The Washington Post Tuesday - Crossword Answers | 2020 10 02

crossword answers
Clue Answer
BAR STAPLE ICE
WET BLANKET DEW
PUT DOWN DEMEAN
SET FREE UNCAGE
RUM-SOAKED CAKE BABA
SHOWED SURPRISE GASPED
FIBER-__ CABLE OPTIC
HIGH-SCORING CLUB? MENSA
ASK TO BE EXCUSED, WITH 'OFF' BEG
SHORT JACKET BOLERO
POPPY PRODUCT OPIUM
PUTS ON STAGES
TRIFLE SOU
STEP ON IT PEDAL
UNSUBSTANTIAL MEAGER
DRUNKS SOUSES
Yacht outing SAIL
MINUS LESS
RECIPE VERB ADD
UNITED ONE
SPARE TIRE FLAB
ENTOMOLOGIST'S TOOL NET
MARKET AGGRESSIVELY PUSH
__ discount ATA
TOUCHED DOWN ALIT
NIGHT LIGHT MOON
NOT-CUTE FRUIT UGLI
SUSHI BAR SUPPLIER EELER
MADE UP (FOR) ATONED
RADIATE EXUDE
WILD ABOUT INTO
TWININGS PRODUCT PEKOE
One of 26 in the Maldives ATOLL
NOT TOUCH LETBE
BAKING SODA TARGET ODOR
YARN TALE
WORD OF WOE ALAS
TOLL PEAL
'Silent All These Years' singer Tori AMOS
COUNTRY __ LANE
HIDDEN DANGER PITFALL
OLD ENOUGH OFAGE
DOSSIER LETTERS AKA
TEATRO COSTANZI PREMIERE OF 1900 TOSCA
Trillion: Pref TERA
Supplemental health insurance MEDIGAP
MANUAL WEED WHACKER HOE
URGENT ORDER ATONCE
AMAZON, FOR ONE SHIPPER
BROUHAHA ADO
SHOUT CRY
SUDS HEAD
George Eliot, e.g PENNAME
Honker in old comedy films HARPO
Immortal Detroit sportscaster Harwell ERNIE
It's often steamed RICE
Kate on the cover of Vanity Fair's 100th anniversary issue UPTON
Ky. army post FTKNOX
Ones who never lose faith HOPERS
Sportscast embellishment COLOR
Stretch often named for a music genre ERA
Thoroughbred grandfather of Seabiscuit MANOWAR
Wolfgang Puck chain SPAGO
'Uh-oh. Better get ... ' collision repair company MAACO
'The Kominsky Method' co-star ARKIN
'Of Mice and __' MEN
__ basics BACKTO
Total alternative ... and a feature of the answers to starred clues? SPECIALK
What Ma knows well CELLO
Whale also called a blackfish ORCA
Wasabi-coated snack PEA
Deco master ERTE
Chic retreat SPA
*Tree trunk? KNOTHOME
*One who really, really knows how to spin a yarn? KNITWIT
*Maximum number of jousters allowed in a Ren faire tournament? KNIGHTCAP
*Excelled at filling in historical timelines? KNEWYEARS
Primer type OILBASE