The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2021 12 12

crossword answers
Clue Answer
'Just a ___' TAD
'About Me' blurb BIO
'OBVIOUSLY, EINSTEIN!' DUH
BOWLS OVER AWES
'What ___ is new?' ELSE
CRUSOE'S CREATOR DEFOE
HAD A MEAL ATE
Filling station? DINER
Green space LEA
Arctic bird performance? (inhale) PUFFINCONCERT
Big group of vessels ARMADA
Bug bugging you, say PEST
Chess player's friends? MATES
Contents of 86 Across LOAVES
Coop creature HEN
D.C.-born queen NOOR
Deceptive quality GUILE
Devices used for hurling? (exhale) SLINGMACHINES
Diligent critter ANT
Does a Hollywood job ACTS
Eerie graveyard sounds MOANS
Emulates a pigeon COOS
Expressway section LANE
Extracted material ORE
Getting-in initials ETA
Had a soft spot for LIKED
Imprints, as on glass ETCHES
India's prime minister from 1947 to 1964 NEHRU
Actress Gunn who played Skyler White on 'Breaking Bad' ANNA
PART OF A FOOT ARCH
10 or 40 preceder TOP
'You Can Call Me Al' musician Simon PAUL
BUNYANESQUE LARGE
'There's a lot to unpack here' ISEE
'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs' composer Henryk GORECKI
'Sherlock' network BBC
'Rudy' star Sean ASTIN
AFTERWARD THEN
'Lorna ___' (Blackmore novel) DOONE
Lightbulb moment cry AHA
Ludwigshafen's river RHINE
Moved like a cat burglar, perhaps CREPT
MRI scan reviewer DOC
Needing a sick day ILL
One whose happiness stems from suffering SADIST
Open mic night performer's seat, maybe STOOL
Over and over, in odes OFT
Plum discard PIT
Pondering outcomes IDEAS
Portable stove fuel BUTANE
Potato ___ (kitchen tool) PEELER
Prepared to play, as a track CUEDUP
Hairstylist's tool COMB
Quick horn blast TOOT
DOB displayers, often IDS
Reduce in duration CURTAIL
Result of a bedbug bite ITCH
Rijeka Carnival nation CROATIA
Romance writer Pollock IDA
Royal title for a big cat? (inhale) PANTHERHIGHNESS
Cookie one might dunk OREO
She was given a tribble aboard Deep Space Station K-7 UHURA
Ship's escape craft LIFEBOAT
Simon of 'The World's End' PEGG
Slide from hydroplaning SKID
Arises, as in conversation Comesup
Star shortstop Francisco LINDOR
Alexander I, e.g TSAR
CHARGED TOWARD RANAT
Sunken ship site SEA
'Let's go for a walk!' ARF
'AND HOW!' DOI
'I forgot what to say!' LINE
Prepares for surgery SEDATES
'Follow your ___!' (phrase in Froot Loops ads) NOSE
HUSTLE SCOOT
SIGNIFICANT PERIOD ERA
INUNDATE DROWN
MANAGED FARED
RULE DOMINANCE
SIMPLICITY EASE
LIGHT-FOOTED AGILE
___ HASHANAH (JEWISH NEW YEAR) ROSH
WHITTLE (DOWN) PARE
Australian mine finds OPALS
'Shining Through' novelist Susan ISAACS
Parapsychology subj ESP
PUNK ROCK SUBGENRE EMO
Buy for, as a meal TREATTO
Surprise a film director, in a way ADLIB
Table tennis barriers NETS
Takes away somebody's Soul, say? TOWS
Tears, as fabric RIPS
The only characters to appear in 'Glengarry Glen Ross' MEN
Tote bag feature STRAP
Twitch, for one SPASM
Video call program for iOS users FACETIME
What a rose stems from SEED
What you may shout when you find a burning copy of a 1997 Jim Carrey comedy? (exhale) LIARLIARSONFIRE
Xperi recording device TIVO
___ Lamont Hill, host of 'UpFront' on Al Jazeera English MARC
Score after each team scores a goal ONEALL
Quaint shop adjective OLDE
Maximally low SADDEST
Rectangular bakery containers, frequently BREADPANS
Some e-signed files PDFS
Star shortstop Jeter DEREK
Summits' agreements PACTS
'Just got back from work!' IMHOME
'Gonna need a hint' IMLOST