonnegotiable NEEDS
SUBJECT FOR JANE GOODALL PRIMATE
HELLA COOL ALLTHAT
Inspecting visually EYING
Joint used in jostling ELBOW
'Dolemite Is My Name' hairstyle AFRO
Lakefront property perk VIEW
'A Sunday Kind of Love' singer James ETTA
What a doc performs EXAM
DECREASED IN INTENSITY ABATED
Some altimeter checkers COPILOTS
Nocturnal bird working from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m.? NIGHTSHIFTOWL
Opposite of posh SEEDY
Guy who's on deck SEAMAN
Had some brunch ATE
Hairy character originally performed by Felix Silla ITT
Soup cracker surges? SALTINEWAVES
Stashed in a safe place HID
Striped cat when it's up on its hind legs? STANDINGTABBY
They're what you'd expect NORMS
Informal term for a World War I-era metal helmet TINHAT
Minn. metropolis STPAUL
Moving at breakneck speed RAPID
Julianne of 'The Hours' MOORE
Large cut of beef TBONE
Mellow, as a personality TYPEB
Ore stores LODES
Oxygen administrator, for short EMT
Some noblewomen RANIS
BLEMISH MAR
OUTER LIMITS EDGES
''Deed I Do' singer Lena HORNE
Gnawing critter RAT
Michelle, to Malia and Sasha MOM
EXPRESSION OF DOUBT IBET
Instructional book category HOWTO