The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2019 09 29

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