The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2020 12 13

crossword answers
Clue Answer
BIT OF ROLLER DERBY GEAR KNEEPAD
INFLICTS UPON DOESTO
Subterfuge ARTIFICE
HUNG AROUND REMAINED
TAKEN ___ (CAUGHT UNAWARES) ABACK
Requiring great effort ARDUOUS
Jennifer Jason Leigh's character in 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High' STACY
Lions and tigers and bears (oh my!) APEXPREDATORS
Major venue? COLLEGE
Maker of Phocus bikes SCHWINN
Male friend, informally BRAH
Micro Machines model TOYCAR
It may be graded on a curve EXAM
More likely to sulk MOODIER
Nicknamed, initially AKA
Off weeks for NFL teams BYES
Opening shot? TAKEONE
Ornamental garden vessels URNS
CNN anchor Anderson COOPER
Confidence shown by a champion, say SWAGGER
Crankshaft's place ENGINE
Defunct Swedish auto company SAAB
Dirt spread in tabloids RUMORS
Displayed in a neat and orderly way ARRAYED
Event in 'The Queen's Gambit' CHESSTOURNAMENT
Expelled, as lava SPEWED
Experience complications HITASNAG
Expresses reproach TUTTUTS
Fellowship payments STIPENDS
Filling in between lasagna layers SAUCE
Footwear often seen at a luau SANDALS
Friar's residence ABBEY
Gamers' images AVATARS
Has a lightbulb moment GETSANIDEA
Home clearance event ESTATESALE
Influence emotionally TOUCH
Insurance giant whose name is derived from 109 Down AETNA
Nesting singer WREN
Palindromic hallucinogen PCP
Play by Lucy Prebble about a company involved in a 2001 bankruptcy scandal ENRON
Promotions you receive just from watching TV ADS
Quality of a rainy day WETNESS
Risk groups? TROOPS
Rollover ___ (savings plan) IRA
Safari chargers RHINOS
School group at an aquarium? FISH
Serving on a cone SCOOP
Sheer wear, at times HOSIERY
Skill at avoiding an offensive line? TACT
Souvenirs from playing beach volleyball, perhaps SUNTANS
Spinner in a centrifuge ROTOR
Writer's pointless ending? ERASER
CHILDISH RETORT IKNOWYOUAREBUTWHATAMI
CAMPFIRE REMNANTS ASHES
STOPWATCH BUTTON RESET
SOLD (FOR) RETAILED
'You betcha' YEP
TYPE OF PEAR BARTLETT
Intense cravings YENS
Avoid getting involved SITBY
CROOKED BENT
MOVING ABOUT ASTIR
SAUNTER (ALONG) MOSEY
DISCONTINUE CEASE
TURNS IN SUBMITS
___ AND FLOW EBB
GLASSES, INFORMALLY SPECS
DOESN'T STAY GOES
SPREAD AROUND STREW
Scornful sounds SNORTS
WELL-KNOWN NOTED
Type of porch VERANDA
___ National Park (attraction in Sicily) ETNA
___ New Guinea (island nation) PAPUA
#___ (aspirational hashtag) GOALS
'Cheers' actor George WENDT
'Fail Safe' director Sidney LUMET
'NFL Live' host Rutledge LAURA
'Nice job, son!' ATTABOY
B as in Battleship? ROW
Causes to jump, as in a haunted house STARTLES
Clydesdales' enclosures STABLES
Strips for saxophonists REEDS
Surface for planks YOGAMAT
The first O of YOLO ONLY
Theoretical primates APEMEN
They're where dreams are made, usually BEDS
Try not to be noticed LIELOW
Upgrade one's account, say? EDIT
Village People classic whose title is spelled out by arm movements YMCA
___ and aahs (expresses awe) OOHS