The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2019 09 29

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Clue Answer
SET ABLAZE TORCH
NORMAL ROUTINE
TAILLESS SIMIANS APES
PIE-MODE CONNECTION ALA
GETS READY PREPS
*Tight race climax PHOTOFINISH
*Industry expert, in business jargon THOUGHTLEADER
Annoyingly sweet CLOYING
Arched part INSTEP
Baja houses CASAS
*Good thing to keep in stressful situations LEVELHEAD
Be a 'Chess' player, say ACT
Novelist Jennifer EGAN
Actress Raymonde TANIA
Chewie's pal Solo HAN
Chile flag feature STAR
Concession ___ STAND
*Pain receptor, e.g NERVEENDING
*Oft-criticized school standards initiative COMMONCORE
MP3 player developed by Apple ITUNES
Musical Tori AMOS
Nail spot TOE
Not scared at all FEARLESS
Band that sounds like a crop KORN
Pare, as hair TRIM
Part of a packet SHEET
Buddy on screen EBSEN
PIERCE PORTRAYER ALDA
DIRECTOR DUVERNAY AVA
BREAK DOWN CRY
BATH GEL INGREDIENT ALOE
SINGER MCENTIRE REBA
'Makes sense' ISEE
HIGHLANDER GAEL
*Early advantage in a sprint FLYINGSTART
*Despaired LOSTHEART
*Advancing edge of a northern cold air mass ARCTICFRONT
PRIAM'S KINGDOM TROY
DELIVER A LECTURE, SAY ORATE
DELIVER A LECTURE, SAY SPEAK
TOTALLY CONFUSED ATSEA
Cap on a finger THIMBLE
FRESH NEW
Cosmetics titan Elizabeth ARDEN
DRUMMER ULRICH LARS
Declaration of independence IMFREE
'Oh, that woman?' HER
Mole's employer CIA
Opposite of thrilling BLAH
People for whom Salt Lake City's state was named UTE
LIKE A LEPRECHAUN ELFIN
SITE OF THE MUSEUM OF ISLAMIC ART QATAR
'___ know ...' YOU
Districts featuring interactions in Spanish BARRIOS
'I ___ the fool ...' (Mr. T line) PITY
Étoile's garment TUTU
Field film of 1979 NORMARAE
Gall or guts CHUTZPAH
Glorifying poem ODE
Emulating Earhart AVIATING
'This week was exhausting' TGIF
This partner THAT
FRIGID AND BLEAK WINTRY
SCRIBBLE JOT
LEARNED WISE
INCLINE LEAN
TURF SOD
PARTNER IN CRIME COHORT
WAY OUT THERE AFAR
'The X-Files' org FBI
EXTRA NBA PERIODS OTS
BUBBLY DRINK COLA
Put a chip in, say MAR
Stick in a golf bag TEE
SNAKY SWIMMERS EELS
ELEVATOR PIONEER OTIS
WOUND COVER SCAB
COLLEAGUE OF ELENA AND RUTH SONIA
PASTA WATER DRAINER SIEVE
FAIR WITH DEMOS EXPO
'___ WHAT?' NOW
EGGS IN THE OCEAN ROE
AP BIO SUBJECT RNA
LOVED ___ ONES
GRANOLA GRAIN OAT
WED. FOLLOWER THU
DEFENSE ACRONYM NATO
BARRETT OF GOSSIP RONA
LOATHSOME SORT CUR
KNIFE THRUST STAB
WORK MEASURE ERG
GUTTER LOCATION EAVE
TIED, AS A SCORE EVEN
POTENTIAL SOLUTION IDEA
RYDER ON A FILM SET WINONA
See 60 Down TAR
'___ there' BEEN
GET DOWN BOOGIE
JOURNALIST BLY NELLIE
ZSA ZSA'S SISTER EVA
MOVE QUICKLY SCOOT
LET LOOSE UNBIND
SUMMER ERMINE STOAT
GAS ADDITIVE STP
SIX-PACK MUSCLES ABS
RAINDROP SOUND PLOP
BE SUPERIOR TO OUTCLASS
'___ Misbehavin'' AINT
HYPHEN'S RELATIVE ENDASH
OPTION FOR HAMLET TOBE
EASY VICTORIES ROUTS
*Medical facility in which patients get skin grafts BURNCENTER
SPROUT UP GROW
COMEDY CLUB BIT GAG
THE N OF CSNY NASH
STRUGGLE WITH SIBILANTS LISP
DIRECTOR FORMAN MILOS
KNOCKING SPOT DOOR
PESTS NOODGES
WORTHLESS DROSSY
WHUP SHELLAC
UNABLE TO DECIDE TORN
INDEFINITE DEGREE NTH
POLISH COIN ZLOTY
CONCAVE NAVEL INNIE
Captivating thing on a mountaintop VIEW
ACTOR EPPS OMAR
PICTURE SHOT
LINE ON A MAP AVENUE
ALLAY, AS THIRST QUENCH
*REASON FOR A DETOUR STREETCLOSURE
ACTOR MCGREGOR EWAN
JULES ON A SPINE VERNE
GARLAND OF TINSELTOWN JUDY
Contacted online IMED
___ AND AAHS OOHS
'Lowdown' rocker Boz SCAGGS
THEOLOGIAN KIERKEGAARD SOREN
Killer 126 Down ORCA
Lock-fixing businesses? SALONS
ORBITER UNTIL 2001 MIR
Lumberjack fabric FLANNEL
Hired henchmen GOONS
Major dreads PHOBIAS
Irritatingly smug sort SMARTASS
Period for a king or queen REIGN
Pledges in courts OATHS
It guards against a hot hand OVENMITT
Safe stuff, maybe CASH
Loft stuff HAY
Sauna settings SPAS
Site of a parked Ranger LOT
Sitter's banes IMPS
Spirit of the planet on 'Captain Planet and the Planeteers' GAIA
State-bar? EXILE
Tiger's quartet PAWS
Title until 1917 TSAR
Tyke's vehicle WAGON
Underwater giant WHALE
USWNT players, e.g PROS
Web search giant YAHOO
With 65 Down, sticky material PINE
Wonder-working instrument? PIANO
Short facial hair? STACHE
X, for a sorority CHI
DECELERATES SLOWS
[You nearly hit me!] BEEP
___ Dems (U.K. party) LIB
___ off (avert) STAVE
'Africa' rockers TOTO
Humorist's strength WIT
Red Sox great Martínez PEDRO
Sarcastic guffaw HARHAR
John, by another name RESTROOM
Writer Nevada ___ BARR
Yale, informally OLDELI
Made baskets, say WOVE
Metadata-tracking org NSA