The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2021 02 14

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Biz leader CEO
Aid for John Bates on 'Downton Abbey' CANE
Checked, as financial figures AUDITED
Cheese-shredding item GRATER
Clearly comprehensible LUCID
Certain wedding guest AUNT
'¡Excelente!' OLE
*'(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear' singer Presley ELVIS
*'All of Me' singer John LEGEND
*'Rock Your Body' singer Timberlake JUSTIN
*Allen's comedy partner Burns GEORGE
*Biel of 'Valentine's Day' JESSICA
*Jennifer who sang 'Amor, Amor, Amor' LOPEZ
*Manchester United great Beckham DAVID
*Singer Beckham nicknamed Posh Spice VICTORIA
1,000-page book, e.g TOME
116 Across's inspiration MUSE
*Burns's comedy partner Allen GRACIE
'___ Land' (romantic 2016 film) LALA
Admiral's group NAVY
Designed plays, say COACHED
Divided fairly PRORATED
Driver's mishap SPINOUT
Beatty of 'Prelude to a Kiss' NED
Davis of 'The Long Kiss Goodnight' GEENA
Alpo or Whiskas eater PET
Air quality index concern SMOG
'Mi ___ es su ___' CASA
SHIPPING CHANNEL SEALANE
COMPOSER STRAVINSKY IGOR
Emit, as hormones SECRETE
One sharing a stage kiss ACTOR
Opportunities to shine at rock concerts SOLOS
Org. supporting Reading Is Fundamental programs PTA
Craft in hangars JETS
Clap for, say CHEERON
Programmed to, as volume SETAT
Reasons for feeling blue WOES
Review articles, e.g EDIT
Romantic poem, maybe ODE
Romantic-era pianist Schumann CLARA
Scholarship recipient, e.g GRANTEE
Sean Connery's role in 'Zardoz' ZED
Sevastopol's region CRIMEA
Sketch comedy bit GAG
'Finders keepers, ___ weepers' LOSERS
'You ___ So Beautiful' (Joe Cocker song) ARE
Emulate a defensive bee STING
English or Spanish, e.g CLASS
Flying Post WILEY
Fortuneteller's initials ESP
French culinary specification AUJUS
From Riyadh, say SAUDI
NOT LEVEL OBLIQUE
TRIPS UP? ASCENTS
KIDNEY-RELATED RENAL
Gate of All Nations nation IRAN
Gated passage in a dam SLUICE
Goes from 1 to 2, say AGES
Groups taking bows CASTS
Having romantic notions IDEALISTIC
In a pessimistic way GLOOMILY
Bon ___ (quip) MOT
Becomes twisted out of shape, as lumber WARPS
Like computer language CODED
Margaret's husband in 'Addams Family Values' ITT
Material from which reactive metals are extracted during electrolysis ORE
Maximally challenging HARDEST
Nick at ___ (programming block on Nickelodeon) NITE
42 Down's org MLB
*Three-time AL MVP Alex RODRIGUEZ
Squalid abode RATHOLE
Steamy spaces SAUNAS
Superheroes' wraps CAPES
Sweetie ___ PIE
Teacher's task LESSON
Tended to, as flowers WATERED
Touchdown hrs ETAS
*Model Chrissy who co-hosts 'Lip Sync Battle' TEIGEN
What a mask may cover CHIN
Word heard during a sermon LORD
___ regression (form of statistical analysis) LOGISTIC
MIMICKED APED
ESSENTIAL INHERENT
Enlarge, as a home ADDONTO
CATCH NAB
'THERE IT IS!' AHA
LIKE SOME FAVORITES ODDSON
PRINCIPAL ARCH
CRACK, SO TO SPEAK DECRYPT
EXTENSIVELY ATLENGTH
CONCLUSION END
BON ___ (CLEANSER BRAND) AMI
8-foot-2 friend of Elmo BIGBIRD
Be strongly and wholeheartedly felt RUNDEEP
Pliers place TOOLCHEST
Professes to be true AVERS
Sought-after creatures in 'Abominable' YETIS
Like a mustang EQUINE
Like a president who wasn't reelected ONETERM
Univ. applicant's test GRE
Smoke-filled room? CIGARSTORE
Taxing org IRS
Swimmer Mark SPITZ
MASKING ___ TAPE
KEYBOARD SHORTCUT MACRO
TIDY NEAT
SETTLES DOWN COOLSIT
Familial nickname SIS
EXILED SENTAWAY
Hired enforcer GOON
PUBLIC ENTERTAINER ARTISTE
HAVING GREAT POWER MIGHTY
COMPETE (FOR) VIE
'... ___ any drop to drink' NOR
REST AREA? MUSIC