The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2021 08 15

crossword answers
Clue Answer
'___ got your back' IVE
Aria performers DIVAS
Aware of, as a secret INON
Beginning of history? PRE
INSECT ON A BOX OF HONEY NUT CHEERIOS BEE
DOUBLE-REED WOODWIND OBOE
AIRPORT QUEUE VEHICLE TAXI
A cappella group voice TENOR
Bones' connection site JOINT
Co. founders, often CEOS
Create on-screen characters? TYPE
Crystalline collectible GEODE
Digits on an IRS form SSN
Cultural sites? (Florida Georgia Line) PETRIDISHES
Ex-MLB commish Bud SELIG
Crazy Horse and Red Cloud's people OGLALA
Female 94 Down DOE
Channel showing MVPs ESPN
Fragrant shrubs (Pink) MYRTLES
Certain campus partner SUITEMATE
Genre for Ma Rainey and Papa Charlie McCoy BLUES
Handle one may not want to be attached to EPITHET
Castilian conqueror ELCID
Abbr. on a street sign AVE
HINDER DETER
Anvil brand in cartoons ACME
Energy, or a drink JUICE
Diplomat Kofi ANNAN
Existed (Interpol) LIVED
Fields Medal field MATH
Gala at 8 p.m., say (Duran Duran) SOIREE
'Per my last email ...' ASISAID
Hollywood spectacles EPICS
Insurance giant's spokeslizard (Beyoncé) GEICOGECKO
'Hacksaw Ridge' actress Palmer TERESA
'Fun Home' has one ACT
Hair treatment RINSE
Hair treatment TINT
Hair treatment PERM
Intriguing piece of info TIDBIT
Italian salami variety (U2) GENOA
SOCCER FAN'S CHANT OLE
'Why, yes!' INDEEDIDO
LearnedLeague content TRIVIA
'The French Dispatch' director Anderson WES
Like some engineers NAVAL
'The African Queen' co-screenwriter James AGEE
Male 94 Down STAGS
'Platoon' war zone, briefly NAM
'Nature' channel PBS
Move like a crane SOAR
New ___ (music genre) AGE
Noise from a pigeon COO
'How could you ___?' TELL
Obvious (Ed Sheeran) EVIDENT
'Yes ___, Bob!' SIREE
Legal case's substance MERITS
Oregon neighbor, briefly CALI
Peter Gabriel's band, once GENESIS
Plane's landing hr ETA
Plants bearing grapes VINES
Like TV shows watched by night owls ONLATE
Ride or die, e.g NOUN
Many awards for Audra McDonald TONYS
Rocker King ELLE
Scan in which a patient may wear headphones MRI
Service period, often? SUNDAY
ILLUSTRIOUS NOTED
Spotted lanternfly, e.g PEST
BY ___ OF (DUE TO) DINT
Swimmers' competition MEET
Language spoken in Chiang Mai THAI
The band Phantogram, e.g DUO
Tool placed in a bucket MOP
THE NIGHT BEFORE EVE
Primary fight MAINEVENT
PRO VOTE YEA
PRECIPICE EDGE
MAKE A DECISION SELECT
___-IN-LAW SON
Ring-tailed creature COATI
IN NEED OF NOURISHMENT UNFED
SLEIGHT-OF-HAND SCAM MONTE
KAZAN OF FILM ELIA
Mixed martial artist Anderson ___ SILVA
Grossed out NAUSEATED
Film director DuVernay AVA
WOOL COAT FLEECE
ROWER'S PROPELLER OAR
Nutritionists' concerns DIETS
Occasion to geek out NERDFEST
Oceanography subject SEA
PENN STATION? DORM
Some deciduous trees ELMS
Vaccine research org NIH
Stuff on a Q-tip's tip COTTON
Viciously sarcastic SNIDE
Victory lap pace TROT
Warty pond swimmer TOAD
Tale in a tome, perhaps SAGA
REMAINS UNDECIDED PENDS
Wide receiver's org NFL
___ nodes LYMPH
RELIEVES (OF) RIDS
Spread, as seeds SOW
SINGER SANDS EVIE
NEVER, IN GERMAN NIE
SOME SORORITY LETTERS XIS
U.S. citizen-to-be's subj ESL
Vexed greatly ATEAT
What TSA agents check IDS
Way too drawn-out OVERLONG