The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2021 06 06

crossword answers
Clue Answer
'Straight up ...' REALTALK
'The Tempest' spirit ARIEL
'The ___ Holmes Mysteries' (series of detective novels by Nancy Springer) ENOLA
'Who's next?' reply from whoever is next IAM
*Got somewhere during a task MADEPRO{GRE}SS
*Gymnastics surfaces TUMBLIN{GMAT}S
*Moon, e.g NATURA{LSAT}ELLITE
*Native American talismans suspended over cradles and beds DREA{MCAT}CHERS
*Semis TR{ACT}ORTRAILERS
Acquiesce (to) ASSENT
Actress Issa, and a homophone of 39 Down RAE
Astatine, e.g HALOGEN
Band whose name is a potential answer to its song title 'Why Can't We Be Friends?' WAR
Bedeviled PESTERED
Big part of a big personality's personality, perhaps EGO
Bit of company attire? TUTU
Brief bit of brightness GLINT
Buildup from pressure STRESS
Burn, at a barbecue CHAR
Bust figure, informally NARCO
Capital near Paradise Island NASSAU
Cardinal numbers? STATS
Civic's test developer? HONDA
Company seeking hits LABEL
Debate presentations IDEAS
Delivery from a herald MESSAGE
Did some interrogating ASKED
Disappeared gradually DIEDAWAY
Disconfirm DENY
Disney Junior's royal detective MIRA
Distort, as polling data SKEW
Earlier, in a sonnet ERENOW
End up behind LOSE
European site of a contemporary music festival called Ultima OSLO
Exfoliating spa offering PEEL
Export from Bordeaux CLARET
Express scorn visually SNEER
Feeling after a series of unfortunate events, often RE{GRE}T
Focus of a newspaper's culture beat THEARTS
Hairy hollow, perhaps ARMPIT
Hard to figure out, like some puzzles ENI{GMAT}IC
Hot body STAR
Husked grain OAT
REACH ATTAIN
WRITTEN COMMUNICATION MISSIVE
PATRONIZES, AS A HOTEL STAYSAT
VOCAL OUTSPOKEN
SPLIT UP APART
MINERAL SOURCES ORES
SCRUB ABORT
PERCEPTIBLE BY TOUCH T{ACT}ILE
WATCHED EYED
Join privately? ENLIST
Lansbury of 'Bedknobs and Broomsticks' ANGELA
Large, hairy beast YAK
Large, hairy beast APE
Letters on some Duracell packs AAA
Like an online 90 Down EMAILED
Like medals and prizes AWARDED
Like some writing devices IRONIC
Lily pad visitor FROG
Load-bearing creatures OXEN
Mag discussing CEOs INC
Magical D&D foe HAG
March Madness locale ARENA
Marsupial hunted by a Tasmanian devil WOMBAT
Mohawk Island's lake ERIE
Most alert READIEST
Not amateurish ADEPT
Ocean snapper? LOBSTER
One watching a race VOTER
Ottawa-born crooner ANKA
Particles generated from heterolytic fission IONS
Pledge to an officiant IDO
Ran, as in a laundromat BLED
Reflected line in optics RAY
Roll-call refusal NAY
Round rim surrounder TIRE
Semiaquatic creature SEAL
Sharp-ended fastener NAIL
Some govt. issuances IDS
Superlatively snarky SNIDEST
Take a closer look in a book, say PARSE
Tank's contents AIR
TERRA ___ FIRMA
STERN REBUKE EARFUL
Honeydew, e.g MELON
Circled by AMID
HAVE ACHES AND PAINS AIL
BONUS PLUS
HDTV BRAND RCA
FILL TO CAPACITY SATE
DEMAND NEED
BIG PICTURE POSTER
1997 Mattel acquisition TYCO
'Borders' singer MIA
'Birdman' actress Riseborough ANDREA
SOME DISTILLERY PRODUCTS GINS
MOUNTAIN EVERGREEN FIR
SHIRK WORK LAZE
___ FORCES ENEMY
Political mover? EMIGRE
Nautical weapon SEAMINE
Tank's contents OIL
Temporary plunge DIP
Tennis pro Vesnina ELENA
The Bard's kerfuffle ADO
Things one can check on Eventbrite RSVPS
Traps, as in a web ENMESHES
Use flawed reasoning, say ERR
Verification of a businessman's statements? AUDIT
Word before your words EAT
Z as in Zografou ZETA
___ hygiene (dental concern) ORAL
___ Yuanzi, activist during China's Cultural Revolution NIE