The Washington Post Sunday 2020 09 27 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
Note-taking implement	PEN
1973 National Women's Hall of Fame inductee Keller	HELEN
Overbite correctors	BRACES
BENT OUT OF SHAPE	CROOKED
Liquid bead source	PORE
MAIN MODE OF TRAVEL?	CRUISE
Boas and such	NECKWEAR
Enclosure for shark divers	CAGE
VARIETIES	ILKS
Guys carrying clubs	BATBOYS
Emulate pirates	MARAUD
Handle on an app	USERID
With 119 Across, divisions in a chorus, and a description of how a choral section has been divided across black squares in five rows in this puzzle	VOICE
Note-taking implements	PADS
Like many adopted pets	RESCUED
Pin count	TEN
WEARYING ROUTINE	RUT
Gandhi who serves as the president of the Indian National Congress	SONIA
'It Takes Two' twins	OLSENS
What 5 might signify	MAY
Piano mover, at times?	VAN
Lasik surgery targets	EYES
Decline, in influence	WANE
Warn, as on the road	HONKAT
Spreadshirt products	TEES
Nuclear reactor items	RODS
Basilica table	ALTAR
Longtime 'liberal lion' of the Senate	TEDKENNEDY
'You've Got Mail' director	NORAEPHRON
Notice about a snow day cancellation, e.g	ALERT
Heir space?	ESTATE
Pursued a seat	RAN
Slight trace of color	TINGE
With 8 Down, moisturizer substance	ALOE
Like azaleas, to cats and dogs	TOXIC
SUBSEQUENTLY	THEN
BUSTLE	HOOPLA
Steel fixture at a skate park	RAIL
'___ ___ Baby' (hit for Vanilla ___)	ICE
Not just like	ADORE
'CITIZEN ___'	KANE
Safe, as crackers	EDIBLE
Fate for some granted political asylum	EXILE
Smoked bagel topper	LOX
Something read by a fortuneteller	TEALEAF
Ancient nomadic warrior	HUN
BENEFICIAL QUALITY	ASSET
Calorie, e.g	UNIT
VERY	OHSO
VERY	TOO
'Why not ___?'	BOTH
Hydrologist's subject	SEA
Org. administering the GRE	ETS
Protagonist of 'The Last of Us' video games	ELLIE
Taqueria tortilla	TOSTADA
Tapped, so to speak	CHOSE
Key hit when starting a new paragraph	ENTER
One of two in the U.N.?	DOT
Cosmetics brand acquired by Natura &Co in 2020	AVON
Met unexpectedly, with 'upon'	CHANCED
JUST BARELY	ATAD
How some cinematic sword fights are fought	TOTHEDEATH
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE	EDGE
'Later,' in Le Havre	ADIEU
Apple's G5 desktop, e.g	IMAC
Atoms that have an unequal number of protons and electrons	IONS
CONTRIBUTE	ADDIN
___-out (poor excuse)	COP
Necromancer's haunt	CRYPT
It shelters in a shell	HERMITCRAB
Cardinals legend Brock	LOU
Explosion from the surface of a white dwarf	NOVA
Gained financially	PROFITED
State where Marilynne Robinson's book 'Gilead' is set	IOWA
Seek treasure, in a way	DIG
Black ___ (hip-hop duo featuring string instruments)	VIOLIN
Work of art?	COMIC
Box full of breakers	PANEL
Enjoying REM, say	ASLEEP
Garam ___ (Indian spice blend)	MASALA
Opened a smidge	AJAR
Routine component	BIT
Streaming annoyances	ADS
EASILY IRRITATED	PRICKLY
NL West pro	PADRE
SOLEMN DECLARATION	VOW
Admirer's exclamation	OOH
Tartan garments	KILTS
'Battlestar Galactica' actress Helfer	TRICIA
'Help me,' e.g	PLEA
Lisa Kudrow and Meryl Streep's alma mater	VASSAR
On a horse, in a way	ASTRIDE
Chrysanthemum containers	VASES
LINK UP WITH	TIETO
Arcade machine insert	TOKEN
Toss, as a water balloon	LOB
Smoothie seller	JUICEBAR
WORK OVER	REDO
Flaky mineral that's an anagram of 15 Down	MICA
Some supplies used in body painting	DYES
Metaphor for initial romantic chemistry	SPARK
Potential results of rap battles?	DISSTRACKS
'Stormy Weather' singer Waters	ETHEL
Propelled, as a pigskin	THREW
Tips of missiles	NOSECONES
'Married ... With Children' and 'Sons of Anarchy' co-star	KATEYSAGAL
GOOD TO GO	AOK
100 percent accurate	EXACT
Old-school yet trendy	RETRO
Explorer Hendrickson for whom the Field Museum's Tyrannosaurus rex is named	SUE
'___ diem!'	CARPE
SURROUND	HEMIN
Home of the French aquarium Océanopolis	BREST
SEE 117 ACROSS	PARTS
One-year contract, maybe	LEASE
Cable giant offering Xfinity packages	COMCAST
ELLIPSOIDAL	OVAL
___ SMEAR	PAP
BOATLOADS	TONS
'___ to the Thief' (2003 Radiohead album)	HAIL
'Inconceivable!'	CANTBE
Due-in hrs	ETAS
Business card abbr	TEL
INFOMERCIAL PHRASE	ASSEENONTV
SHOWERS	RAINS
SEE 19 ACROSS	VERA
Bio section of a newspaper	OBITPAGE
Massage parlor option	OILRUB
Recipients of fan mail	IDOLS
Parliament's lavatory	LOO
Address for a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle	DUDE
Shape whose number of sides is equal to this answer's clue number	HEPTAGON
WILD GATHERING	ORGY
Offering from Santa	TOY
Sugar apple, by another name	SWEETSOP
Food, water, etc	NEEDS
BROWNISH PEAR	BOSC
Willow family quaker	ASPEN
Jazz singer Cassidy	EVA
MEANINGLESS	INANE
Starling's structure	NEST
Brand of dressings and marinades	KENS
___ Hirobumi, first prime minister of Japan	ITO
Next-in-command after the ship's first officer	SECONDMATE
'Crazy Rich Asians' director Jon M. ___	CHU