The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2021 02 21

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