The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2021 12 26

crossword answers
Clue Answer
JEWELRY FASTENER CLASP
Former Firebird maker PONTIAC
Wet floor cleaner MOP
One checking text messages? EDITOR
Move like Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce SPRINT
GO SWIFTLY SPEED
Get into a pizza, say BITE
AVOID EVADE
Inaugural statements OATHS
Two, in poker DEUCE
COMPLETELY ABSORBED ENRAPT
PARTS OF FEET TOES
NOT JOKING SERIOUS
'We did it!' YEAH
'Citizen Kane' locale XANADU
*1979 film whose final line is a quotation from 'Heart of Darkness' APOCALYPSENOW
Cute source of pants? DOG
Discreet email initials BCC
Flavor enhancer inits MSG
Lines of celebration ODE
Lupino of 'Devotion' IDA
Neat assortments ARRAYS
Reference showing local attractions AREAMAP
Serpents on pharaohs' headdresses ASPS
Swamp hopper TOAD
Synonym of 7 Across ARC
Winter wraps SHAWLS
Form of sunscreen GEL
Many ousted leaders EXILES
Roller coaster track RAIL
Faked out, in hockey DEKED
ATTACH ADJOIN
Christmas feast, e.g REPAST
'I Want to Come Home for Christmas' singer Gaye MARVIN
Homering Sammy SOSA
Emulated crows CAWED
POLI ___ SCI
Summer Games blade EPEE
'Wintersong' musician McLachlan SARAH
PUPPETEER BAIRD BIL
Molly of an Irish folk song MALONE
___ GRASS OAT
Idiomatically reinvented device WHEEL
'Archer' voice actress Judy GREER
Crime drama genre NOIR
*'Doesn't affect me' ITSNOSWEATOFFMYBACK
ATLAS BOX INSET
Small unit of vol TSP
'We ___ a miracle!' NEED
'Sun's out, guns out' muscles BICEPS
Uses falsetto, in a way YODELS
FALSE FRONTS GUISES
MAKE TRACKS HURRY
Common Christmas ornament ORB
Figure skater Brian who performed in 'Carmen on Ice' ORSER
Silken net WEB
Unfair preference, maybe BIAS
Hearing order ALLRISE
Band around a joint ANKLET
Patronize, as for lunch DINEAT
OkCupid users' activity DATING
___ PRESSURE PEER
BE ABUNDANT TEEM
See 118 Across LEE
Glazed Christmas dish, perhaps HAM
Abbr. on office mail STE
River vortexes EDDIES
Like blizzards, in part WINDY
National Film Award winner Kapoor RAJ
What many apps run on IOS
Delegate from Can. or Mex., e.g., who assembles in NYC UNREP
Willie of Giants fame MAYS
Star pitcher's low no ERA
Greek series finale? OMEGA
Number two? DUO
How some bread tastes YEASTY
Little, informally ITSY
Having a cold, say ILL
Feature of rotten eggs ODOR
Links starting point TEE
MINIMAL AMOUNT LEAST
Closefitting head cover DURAG
Fiddles' kin VIOLAS
Wicked spirit FIEND
'Home ___' ALONE
Repeated bit of music LOOP
Greek symbol of density RHO
Not as easily solved HARDER
Storied gift wrapper ELF
Bistro reading MENU
Winged ___ (tree) ELM
Eagle ___ (source of nest broadcasts) CAM
'The Café-Concert' painter, 1879 MANET
'Things ___ looking up!' ARE
Supervised reentry into society PAROLE
BOLT SKEDADDLE
Dodgeball balls, essentially AMMO
Band or toy preceder BOY
Protozoan on a slide AMOEBA
Gave, as a hand LENT
Standing by, as a doctor ONCALL
ALLSTATE COMPETITOR AFLAC
Membranous structure attached to an embryo YOLKSAC
CONSIDERED TO BE SEENAS
World records, e.g BESTS
WORK PERIOD STINT
Shelters securely ENSCONCES
Maker of 4K Ultra HD TVs RCA
Adjusts, as shoelaces RETIES
How bills may be paid INCASH
'Zing!' HIYO
Ornamental lace mat DOILY
HUSTLE RUSH
Sonic, e.g HEDGEHOG
C feature CURVE
Wassailing drink ALE
DOWNCAST SAD
Chem class charges LABFEES
Make a sincere appeal PLEAD
Power-ful scientist? WATT
Held for questioning DETAINED
'I'll be home for Christmas / If ___ in my dreams' ONLY
'Who wants to take a crack at it?' ANYBODY
Gold medal-winning runner Sebastian COE
Far from terse WORDY
Farmer's site, in a song DELL