The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2020 12 13

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