The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2021 05 30

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