The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2019 12 08

crossword answers
Clue Answer
MANEUVER PERFORMED TO REVERSE DIRECTION IN A SWIMMING RACE FLIPTURN
SMALL BATTERY AAA
NICKNAME OF A MIDWESTERN METROPOLIS CHITOWN
1836 RESISTANCE SYMBOL ALAMO
FILL WITH JOY ELATE
GETS SOME SUN TANS
BLACKENS, AS A 46 ACROSS TARS
TAKE HOLD OF THE WHEEL STEER
MADE LESS DIFFICULT EASED
Collegiate Greek group FRAT
NITROUS ___ OXIDE
ACCESSORY ON A RACK HAT
GEMSTONE WEIGHT UNIT CARAT
CLASSIC WELLES ROLE KANE
Brownie with cookies, e.g.? GIRLSCOUT
Call off, as at NASA ABORT
Cars produced in 1905 REOS
CNN anchor Jake TAPPER
Feature of controversial images SHOCKVALUE
Celebrates wildly, after winning a championship GOESMAD
Entered sneakily STOLEIN
Grammy-winning Yoko ONO
Credit card swiper? THIEF
Dern of 'Jurassic Park' LAURA
Destination in time-travel stories PAST
Emulate characters in 'Chariots of Fire' RUN
Had the audacity DARED
Garment worn in bed NIGHTIE
LEAN TO ONE SIDE TILT
SMALL DRUM BONGO
STURM UND ___ DRANG
LIKE A NITPICKY STICKLER ANAL
401(k) relatives IRAS
'Help!' drummer RINGO
BLANC WHO VOICED BUGS MEL
SPINE-TINGLING EERIE
FIT FOR THE JOB ABLE
LOOSEN, AS SHOELACES UNTIE
NORWAY'S PATRON SAINT OLAF
PART OF AN OLD TV SET KNOB
FRUIT WITH GREEN FLESH KIWI
SONG HEARD ON SUNDAY HYMN
Astronomer Brahe TYCHO
SUPERMARKET SECTION DELI
PART OF AN ARCHIPELAGO ISLE
EXPLOSIVE INITIALS TNT
Fraulein's lament ACH
GM subsidiary with a five-pointed shape in its logo ONSTAR
Hold the same belief AGREE
Hollywood icon West MAE
It'll get done DEED
'Ciao,' in Cannes ADIEU
'Friday' actress Long NIA
'The Joy of Painting' painter Ross BOB
'Rock 'n' Roll Party in the Streets' band, or a slang term for a rock band instrument AXE
Idiosyncratic quirk TIC
BODY PART STICKING OUT IN THE ROLLING STONES LOGO TONGUE
SITE OF YELLOW STRIPES ROAD
CARAMEL-FILLED CANDY ROLO
HUMDINGER LULU
EXPRESSION OF SURPRISE GEE
Image on a pirate flag SKULL
Impoverished traveler HOBO
'Beyond the Horizon' playwright Eugene ONEILL
'Failing that ...' IFNOT
Attired like hospital patients GOWNED
Bay Area NFL player NINER
'On it!' CANDO
'Shine' Oscar nominee ___ Mueller-Stahl ARMIN
'___ are two of my four limbs' ANARMANDALEG
Bit of fancy footwork TOETAP
Apt surname for a crew team member ROWE
UNIVERSITY OFFICIAL DEAN
Hornet's defense STING
'Seriously?!' WHAT
'THE THIN MAN' ROLE NORA
'As You Like It' forest ARDEN
JEKYLL'S COUNTERPART HYDE
BOTTOM HEINIE
SQUARE ONE ONSET
SANDWICH FISH TUNA
Susan of 'L.A. Law' DEY
'Hamilton' creator ___-Manuel Miranda LIN
CEDAR RAPIDS LOCALE IOWA
Trench full of water MOAT
SORE FROM EXERTION ACHY
SORVINO OF 'MIMIC' MIRA
PROMINENT FEATURES OF BATMAN'S COWL EARS
PUERTO ___ RICO
Orders from the court WRITS
EGG ON SPUR
INITIALS BEFORE AN ALIAS AKA
JAZZ PIANIST KRALL DIANA
PURPLE SMOOTHIE BERRY ACAI
ONE WHO JUST ADOPTED A DIFFERENT SET OF BELIEFS NEWCONVERT
LUKE'S CINEMATIC SISTER LEIA
KEEPING CAREFUL WATCH ALERT
SCOTTISH TERRIER SKYE
GRINDER GRINDERS? TEETH
ITEMS WORN BY CAFETERIA EMPLOYEES HAIRNETS
FLAT-BODIED FISH RAY
'Serial' host Sarah KOENIG
'___? Put this heating pad on your joint to warm it up' COLDSHOULDER
'___? I'll call the otolaryngologist to remove that amphibian' HAVEAFROGINYOURTHROAT
1920s Soviet leader LENIN
Like well-read scholars ERUDITE
Loch in the 'surgeon's photograph' NESS
Magazine with interior design tips ELLEDECOR
Mercury-tracking org EPA
Microbiology pioneer PASTEUR
'___? It'd be better to administer a vaccine with the lights on' SHOTINTHEDARK
Poem division (and an anagram of 109 Down) CANTO
Ratio in trig class SINE
Something graded by a history teacher ESSAY
Teen's dermal woe ACNE
GALLERIA COLLECTION ARTE
Tyronn who coached the Cleveland Cavaliers to an NBA title in 2016 LUE
Vegetable with layers ONION
EXPRESSION OF SURPRISE AHA
Workers at picnics? ANTS
Adhesive reminder POSTIT
___ chic (rhyming fashion style) GEEK
Airline spelled in 'travel allowance' ELAL
'___, and you'll duck beneath that scalpel' GOUNDERTHEKNIFE
Ancient people often classified as a Germanic group TEUTONS
'___ can be observed with dermatology exams and X-rays' ALLSKINANDBONES
USED TO BE WAS
COSMETICIAN LAUDER ESTEE
DISCONTINUE END
CURRENTLY NOW
BISECTED INTWO
Marcus's retail partner NEIMAN
CROCHETING MATERIAL YARN
LeBron James, e.g., beginning in 2018 LAKER
SOUL SINGER THOMAS IRMA
CHURLISH SORTS LOUTS
FROM A DISTANCE AFAR
FINISH FILMING WRAP
FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE TENET
Opera company VIPs DIVAS
'___ is a sign of discomfort just below your head' PAININTHENECK
Things built by Habitat for Humanity HOMES
Wedding date, maybe? PLUSONE
___ Bell (Anne Brontë's pseudonym) ACTON