The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2021 03 28

crossword answers
Clue Answer
WORDS OF SPECULATION IFSO
TRAFFIC STOPPER SIREN
Excellent, in 1990s rap lyrics PHAT
Source of power for hydroelectric systems RAIN
STATES SAYS
'Show Boat' writer Ferber EDNA
Like most pasta BOILED
Spots for first shots TEES
Bowler maker MILLINER
Device for locating sunken objects SONAR
Reason to get a shot FLU
QUIRKY ODD
___-Magnon man (old term for early modern humans) CRO
BLOKES CHAPS
___ AND AAHS OOHS
TAGGED ALONG CAME
Blunt directive to close up one's pants? BUTTONTHEFLY
Columnist's space OPED
D.C.-to-Boston train service ACELA
French knot or lazy daisy, in embroidery STITCH
Hired hoodlums GOONS
Nile menaces ASPS
Opera singer Maria Callas, e.g.? LEGENDONAHIGHNOTE
Fort Knox blocks INGOTS
Celebratory frame of mind PARTYMOOD
Tree dweller given to napping and munching all day KOALA
Serves a prison sentence DOESTIME
Emulate a composer or a painter CREATE
Many maternity ward visitors DADS
Caregivers in med. centers RNS
PULSATE THROB
WEDDING PARTICIPANT USHER
___ Room (site of some White House receptions) EAST
STATE FIRMLY ASSERT
MUSHROOM PART STEM
PLUCK SPINE
Small, bumpy-skinned Chinese fruit LYCHEE
SCORCHES CHARS
LET LOOSE UNLEASH
THUS FAR ASYET
SKIRMISH FRAY
GREENISH BLUE CYAN
WETLANDS FENS
LEAD-IN TO BOY OR GIRL ATTA
SAMPLE OF FOOD TASTE
WORKPLACE MESSAGE MEMO
AT ___ RATE ANY
ASSEMBLE HASTILY RIGUP
Factoids in a sports recap STATS
Fire dept. hiree EMT
Medieval Icelandic work EDDA
Oscar ___ (nomination) NOD
Shows one's humanness ERRS
Typical features of Elle or Marie Claire photo shoots? LADIESANDGARMENTS
MINOR MISTAKE SLIP
Captive in a kid's farm ANT
'Great' pharaoh who ruled for 66 years RAMSES
EXPIRES LAPSES
Romance down under? KANGAROOCOURTSHIP
CATCH GET
Drifts off for a bit DOZES
LOCALITIES AREAS
Che Guevara's trademark headgear BERET
Place for some PIN money ATM
TAG LINE? NOTIT
FREE (OF) RID
Ballerinas' skirts TUTUS
Joey's refuge POUCH
FEW AND FAR BETWEEN SPARSE
1915 victim of a German U-boat LUSITANIA
Swindlers' targets SAPS
Pronto, briefly ASAP
PUT UP ERECTED
What a multicolored flag might symbolize PRIDE
Left undamaged SPARED
'Yeah, sure' IBET
MASTERMIND GAME PIECES PEGS
TOURIST ATTRACTION SIGHT
GOES KAPUT DIES
Ohio-Ontario divider ERIE
MOUNT OLYMPUS MATRIARCH HERA
Word before government or defense SELF
SQUABBLE ARGUE
SUPERLATIVE SUFFIX EST
Campaign funder, briefly PAC
MOVES LIKE MOLASSES OOZES
DAZED STATES STUPORS
'Classic' green shampoo PRELL
Next of kin, often HEIRS
Sci-fi forte ESP
Shinzo ___, Japan's longest-serving prime minister ABE
Wheeled server in London TEACART
GOAD EGGON
'I would never lie to you!' TRUSTME
Charlotte ___ (dessert whose invention is often attributed to Czar Alexander I's chef) RUSSE
Tech devices cited among Popular Science's 'Best of What's New' gadgets in 2010 IPADS
Reply from a pen pal? OINK
Coasting opportunity in school EASYA
Ottoman official's title PASHA
POLS LIKE PELOSI DEMS
Sly stratagems RUSES
Piece of a pizza pie SLICE
MURKY DIM
Jewish potato snack KNISH
UNPLEASANTLY BITTER ACRID
SMARTLY DRESSED DAPPER
Bill in a till ONE
Joe Schmo REGULARGUY
Folks kicked out of a ballroom competition for foul language? SWEARINGDANCERS
Don Quixote's mount, e.g NAG
FALL SHORT MISS
Chewy candy version of a small horse? GUMMYLITTLEPONY
A serious group? AEIOU
Able to vote or drive OFAGE