The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2021 09 26

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