The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2020 12 20

crossword answers
Clue Answer
MORAL OBLIGATION DUTY
SECOND SOUND ECHO
'Young and Beautiful' singer ___ Del Rey LANA
200-meter race, e.g DASH
Bit of ThirdLove lingerie BRA
Boggy Louisiana area BAYOU
Carpentry item NAIL
CEO or CFO's degree, perhaps MBA
Chasers in a saloon? POSSE
Christmas ___ (seasonal drink from Great Lakes Brewing Co.) ALE
City where many Dutch monarchs were buried D{ELF}T
Coal transporter TRAM
Composer Thomas whose surname is an anagram of 94 Across ARNE
Contents of tables DATA
Decapod's leg count TEN
Dinosaur of Pixar films REX
Electronic dance music setting RAVE
Fabricator's product? LIE
Forgot-you-had-an-exam-today emotion TERROR
Moved on in one's life? AGED
Musical Garfunkel ART
Mystical sphere, maybe ORB
Oingo Boingo singer-songwriter Danny {ELF}MAN
Santa ___ (Christmas accessory) HAT
Sends high overhead LOBS
Bookcase section SH{ELF}
SURGERY SITES, BRIEFLY ORS
30 percent of X III
PLACES STEADS
*Spongy desserts ANG{ELF}OODCAKES
'The Book of ___' (Denzel Washington film) ELI
'A few weeks ___ ...' AGO
Software-testing phase BETA
*Auto executive for whom an infamous failed car was named EDS{ELF}ORD
Vessels for fried rice WOKS
Trailblazing stage actor Aldridge IRA
*Archipelago divided between Argentina and Chile whose name means 'Land of Fire' TIERRAD{ELF}UEGO
The S of ASL SIGN
Sunken treasure sites SEAS
Stuck at some boring job INARUT
Stereotypical outdoor spaces for frolicking FIELDS
Squalid shelter HOVEL
Spice used in some Christmas cookies GINGER
Sparkling crown TIARA
Song sung in pews HYMN
Service after a breakdown TOW
Frequent hiking site for Calvin and Hobbes WOODS
Grass-covered surface SOD
Green pool target SIXBALL
*'It will be our little secret' KEEPTHATTOYOURS{ELF}
Guevara seen in 'Evita' CHE
Has a deep desire (for) YEARNS
Informal complaints BEEFS
It sprouts from an acorn OAK
Letters you can't read SCRAWL
Like Santa's little helpers {ELF}IN
IMMINENT NEAR
Like tennis legend Margaret Court's last name APT
Lozenge, for a cough REMEDY
Manage, as exhibits CURATE
Meadow beast EWE
Medium's alleged skill ESP
Megaphone sound BLARE
Mesh under a trapeze NET
Minor opposite GROWNUP
Misstep, as on a wet floor SLIP
One a-leaping in a Christmas carol LORD
Ones a-milking in a Christmas carol MAIDS
Org. planning Take Your Family to School Week PTA
Parish officer who sounds like an insect BEADLE
Performer wearing geta GEISHA
Period divided into eras EON
Ready to graduate, say? ROBED
Really wretched ABJECT
Remove a curse word CENSOR
Ringing steeple section B{ELF}RY
Mix, as in a soup bowl STIR
Genre for many mystery films NOIR
Coppertop battery brand DURACELL
___ TUESDAY FAT
POET'S PALINDROME ERE
PORTION OF BUTTER PAT
Coat rack piece PEG
COMEDIAN COSTELLO LOU
EASYGOING LAX
___ WEDNESDAY ASH
CARTOONIST BIL KEANE
'Let's see ...' HMM
'Carpe ___!' DIEM
SMALL CORAL ISLAND CAY
ROMANIAN'S NEIGHBOR SERB
Business abbr INC
'Why' musician Yoko ONO
___ Rabbit (trickster in African American folklore) BRER
Theoretical evolutionary intermediates APEMEN
Greets cordially SAYSHI
Like sharp images on TV INHD
Oolong, e.g TEA
'That grosses me out!' ICK
'Mixed-ish' network ABC
MOST DEVIOUS SLYEST
UNION GENERAL GEORGE MEADE
Sees if one can TRIESTO
'Drop it!' LETGO
EDGE CUSP
FALSE NAME ALIAS
COMPLETELY ALL
SITE OF RODS AND CONES EYE
VENTILATE AIROUT
BRING LITIGATION AGAINST SUE
EXERCISE POWER GOVERN
___ Tomé and Príncipe SAO