The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2021 02 21

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Mercury and Mars, e.g POPSTARS
Mercury and Mars, e.g PLANETS
Hushed 'hey!' PSST
OOH AND ___ AAH
TOPPED BESTED
ENCOUNTERED MET
See 73 Across ALAMODE
VOICES SAYS
LESSEN IN SEVERITY EASE
'CONFOUND IT!' DRAT
BLEMISH MAR
EXPRESSION OF DOUBT IBET
Apt rhyme of 'jaw' MAW
Barrel ___ (aerial maneuver) ROLL
Baseball catcher, at times FAN
Breadmaker's output LOAF
Business patronized before a wedding, often SALON
Busy med. workplaces ERS
Comedian Richter ANDY
Design plans, briefly SPECS
Egg-frying vessel PAN
Fix, as a pet dog SPAY
Greta of 'Ninotchka' GARBO
Participated in a gazing contest STARED
Patent's basis IDEA
Peruse prose READ
Play date item TOY
Comparatively pint-size TEENIER
Rocky who fought 63 Across in 'Rocky' BALBOA
Settle from pressure SAG
Shrimp-catching tool NET
Small nest builder ANT
Collectors of badges SCOUTS
Automotive shaft AXLE
APOPLECTIC IRATE
EMULATE A KANGAROO LEAP
SPIKE, AS PUNCH LACE
DECLARE ASSUREDLY AVOW
APEX ACME
They're nonnegotiable NEEDS
Michelle, to Malia and Sasha MOM
ZILCH NADA
TEASED RAGGEDON
BEAMS OF LIGHT RAYS
H ETA
HELLA COOL ALLTHAT
SUGGEST POSIT
SUBJECT FOR JANE GOODALL PRIMATE
TERMINATED AXED
'Once and Again' actress Ward SELA
McShane of 'Deadwood' IAN
DECREASED IN INTENSITY ABATED
''Deed I Do' singer Lena HORNE
Gnawing critter RAT
MAJOR BIG
Instructional book category HOWTO
___ BEANS LIMA
SOME SAP PRODUCERS ELMS
BRACES (ONESELF) STEELS
Guy who's on deck SEAMAN
Had some brunch ATE
OUTER LIMITS EDGES
Broker's business REALTY
Breakfast treat baked by actor Fraser or Gleeson? BRENDANMUFFIN
Bale's makeup HAY
Baseball legend Pete went deep? ROSEHOMERED
Vortex seen while kayaking EDDY
Walk-walk connector THE
Weapon guided by a flight control system MISSILE
Avalanche's and Hurricanes' org NHL
___ Octavius, a.k.a. Doctor Octopus in Spider-Man comics OTTO
What a tanker carries OIL
What a doc performs EXAM
'Quit stalling!' DOIT
'Hard ___' ('Absolutely not') PASS
Attempts to tempt ENTICES
Returns policy? TAXCODE
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue office shape OVAL
Apollo who fought 53 Across in 'Rocky' CREED
Sinister smile SNEER
Hairy character originally performed by Felix Silla ITT
Hinged convenience for a bus rider DROPSEAT
Immediately, in a hospital STAT
Inaugural recitations OATHS
Informal term for a World War I-era metal helmet TINHAT
Inspecting visually EYING
Joint used in jostling ELBOW
Julianne of 'The Hours' MOORE
Lakefront property perk VIEW
Large cut of beef TBONE
Gives takes OPINES
Dangerous downloads MALWARE
Moving at breakneck speed RAPID
Nocturnal bird working from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m.? NIGHTSHIFTOWL
Opposite of posh SEEDY
Ore stores LODES
Oxygen administrator, for short EMT
Gospel of Mark dancer SALOME
'Dolemite Is My Name' hairstyle AFRO
Soup cracker surges? SALTINEWAVES
Stashed in a safe place HID
Striped cat when it's up on its hind legs? STANDINGTABBY
They're what you'd expect NORMS
'A Sunday Kind of Love' singer James ETTA
Vice President Harris KAMALA
___ tai bo vien (Vietnamese beef soup) PHO
'Invisible Cities' writer Calvino ITALO
'The Devil's Advocate' actor Keanu REEVES
Mellow, as a personality TYPEB
Minn. metropolis STPAUL
Some altimeter checkers COPILOTS
Some noblewomen RANIS