The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2021 09 19

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Applause for Oklahoma City's NBA team? THUNDERCLAPS
Arranges alphabetically, say SORTS
Arctic fox's fur color WHITE
Buffalo NFL players who deserve praise? BILLSOFCREDIT
Approaching, in a poem NIGH
'___ on Eileen' (hit for Dexys Midnight Runners) COME
Chicago's NFL team winning a second championship in a row? BEARSREPEATING
Adjust, as a constitution AMEND
Australia Zoo bird EMU
Class involving analysis of fiscal policy, for short ECON
Arizona Western College city YUMA
Aberdonian boys LADS
ACORN SOURCES OAKS
Adjust, as a paragraph EDIT
Board, as a motorcycle HOPON
Channel for many who fill out college basketball brackets ESPN
Chase scene outburst FASTER
Chilling signs OMENS
Comedian's delivery GAG
Chvrches singer Mayberry LAUREN
Cliffside habitat AERIE
Dehydration symptoms CRAMPS
Comedian Rachel who played Barbara Walters on SNL and '30 Rock' DRATCH
Disclosures of secret government activities LEAKS
Dissertation committee figure, briefly PROF
Externally visible parts of respiratory systems NOSES
Cylinders in sewing kits SPOOLS
Fabric of some jackets TWEED
First two words of a 'Hamlet' soliloquy TOBE
'Please, ___, I want some more' (line from 'Oliver Twist') SIR
Fledglings' dwellings NESTS
Discord channel visitor USER
Flower bed surface SOIL
Drummer Blaine HAL
'At ___!' (Army order) EASE
Constrictor seen on a branch TREEBOA
First sitting U.S. president to visit Cuba since Coolidge OBAMA
'Lucifer' actress Garcia AIMEE
'Got a ___?' ('Do you have a moment?') SEC
'For ___ purposes ...' OUR
'Factotum' actress Taylor LILI
'This ___ what I had in mind' ISNT
'Several years ___ ...' AGO
'Pop' band, 2001 NSYNC
AID AND ___ ABET
IN ADDITION TOO
'Such a pity!' ALAS
Had in one's grasp HELD
Hall of Famers who played for St. Louis's NHL team? BLUESLEGENDS
'HOLY SMOKES!' WOWIE
BYGONE IRANIAN RULER SHAH
BOLDNESS PLUCK
CORN UNIT COB
NULLIFIED UNDID
SLACKEN LETUP
Flower shop emanation AROMA
Gaming beginner NOOB
Like one's arm after sleeping on it, often NUMB
Greek food truck bread PITA
Hedge ___ (outdoor puzzle) MAZE
Mini-golf club PUTTER
Mobile device features APPS
Improved, like Edam or Gouda AGED
Informal term for coffee JAVA
BASE'S COUNTERPART ACID
Latin word for 'water' AQUA
Like many Rig Veda readers HINDU
Happy players on Tampa Bay's MLB team? RAYSOFSUNSHINE
Informal attire? DUDS
Language spoken in Peshawar URDU
Little battery type AAA
Ludicrously strange SCREWY
SPINY HOUSEPLANTS ALOES
Sends out, as shadows CASTS
KINDA ABIT
Sharp conflict CLASH
MANI-PEDI PLACE SALON
DISCOMBOBULATES ADDLES
RELATIVE OF A FERRET STOAT
CHEER FOR A TEAM RAH
SPURS GOADS
Take a seat quickly PLOPDOWN
DEA EMPLOYEE NARC
REQUEST ASKFOR
Sorcerer's spells HEXES
Slovenian currency EURO
Sly skills WILES
What pitchers may be made of GLASS
Subject involving DNA BIO
Winning and excellence, to Utah's NBA team? JAZZSTANDARDS
Suck in a big way, like a food critic might? SLURP
___ predators APEX
T-shirt edge HEM
Tablet software, maybe IOS
Great Plains people OSAGE
Part of a geographical chain ISLET
Utters out loud SAYS
Vacuum ___ (device for preserving food) SEALER
Winning streak for Seattle's WNBA team? STORMSURGE
Where one might grab a cab WINESTORE
Thurman of 'Prime' UMA
Tie up loose ___ ENDS
Mobile studio for a news station VAN
Teasers for shows PROMOS
Test administered by ETS GRE
Reminds over and over NAGS
The R of P.R RICO
Piece from a composer SONG
Rum ___ Tugger (cat from 'Cats') TUM
SET OF MUSICAL NOTES SCALE
Sits next to ABUTS
Programs sending junk mail SPAMBOTS
Parishioners' donations TITHES
Performance job GIG
Refined substance OIL
Rockets Hall of Famer YAO
SET OF MUSICAL NOTES CHORD
Is bested by LOSESTO
Yucky substance GOO
NBA, NFL or NHL official REF