The Washington Post Sunday 2021 12 26 - Crossword Answers

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

'The Café-Concert' painter, 1879

MANET

'Things ___ looking up!'

ARE

'Who wants to take a crack at it?'

ANYBODY

Abbr. on office mail

STE

'Zing!'

HIYO

*'Doesn't affect me'

ITSNOSWEATOFFMYBACK