The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2021 09 26

crossword answers
Clue Answer
DRIVE FORWARD IMPEL
FLUNG THREW
Box for a rock band AMP
Cats' fan, presumably VET
Cease, as a mission ABORT
Common shade of wooden planks TAN
'KAPOW!' BAM
Coral reef swimmer EEL
Date around? CIRCA
Days before festivals EVES
Dear, sir or madam, e.g NOUN
'Look ... a clue!' AHA
'Surely you ___' JEST
CAPITAL OF BULGARIA SOFIA
Concealed supply CACHE
Essence of a backhanded compliment INSULT
Excursions abroad, e.g TRIPS
Exercise ball contents AIR
Feeling before giving a speech, for many NERVES
Fictional agent Gold ARI
Cause to be upset VEX
Cat's hot surface, in a play title TINROOF
Fix, as figurative fences MEND
Furniture store choice SOFA
Grim and glum DOUR
Home of Mongolia and Myanmar ASIA
ANDROID TRANSMISSION TEXT
Card payments ANTES
50 percent of sei TRE
1,000-gram unit, briefly KILO
*'Frankenstein' line ranked as No. 49 on AFI's '100 Years ... 100 Movie Quotes' list ITSALIVEITSALIVE
'___ been expecting you' IVE
'The Age of Innocence' Oscar nominee Ryder WINONA
'That's right,' silently NOD
'Please have a ___' SEAT
Capital where OutKast and TLC were formed ATLANTA
Beginning of kindergarten? PRE
Defensive response to 'You're wrong' AMI
'Hannibal' network NBC
'Caribbean Blue' musician ENYA
'Can't be ___ careful' TOO
DOB-listing cards, often IDS
EGYPTIAN SERPENT ASP
Incandescent item, maybe BULB
Laborer whose interests are promoted by agrarianism PEASANT
Like many Halloween costume mustaches FAKE
Long-necked zoo creature OKAPI
Low no. for a Cy Young winner, typically ERA
Move down on snow SKI
Name spelled in midair? IDA
Needing time to heal ILL
Drawer in a bar? BEERTAP
One of two for a biped LEG
Oppositional opening ANTI
Osijek resident CROAT
Egyptian ruler, briefly CLEO
Fighting in a big way ATWAR
Phony account source LIAR
Pies, in a pie fight AMMO
Place where one may raise birds or herds FARM
Places to hear 'Clear!' ERS
Postponements issued by judges STAYS
Filled up, in a cafeteria ATE
Quick jogging pace TROT
Role for Rosamund Pike in 'Radioactive' CURIE
Publicly expresses an opinion SPEAKSUP
Sci-fi character whose name sounds like an ancient city TROI
See 93 Across ANN
Shoelace complication KNOT
Sound made before grabbing a tissue ACHOO
Spandex fiber brand LYCRA
Suck up, as water ABSORB
The Necronomicon of H.P. Lovecraft stories, e.g TOME
Tibetan Buddhist priests LAMAS
Toll road charge, e.g USERFEE
CONCILIATORY GESTURE SOP
GRANT PERMISSION TO LET
STOCK UP ON AMASS
TURKISH MONEY LIRA
WET SPOT POOL
SKILLED ADEPT
TURN DOWN NIX
SEE 26 DOWN CULPA
White-hot anger RAGE
MINOR AMOUNT TAD
REFRIGERATOR BRAND AMANA
MATCH POINT? RING
PERFORM EXCELLENTLY KICKBUTT
SOME CUTS OF BEEF LOINS
MUST REPAY OWE
Spherical seed PEA
___ pal (rhyming friend) GAL
Line of cars? STREET
Rest stop? CRYPT
Traditional ___ (savings plan) IRA
Tread carefully TIPTOE
Turn inedible ROT
Vertical part of a frame JAMB
Add, as a chef would STIRIN
'Let It Be' drummer STARR
'I've been saved!' MYHERO
'Hunger Games' rapper ___ Noir CHE
HOLDS OWNS
New Pornographers rocker Case NEKO
Parrots, like simians APES
Penn or Princeton, e.g IVY
Role honors EMMYS
Village, informally BURG
What a boxing referee may count to TEN
What shouting 'Bananas!' in Bananagrams means IWON
Winged nocturnal animal OWL
Winged nocturnal animal BAT
X-ray inspection org TSA
___ Deportes (Spanish-language sports channel) ESPN