The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2020 08 23

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