The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2021 08 15

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Beginning of history? PRE
Aware of, as a secret INON
Aria performers DIVAS
Anvil brand in cartoons ACME
'___ got your back' IVE
Co. founders, often CEOS
'Why, yes!' INDEEDIDO
'The French Dispatch' director Anderson WES
'Per my last email ...' ASISAID
'The African Queen' co-screenwriter James AGEE
Bones' connection site JOINT
Castilian conqueror ELCID
Certain campus partner SUITEMATE
Ex-MLB commish Bud SELIG
Channel showing MVPs ESPN
'Platoon' war zone, briefly NAM
Cultural sites? (Florida Georgia Line) PETRIDISHES
Digits on an IRS form SSN
Diplomat Kofi ANNAN
Crazy Horse and Red Cloud's people OGLALA
Create on-screen characters? TYPE
Hollywood spectacles EPICS
Crystalline collectible GEODE
Fragrant shrubs (Pink) MYRTLES
Gala at 8 p.m., say (Duran Duran) SOIREE
Genre for Ma Rainey and Papa Charlie McCoy BLUES
Energy, or a drink JUICE
'Hacksaw Ridge' actress Palmer TERESA
Existed (Interpol) LIVED
Grossed out NAUSEATED
IN NEED OF NOURISHMENT UNFED
Female 94 Down DOE
HINDER DETER
DOUBLE-REED WOODWIND OBOE
Handle one may not want to be attached to EPITHET
Fields Medal field MATH
A cappella group voice TENOR
'Yes ___, Bob!' SIREE
BY ___ OF (DUE TO) DINT
KAZAN OF FILM ELIA
NEVER, IN GERMAN NIE
Italian salami variety (U2) GENOA
LearnedLeague content TRIVIA
'Nature' channel PBS
Like some engineers NAVAL
'How could you ___?' TELL
'Fun Home' has one ACT
ILLUSTRIOUS NOTED
AIRPORT QUEUE VEHICLE TAXI
Move like a crane SOAR
New ___ (music genre) AGE
Noise from a pigeon COO
Abbr. on a street sign AVE
Obvious (Ed Sheeran) EVIDENT
Insurance giant's spokeslizard (Beyoncé) GEICOGECKO
Oceanography subject SEA
Oregon neighbor, briefly CALI
Peter Gabriel's band, once GENESIS
Intriguing piece of info TIDBIT
Legal case's substance MERITS
Like TV shows watched by night owls ONLATE
Ride or die, e.g NOUN
Language spoken in Chiang Mai THAI
Rocker King ELLE
Male 94 Down STAGS
Service period, often? SUNDAY
Many awards for Audra McDonald TONYS
Spotted lanternfly, e.g PEST
Stuff on a Q-tip's tip COTTON
Swimmers' competition MEET
Tale in a tome, perhaps SAGA
The band Phantogram, e.g DUO
Tool placed in a bucket MOP
Hair treatment RINSE
Hair treatment TINT
Hair treatment PERM
INSECT ON A BOX OF HONEY NUT CHEERIOS BEE
Spread, as seeds SOW
Film director DuVernay AVA
Mixed martial artist Anderson ___ SILVA
Nutritionists' concerns DIETS
PRO VOTE YEA
PRECIPICE EDGE
MAKE A DECISION SELECT
SLEIGHT-OF-HAND SCAM MONTE
RELIEVES (OF) RIDS
WOOL COAT FLEECE
ROWER'S PROPELLER OAR
Occasion to geek out NERDFEST
___-IN-LAW SON
SINGER SANDS EVIE
Plane's landing hr ETA
SOCCER FAN'S CHANT OLE
Plants bearing grapes VINES
Primary fight MAINEVENT
Ring-tailed creature COATI
Viciously sarcastic SNIDE
Victory lap pace TROT
Warty pond swimmer TOAD
Way too drawn-out OVERLONG
Some deciduous trees ELMS
THE NIGHT BEFORE EVE
___ nodes LYMPH
REMAINS UNDECIDED PENDS
SOME SORORITY LETTERS XIS
Scan in which a patient may wear headphones MRI
PENN STATION? DORM
Vexed greatly ATEAT
What TSA agents check IDS
Wide receiver's org NFL
U.S. citizen-to-be's subj ESL
Vaccine research org NIH