The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2021 05 23

crossword answers
Clue Answer
SIMILAR ALIKE
NEARLY CLOSED AJAR
Quit dreaming WAKE
A-lister, e.g IDOL
Your parent's sister AUNT
___ Zumba (exercise program in a pool) AQUA
Work created by Louise Erdrich or Susan Abulhawa, e.g NOVEL
Word after bowl or game OVER
Whom Homer once referred to as 'stupid sexy Flanders' NED
Weapons similar to scimitars SABERS
River by Parliament THAMES
Room service venue INN
Sch. no GPA
Sensation of guilt or hunger PANG
Sense tangibly TOUCH
Sets in sports bars TVS
Skiing setting SLOPE
Some clocks' batteries AAS
$20 bill producers ATMS
'Amazing!' SOCOOL
'Crikey!' YIPE
'Don't You ___ 'Bout a Thing' (Stevie Wonder hit) WORRY
'Funny stuff' HEH
'Help us!' SOS
'If I could jump in ...' AHEM
'Men in Black' alias for Kevin Brown AGENTK
*Filipina media personality who created a self-titled podcast about adulting JOYCEPRING
*Musical for which Yul Brynner won a Tony Award THEKINGANDI
1960s Egyptian leader Gamal ___ Nasser ABDEL
68 Down + cinco OCHO
73 Down - cinco TRES
Alkaline substance LYE
App full of pics INSTA
Backs, in a campaign ENDORSES
Baker's garment APRON
Bejeweled accessory TIARA
Boeuf ___ mode (French meat dish) ALA
British prep school students ETONIANS
Candy bar morsel NUT
Caught a bug, say FELTILL
Chancellor and older cousin of 21 Across ESTEBAN
Cheetah's spot ZOO
Coastal hawks OSPREYS
Comedian Delaney ROB
Real deal? STEAL
Residential deliveries? HOMEBIRTHS
Response before a judge PLEA
Space one moved into recently, informally NEWDIGS
Stallion's pace, maybe TROT
The B of WB BROS
Things protected by goalies NETS
Time out on a couch NAP
Travel instantaneously, in some video games WARP
Very small amount, or a Greek vowel IOTA
HUNKY-DORY PEACHYKEEN
MAILED SENTTO
RAYS OF LIGHT BEAMS
QUID PRO ___ QUO
JUICY PIECE OF INFO TIDBIT
APPLY USE
No, in Aberdeen NAE
HIEROGLYPHICS SYMBOL ANKH
HIEROGLYPHICS SYMBOL EYE
SUNOCO RIVAL CITGO
___ ISLAND RHODE
SMALL OPENING SLIT
ENTERPRISE COUNSELOR TROI
Little Rock resident ARKANSAN
Approximate landing hr ETA
EXAMINE VIEW
EXCHANGE SWAP
CANCEL, AS A SPACE MISSION ABORT
ANALOGOUS (TO) AKIN
'Shoulda listened to me!' TOLDYASO
'Stop dillydallying!' DOIT
'Sure can!' YEP
'Vive le ___!' (cry in monarchist France) ROI
'___ do, pig. ___ do.' (final line of dialogue from 'Babe') THATLL
*Certain navel piercing BELLYBUTTONRING
Cost of driving TOLL
Couch potato's room DEN
Creative designs made from toy blocks LEGOART
Currently elsewhere AWAY
Cynical from life experience JADED
Dark Knight's attire BATSUIT
Disney princess who became queen of Avalor ELENA
Drop ___ (drop one's pants) TROU
Emitted, as rays of light LASED
Expensive meat VENISON
Female ostrich HEN
Fluid from a pine SAP
Geometric figure formed by two rays ANGLE
Great service in tennis ACE
Guest on SNL, ironically HOST
Help get settled, as a trainee ORIENT
Hit lightly, as a smartphone screen TAPON
How ham sandwiches might be served ONRYE
Improves in quality ENHANCES
Indian monarch's title RAJAH
Legislatively approve PASS
Like some human dogs SLY
Make clear in writing? ERASE
Mystic or Wizard, e.g ATHLETE
NYC-based ISP AOL
Oft-donated gametes OVA
Opposite of 'defy' OBEY
Original-sounding animal? GNU
Palindromic food in Indian cuisine NAAN
Papers delivered each morning DAILIES
Party plans? AGENDAS
People in a crowd? TRIO
Pizza dough raiser YEAST
Places to go? TOILETS
Poet's preposition ERE
Prone to being pushy BOSSY
Quite sentimental GUSHY
Rapper Yasiin Bey's former stage name MOSDEF
Relaxes, as restrictions EASES