The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2021 09 05

crossword answers
Clue Answer
BAMBI, FOR ONE DEER
Jagged part of a cliff CRAG
Events at swim meets RELAYS
___ Mesa, Calif COSTA
FORMAL PROMISE PLEDGE
ULTIMATUM WORD ELSE
'Enter if you ___!' DARE
Actor Tom providing cuts of holiday bird? HANKSGIVINGTURKEY
Bert's buddy on TV ERNIE
Best for apple-picking RIPEST
Desert vegetation areas OASES
Grammy winner Hayes ISAAC
Olympic team for Simone Biles and Suni Lee USA
Pre-U.S.S.R. leader TSAR
State Farm alternative GEICO
Realm ruled by Xerxes PERSIA
FORMER ITALIAN MONEY LIRA
What Reuters provides NEWS
SEE 9 DOWN IQUOTE
Organize, as a playlist CURATE
'Tiny Dancer' rocker John ELTON
'At First Sight' actress Sorvino MIRA
Capital of Ghana? HARDG
Sends on a detour REROUTES
'WOE IS ME!' ALAS
CONFUSE ADDLE
Sports org. shown in 'The Last Dance' NBA
Greeting to a group of seared fish dishes? HITUNASTEAKS
MAKING A COMEBACK, SAY RETRO
Piano string adjuster TUNER
Singaraja's island home BALI
Oct. 31 exclamation BOO
Verbal ___ TIC
'Up Late' singer Lennox ARI
Novelist Charles READE
CRAFTED MADE
Ambulance apparatus STRETCHER
Chloe Fineman's sketch show, briefly SNL
Essentials of learning ABCS
Highly scrutinized TV episode, often FINALE
Ortiz of 'Love, Victor' ANA
___ Hannon, Ellie Kemper's role on 'The Office' ERIN
Whiz ___ (prodigy) KID
Vehicle in a chop shop HOTCAR
Remain, as at a job STAYON
Latin footnote word abbreviated by deleting its last two letters IBIDEM
50 percent of diez CINCO
'The function of freedom is to free someone else' speaker Morrison TONI
'___ deal!' BIG
ENJOYED A SNACK ATE
CPR-certified worker EMT
European capital where part of 'Tenet' was filmed OSLO
Biz abbr INC
Hostel bed, perhaps BUNK
Detroit-born DJ Casey KASEM
'The Queen's Gambit' actress Taylor-Joy ANYA
'Check, please'? IPASS
Non-biological parent STEPDAD
'GOTCHA' ISEE
___ Bora (rhyming region of Afghanistan) TORA
Cut of meat from Mork's home planet? ORKROAST
PROBLEM FOR A COMB TANGLE
SOURCE OF DANGER PERIL
Pool-testing digit TOE
OXYGEN PRODUCER TREE
Descriptivists' topics USAGES
Model-building box KIT
Scotty's portrayer James on 'Star Trek' DOOHAN
Aardvark's facial feature SNOUT
Spirits from Smirnoff VODKAS
Xerox machine bundle REAM
CHESTNUT-COLORED HORSE ROAN
Phenomenon similar to a fog MIST
Gilpin who played Roz Doyle on 'Frasier' PERI
Piece of a certain floral crown ROSEPETAL
Group's core beliefs ETHOS
Elevated crest RIDGE
ALL ALTERNATIVE ERA
Shade of a Tibetan Buddhist monk's robe MAROON
Numbers on census forms AGES
Polynesian Disney character voiced by Auli'i Cravalho MOANA
OUT OF CONTROL AMOK
___ AVIV, ISRAEL TEL
Shots posted on Insta PICS
23RD GREEK LETTER PSI
Chef's toque, e.g HAT
Whitlock Jr. who played Clay Davis on 'The Wire' ISIAH
Obnoxious jerk, in British slang TOSSER
Emulates interrogators ASKS
AMISS AWRY
Treats baked by a classic auto company? REOCOOKIES
Approach zero percent battery power, say RUNLOW
Fast-food sandwiches grilled by actress Grier? PAMBURGERS
Delivery in a hospital? DOSE
'I get to go now' MYTURN
'Please finish quickly,' in an office email NEEDASAP
Appreciative works ODES
___-Missouria (people of Red Rock, Okla.) OTOE
DC reporter Clark KENT
LOST DELIBERATELY TANKED
ADVANTAGES PROS
Joint seen while wearing flip-flops ANKLE
Ultrasound or X-ray, e.g SCAN
SEE 43 DOWN SINS
Treat as exactly alike EQUATE
Overfastidious ANAL
Organizes into a row ALIGNS
MAIDENFORM PRODUCT BRA
Like lemonade ACIDIC
Dairy product from a hydroelectric facility? DAMCHEESE
Expanse above SKY
Military band, maybe? RIBBON
Five-armed invertebrate SEASTAR
Problem treated by a urologist HERNIA
Reason to get well wishes from Facebook friends, briefly BDAY
Opposite of clumsy ADEPT
Guys on boards CHAIRMEN
SIT ALONGSIDE ABUT
A, in a deck of cards ACE