The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2020 08 23

crossword answers
Clue Answer
LEGLESS LARVA MAGGOT
GRADUALLY DISINTEGRATE ERODE
INEPT SORT DOOFUS
ROUTINELY ALOT
SIT ___ BY IDLY
Behind, on a ship ASTERN
Cool ___ (creamy pie topping brand) WHIP
Hulking fantasy beast OGRE
Durable deck material CEDAR
Leave No Doubt but still perform, say GOSOLO
Largest of the dolphins ORCA
Electric Company card, e.g DEED
Has doubts ISNTSURE
Has a cold one IMBIBES
EQUITABLE FAIR
SURGE PROTECTOR? SODACAN
LIP OF A CUP RIM
Press, as an accelerator STEPON
Problems for crops PESTS
'The Vampire Diaries' actress Dobrev NINA
'Tucker and Dale vs. Evil' director ___ Craig ELI
'Shaun of the Dead' actor Simon PEGG
Things cracked by spies CODES
The Fray singer Slade ISAAC
Symbol of efficiency ETA
'That's all' IMDONE
Takes advantage of, as privileges ABUSES
Reason to fix a radiator LEAK
Stats for National Pro Fastpitch players RBIS
Rainbow Falls locale HILO
Sport with a hall of fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum RODEO
REPORTER'S VIEWPOINT ANGLE
'COULDN'T AGREE MORE' YES
Some characters in Jesmyn Ward's book 'Sing, Unburied, Sing' GHOSTS
Vowel value in Scrabble ONE
Why some players need an extra quarter TIE
Theater section? SCENE
'Le Grand Canal' painter MONET
'Lola' actress Anouk AIMEE
Unlike pro bono work PAID
Time when an early riser is awake BREAKOFDAY
Time when an early riser is awake FIRSTLIGHT
The castaways on 'Gilligan's Island,' e.g SEPTET
What an early riser may watch ... and, reading bottom to top, what's spelled out by this puzzle's 'early risers' GOODMORNINGAMERICA
MAKE A HOME (IN) RESIDE
RECENTLY INTRODUCED NEW
RELAYED SENT
Firm name abbr INC
Frequent faller in a Rube Goldberg machine DOMINO
Frightening responses SHRIEKS
Got 100 percent on NAILED
Group in wage talks UNION
Garment sold by Spanx BRA
Food rhyming with 59 Across EGG
Funny wedding pic? ROMCOM
Fire-tipped missile, at times ARROW
Flat-bladed tool HOE
Father's attire ALB
FBI a(gents) GMEN
Fabric made from wool TWEED
Extract from poppies OPIUM
Doreen Shaffer's genre SKA
'Down' singer ___ Sean JAY
Djokovic's former tennis coach AGASSI
REGAL TITLE SIRE
Make great progress GETFAR
Nautical mapping tool SONAR
Obtain energy from FEEDON
Small toys? RUNTS
Save the Children provision AID
Sch. that receives more applications than any other college in the U.S UCLA
Sci-fi judge working in the year 2139 DREDD
Risking base discipline AWOL
Ruminant in a meadow EWE
Party spirit, maybe GIN
Parts of crossword grids ROWS
Radio host Flatow, or radio host Shapiro backward IRA
Promote, as lies PEDDLE
Protein-producing molecule RNA
Missing groom-to-be in 'The Hangover' DOUG
Old painting site CAVE
CONTEMPTIBLE CHARACTER CUR
ROOT ORIGIN
STUNNED INAWE
Prepare for horse racing SADDLEUP
SHARPEN HONE
Battery pack letters AAA
Brand with 'Scooping since 1928' on its cartons EDYS
Cultural interests ARTS
Crowded, noisy party RAGER
Direct courses BEELINES
Pride parade month, often JUNE
Tony winner Kelli OHARA
Stars may signify them RANKS
Org. that painted the phrase 'Black Lives Matter' on its courts in 2020 NBA
Destroyer sometimes used at sea TNT
Dance studio railing BARRE
Co-star of Sissy in 'The Long Walk Home' WHOOPI
Course surface SOD
Coricancha constructor INCA
Columns in cabins, maybe LOGS
Cherry ___ (tree) PLUM
'Children Power' musician ONO
Ceremony bestowal AWARD
Bulb-shaped fruit PEAR
Challenges presented by children DARES
Carol's time NOEL
Bird hunted by a dingo EMU
Body made of plasma SUN
BESTED OUTDID
'Bewitched' witch ENDORA
RECIPE PHRASE ALA
REPRESENT ACTAS
BUG RILE
*Empathetic comment IRE
*Confusing situations MASSES
*___ the system (exploited the rules) GED
*More bizarre ODER
*Inning before extra innings NTH
*Removing the wrong letters, say EASING
*Spurs GADS
___ Nakken, first woman to be a full-time coach in Major League Baseball history ALYSSA
'___ No Secret' (Kylie Minogue song) ITS
'Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom,' e.g BIOPIC
'Mario Is Missing!' hero LUIGI
One may wear a dastar SIKH
Like the author Francine Prose's surname APT
Outing on a sound, e.g BOATRIDE
Neverland hand SMEE
Non-public relations? LOVELIFE
Noisemaker in a jam HORN
Nickname in 1960s politics CHE
Musical subgenre of psychedelia ACIDROCK
Maxim Brewery's Double Maxim, e.g ALE
'Make it make ___' SENSE
Make a second offer REBID
Mathematical group SUBSET
Auto decoration DECAL
1500 THREEPM
NICKNAME IN 1950S POLITICS IKE
MOVE AWAY RECEDE
ORBITAL EXTREME APOGEE
NOT SUITABLE UNFIT