The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2020 10 25

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Battler of Hercules ARES
Beer store selection CASE
Brooding animal HEN
Bus. head CEO
African setting of Brian Littlefair's novel 'Desert Burial' MALI
Comparatively crowded DENSER
Common crafting material PAPER
Creeper in a garden SLUG
Demonstrate delight EXULT
CA/ND/ID picture USMAP
KitchenAid product STOVE
:, on a test ISTO
It began for tennis players in 1968 OPENERA
Satan's quality EVI{LN}ESS
Comedian who hosts his own show on Adult Swim ZOMBIEANDRE
Savannah herbivore ELAND
Seek forgiveness (for) A{TO}NE
Sent to one's account EMAILED
Site of Japan's Triangle Park, which hosts an annual Halloween party OSAKA
SoCal pro LARAM
Light and snarky form of applause GOL{FC}LAP
Stereotypical cosplayer GEEK
Bomb, or a word before 'bomb' S{TI}NK
Bollywood music pieces RAGAS
Black wind, often OBOE
Hook's source of terror, briefly CROC
TINY TERROR IMP
CREATE MAKE
LOUNGE LOLL
NERVE FIBER AXON
America's national mammal since 2016 {BI}SON
Hideous-sounding fruit UGLI
Halloween period FALL
Halloween party snack CHIPS
Countess, e.g NOBLE
Food order phrase TOGO
Devilish action SIN
Firm message? MEMO
Feature of some scary roller coasters LOOP
Feature of many a purported ghost photo BLUR
Energizing (transformation in 108 Across) INV{BI}{IG}{TO}{ER}ATING
Dread-and-wonder feeling AWE
Dracula, to Van Helsing FOE
Horror legend Lugosi {BE}LA
UNADON FISH EEL
ABOMINATE DETEST
Running scientific subjects LABRATS
Tint of some prints of 'Nosferatu' SEPIA
TT car manufacturer AUDI
'09 World Series champs YANKS
'¡Fantástico!' OLE
'Horror of Dracula' star Christopher LEE
'Long' numbers, maybe ODDS
'Monsters vs. Aliens' voice actress Zellweger RENEE
'Phantom Lady' actress Raines ELLA
'Quit slouching!' SITUP
'Strange Things Happening' singer James ETTA
'The Black Knight' composer ELGAR
Satisfy, as criteria MEET
Spirit ___ (adhesive used for affixing wigs) GUM
'The Rite of Spring' composer VAMPIRESTRAVINSKY
'___ Blood' (TV show) TRUE
'___ Craven's New Nightmare' (1994 film) WES
Like many ghost stories ORAL
Like many low-budget horror films INDIE
Like some pressure (transformation in 68 Down) ATMOSPH{BE}{IR}{TI}{EC}
Little head? LAV
Look while in a trance STARE
Maligning moniker EPITHET
Stop working for a time TAKETEN
Means of spooking somebody on Halloween PRANK
Memorable one-word line uttered by Catwoman in 'Batman Returns' MEOW
Non-ovine flock's cry AMEN
Not merely crave NEED
Subject for a sexologist KINK
Peak position? RANGE
Processed rock ORE
Promote, as suspicion SOW
Pugsley and Wednesday, e.g SIBS
Rejoin a sports league after leaving it, say U{NR}ETIRE
Rooney of 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' MARA
Rosticciana meat PORK
Vehicles seen in 'Godzilla' TANKS
SEE 43 ACROSS ACID
COT SPOT BASE
FRICTION REDUCER LUBE
STARTING POINT OR{IG}IN
WHIMPER MEWL
DIRECT (TO) REFER
UPGRADE IMPROVE
SORT OF ABIT
BEING DRAGGED ALONG INTOW
TRAGIC FIGURE OF A SOPHOCLES PLAY {OE}DIPUS
SCHEDULE SPACE SLOT
See 31 Across GIVER
PRIEST'S ROBE ALB
GHOST TOWN POPULATION NOONE
CHANGE, AS BOUNDARIES REZONE
WIELD A CROWBAR PRY
TURKMENISTAN NEIGHBOR {IR}AN
RESPONDED IN COURT PLED
CURSED SWORE
Wax art class item CRAYON
Wild West persona LON{ER}
Genre of deadmau5's song 'Ghosts 'n' Stuff' ELECTRO
Zrenjanin resident SERB
Himalayan load bearers YAKS
Hairstyle lasting a while PERM
They've been close for a long time OLDPALS
'The Haunting of Sarah Hardy' actress Ward SELA
Many Musée d'Orsay works RENOIRS
Oh Henry! candy bar ingredient NUT
Word before Lingus AER
'Assuming I'm right ...' IFSO
'The Dead Don't Die' actress Gomez SELENA
DISINFECTANT BRAND LYS{OL}
FALKIRK FOLKS SCOTS
IDENTIFY INCORRECTLY MIS{LA}BEL
CHICKEN ___ KIEV
DURATION SPAN