The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2021 05 30

crossword answers
Clue Answer
'Chess' team, e.g.? CAST
'Fascinating' ISEE
'Friendly' prefix ECO
'Guys and Dolls' composer Frank LOESSER
'If Beale Street Could Talk' star KiKi LAYNE
'It's hopeless!' ICANT
'Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is: Never try' speaker on 'The Simpsons' HOMER
'Open Your Box' musician Yoko ONO
'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine' changeling ODO
'This film is not ___ rated' YET
'This Old House' carpenter Norm ABRAM
'Wanna bet?' reply? IPASS
'___ in Toyland' BABES
'___ to a Drum' (Yusef Komunyakaa poem) ODE
Crystal violet, e.g DYE
Decepticon in 'Transformers,' e.g ROBOT
Dragon's habitat LAIR
Emmy-winning Rivers JOAN
Most tenors MEN
Moves briskly like a Clydesdale TROTS
Not taking charge? FREE
On high alert VIGILANT
Palindromic pal BUB
Payment before getting a raise? ANTE
Post-makeover self-description NEWME
Potential flower girl at an aunt's wedding NIECE
EMMY-WINNING FALCO EDIE
MAGAZINE SUBSCRIBER READER
GRAVITATE (TOWARD) TEND
COMMON LUNCH HOUR NOON
___-FRY STIR
GAVE FALSE HOPE TO LEDON
DUDE FELLA
Sheet found in a door PANE
Bridal gown feature LACE
Cosmic snowball COMET
Cornea site EYE
Cold mass FLOE
Ceremonial pitcher EWER
Cardiovascular concern HEART
Brief, as a reply TERSE
Blimp's locale SKY
102 Across seller CAFE
Bird's perch in a city LEDGE
Beastly noises ROARS
Apt rhyme of 'conk' BONK
A matter of discourse TOPIC
1996 Broadway premiere RENT
Skipper's post HELM
SCRUFFS NAPES
BALTIMORE PRO ORIOLE
Shows trepidation TREMBLES
Ski ___ (group of mountainside rescue workers) PATROL
English form of 'ella' SHE
ET born in 1756 ALF
Expressed grief loudly WAILED
Filmmaker Sofia, Eleanor or Francis Ford COPPOLA
Former MLB boss Bud SELIG
Get one's ankles wet WADE
Single guys' dwellings BACHELORPADS
PET COLLAR ATTACHMENT IDTAG
Billion-year period EON
SLIP AWAY ELAPSE
K-12 support grp PTA
Dirty martini garnish GREENOLIVE
DENSELY PACKED CROWD THRONG
FAIRWAY CHOICE NINEIRON
See 81 Down POLICE
RADIO STUDIO SIGN ONAIR
TOOK PART IN A FEAST ATE
MASSIVE AMOUNT TON
COLLECTIVELY ASONE
MAKE MORE BEARABLE RELIEVE
___-State Area TRI
AREA OF AGREEMENT OVERLAP
ONLY SLIGHTLY ATAD
Hires employees of a rival company POACHES
Hoofed hybrids FAUNS
Human or beast, e.g BEING
Isolate on an atoll, say ENISLE
Knowledge of alchemy, say ARCANA
Lake by Eastlake, Ohio ERIE
Like Captain Marvel HEROIC
Like someone who's clapping back SASSY
Line at a crime scene CORDON
Mani-pedi venue SPA
Material melted to make glass SAND
1994 Van Damme film partially set in 2004 TIMECOP
Robert De Niro's role in 'Taxi Driver' TRAVISBICKLE
Photo-sharing website acquired by SmugMug in 2018 FLICKR
Openings for quarters COINSLOTS
'Sounds about right' GUESSSO
'Back so soon?' YOUAGAIN
'Ain't Misbehavin'' Tony winner Carter NELL
Heidi Gardner's sketch show, briefly SNL
Former wireless provider ALLTEL