The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2021 12 19

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Brings back to reality WAKES
Bar order in a 20-ounce glass, say TALLONE
Covered area in a monastery CLOISTER
Draw on squares STALEMATE
Component of world-building, in fantasy fiction LORE
Chaotic row MELEE
Card game where cheating is expected MONTE
Buffoonish sort TWIT
Gaits at a horse track TROTS
Crash remedy, perhaps RESTART
Gold medal-winning ice dancing partner of Tessa Virtue SCOTTMOIR
Bob's business? SALON
App setting? MENU
Black rings, often TIRES
Issuer of phone lines? SIRI
Curfew setter, maybe MOM
Feeling for a poor soul PITY
Flash ___ (sudden public performances) MOBS
Former Apple instant-messaging program ICHAT
Line of revision EDIT
Fu ___ (mustache) MANCHU
Hardship antonym EASE
Like some lower regions NETHER
Garden mentioned in certain verses EDEN
Imperial ___ (strong, dark beer) STOUT
Instrument played by Anoushka Shankar SITAR
It's 10 spaces before Free Parking JAIL
It may have many laps RACE
Like drakes and drones MALE
2012 Paul Thomas Anderson film about a cult leader THEMASTER
Miss Trueheart played by Glenne Headly in 'Dick Tracy' TESS
'The X-Files' star Duchovny DAVID
Maker of Perfect Portions cat food IAMS
Making an impression, in a way STAMPING
'Oh. My. God.' IMSTUNNED
Negates a deletion, in proofreading STETS
Medieval copiers SCRIBES
Obeys a yellow light SLOWS
NOT RECOGNIZABLE BY ALIENTO
MAKE FIZZY AERATE
ARRIVALS ADVENTS
ABOUT, ON A MEMO INRE
'Pass' NOTINTERESTED
FAR FROM LAX ANAL
In your face UPCLOSEANDPERSONAL
Aperture providing a discreet view of who's outside your door SPYHOLE
1998 Wimbledon champion Jana NOVOTNA
___ MANAGEMENT WASTE
TORMENT PERSISTENTLY HARASS
'The Kiss' composer SMETANA
___/HER PRONOUNS SHE
'The Beguiled' director Coppola SOFIA
___ Luís, Brazil SAO
'Hello?' AREYOUTHERE
Old coin-op restaurant AUTOMAT
Old device for watching 'JFK' or 'UHF,' say VCR
'Drive' band, aptly THECARS
'Downton Abbey' Emmy winner Maggie SMITH
SINGSONG SYLLABLES TRALALA
Parallel planes in science fiction ALTERNATEUNIVERSES
Animal tending to pups OTTER
Pitch-tracking device RADAR
Account holder? STORYTELLER
TORMENT PERSISTENTLY EATAT
Rainforest greenery VINES
Relief during hard times SOLACE
___ YOGA HATHA
SEE 41 ACROSS SALES
Seriously funny show? DRAMEDY
Setting of Lene Gammelgaard's book 'Climbing High' EVEREST
Rupert who played Ron Weasley GRINT
Small business bigwig OWNER
Some bread roll shapes OVALS
Some wedding reception accessories TIES
Source of ancient dialogues PLATO
Scoffing smile SNEER
Oft-scaled rock formation at Yosemite ELCAPITAN
Orgs. participating in School of Excellence programs PTAS
Tennis star whose name is a homophone of a gray shade ASHE
They can be caused by submarine landslides TSUNAMIS
Tissue-taker's noise ACHOO
Orioles might sit atop it, briefly ALEAST
Upper-arm muscles, briefly BIS
Out at night, maybe? INBED
What Michael Darling wears in 'Peter Pan' PAJAMAS
People who attended rituals performed by nonbinary shamans known as quariwarmi INCAS
Shinto structures near torii gates SHRINES
___ Dog Museum (attraction in Odate, Japan) AKITA
Prescription for treating sleep deprivation AMBIEN
Principal Skinner's first name SEYMOUR
Sources of hits RADIOS
Spooky synonym for a manta ray SEADEVIL
Starting a new life? GIVINGBIRTH
Typical AP exam taker TEEN
Warning sign in a studio ONAIR
What's produced on scoreboards during shutouts GOOSEEGGS
Zero-to-hero character, in film tropes DWEEB
___ Labaki, first female Arab director to be nominated for an Oscar for best foreign language film NADINE