The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2020 05 24

crossword answers
Clue Answer
GhostCircus Apparel designer ___ James ELI
SEE 5 DOWN CREAM
MALICIOUS LOOK LEER
Requiring recovery HURT
Rap battle VIPs MCS
Passion personified EROS
Opposite of busy IDLE
'Move it, varmint!' GIT
RANGE ORPHAN DOGIE
UTILIZE A THEORETICAL CLOAKING DEVICE, SAY VANISH
GETAWAY LAM
SNATCH NAB
BLOOD OF THE GODS CHOIR
ATTEMPT TO PERSUADE COAX
She played Barbara in 1990s SNL sketches CHERI
NBA Hall of Famer Pippen SCOTTIE
Negation word NOR
Post cereal advertised as 'the stuff breakfast dreams are made of' OREOOS
FRANK HONEST
GLOSSY CURTAIN FABRIC SATIN
Theater honors OBIES
'The wonder of all things,' per some translations of Lao Tzu TAO
That, in poetry YON
Sunken place CRATER
Source of a drumroll SNARE
Smashing success? ACE
Slammed in tribute ROASTED
REFUSE TO GIVE UP? TRASH
STUFFS SATES
They move around ORBITERS
Served a sentence ONETIMED
Shredded, as cheese RATEDG
Subject of an early 2000s collapse ENRON
The state of 'State Fair' IOWA
Curly style PERM
Cooing creature DOVE
Concerning element of home inspections ADORN
Concern for the Union of Concerned Scientists CLIMATE
High bridge VIADUCT
Focus of one's enmity FOE
Pavement hazard POTHOLE
Like salmon OILY
REFORM? MUTATE
AKITA AGREEMENT HAI
OVAL SECTION ARC
MED. CARE SITES ERS
16TH LETTER OF THE NATO PHONETIC ALPHABET PAPA
LIKE FLAGGED FOOTBALL FORMATIONS ILLEGAL
Gets by observation SENSES
BOX OF BOCKS, SAY CASE
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE HERD
TAJ MAHOTSAV FESTIVAL CITY AGRA
ORDER TO AN AKITA SIT
SWEAT SPOT BROW
Disappearing lakes, e.g MIRAGES
Dollar : United States :: kip : ___ LAOS
Eponym of the Sports Scholar Awards from Diverse: Issues in Higher Education ASHE
Equidae family member ASS
Fill in un océano AGUA
Experiences decay ROTS
Fall behind, say OWE
TEMPORARY INTERIM
ACCEPT EAGERLY EMBRACE
Absorbent implement MOP
'Boy' or 'girl' preceder ATTA
'OF COURSE!' ISURECAN
Between, pour moi ENTRE
'Captain's Peril' co-author William SHATNER
Many athletes' barriers NETS
Dance music style popularized by Pérez Prado THEMAMBO
Cleared for departure? EXCUSED
With 79 Down, shake stuff ICE
Work in a theater DRAMA
With 66 Across, fell behind RAN
Western show business? SALOON
What a shredder shreds SHEET
Weapon in film noir GAT
Botanical wall art plant MOSS
LIKE LIFE GRANTED BY THE HOLY GRAIL ETERNAL
PEOPLE PERSON? STAR
MOVES STEALTHILY CREEPS
'Nightswimming' rockers REM
Single-___ plastics USE
Site for frequent fliers? AVIARY
Sound in a field MOO
Stone found in the Australian mining town of Lightning Ridge OPAL
'The Night Circus' writer Morgenstern ERIN
Idris who played Macavity the Mystery Cat in 'Cats' ELBA
'It burns!' YEOW
Many a millennial in the early 2000s TEEN
Obsequious employee YESMAN
SCATTERS ABOUT STREWS
Ward of 'The Guardian' SELA
GAMBLING GAME AFRO
GUIDED LED
World of Warcraft being ELF
SEE 112 DOWN LATE
ONE EARNING STRIKE PAY? PITCHER
DOZED FOR A BIT APPEND
ACTING KEN OR LENA LION
UNDILUTED, IN MIXOLOGY NEAT
PANDORA-BASED FILM AVATAR
PUNCHING GADGET AWL
CERTAIN TANK DESCRIPTOR SEPTIC
SHIP'S CREW TARS
FOR EACH ONE APIECE
EXCEPT SAVE
SOAP ACTRESS DAVIDSON EILEEN
GIVES A PASS TO, SAY COMPS
TUNES OUT IGNORES
Journey respites STOPS
'Impetuous young boy' of 'Monster Mash' IGOR
Home of the Dez Dam IRAN
Holed up? POROUS
Hyundai model that mixes up the letters of 112 Down and 66 Across ELANTRA
'Hold ___ your butts' ('Jurassic Park' line) ONTO
GPS approximation ETA
Guy who directed the 2019 'Aladdin' remake ITCHIER
In a bit, in an ode ANON
BRIDGE MATERIALS? CARDS
GMAIL FOLDER HEADING SENT
UNLOCKS PEONS
Like old astronomical models positing that the sun revolves around Earth EGOCENTRIC
Loud speakers on stage, perhaps HAMS
DRYING CLOTH DISHRAG
Louisa May Alcott character portrayed in an Oscar-nominated role by Florence Pugh AMYMARCH
Kunis of 'Black Swan' MILA
HAS HIGH HOPES SPIREAS
HOW ALIENS MAY COME, PER SOME SCI-FI TROPES INPEACE
ONE OF THE FOURTEEN HOLY HELPERS OF CATH. TRADITION STELMO
'I urge you all ... to love each other without restraint. Unless you're into leather. Then by all means, use restraints' speaker Margaret CHO
'I'd be glad to help!' NOPROB
Force wielders of film SITH
Golden ___ (Temple Run treasure) IDOL
'Good ___' POINT
'Haste makes ___' ASTEW
From this point on ... and a phrase that explains (and is spelled out by) the 12 shifted first letters in this puzzle GOINGFORWARD
Food brand named for two neighboring states OREIDA
Flower with a 'Fragrant Cloud' cultivar TEAROSE