The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2021 12 05

crossword answers
Clue Answer
'Star Trek Beyond' director Justin LIN
MANY MILES OFF AFAR
FEMALE ZEBRA MARE
GINORMOUS AMOUNT TON
FISH EGGS ROE
CONNECTING POINT NODE
HILARIOUS SORTS RIOTS
INITIAL STEP ATOB
CAUSE FOR CRAMMING TEST
Brand of salsa and taco meal kits ORTEGA
Cause great surprise STUN
Creator of visual advertising content GRAPHICDESIGNER
Dec. hrs. in D.C EST
Demi Moore, ___ Guynes NEE
Demonstrate moxie DARE
Distracting background noise DIN
Emulates an archer AIMS
Factors to be considered, in a case MERITS
Fly a fighter jet AVIATE
Four-time Oscar-nominated actress Moorehead AGNES
Genre for Alexisonfire EMO
George H.W. Bush's chief of staff John SUNUNU
Get into again REENTER
Got some brunch ATE
Half of IT, briefly INFO
Handled bar SOAP
Harvester brand DEERE
Hold ___ (cherish) DEAR
Kagan who was dean of Harvard Law ELENA
La città con il Colosseo ROMA
Left Opposition leader Trotsky LEON
Light dressing specification NOOIL
Like certain wolves LONE
Lost firmness SAGGED
Minor demons IMPS
Mobile program writer APPDEVELOPER
___ VERSA VICE
TRACK COMPETITION MEET
TRACK NUMBERS ODDS
___ A ONE (NOBODY) NARY
START BEGIN
Business org CORP
Big tree climber APE
Become genetically altered MUTATE
Artisan who may repair a Stradivarius VIOLINMAKER
Area often shaved by a barber NAPE
Apt to be persuaded PLIABLE
Alley-___ ('NBA Jam' play) OOP
Abundant in plant life LUSH
'Victoria & Abdul' actor Fazal ALI
'That's nice to hear!' IMGLAD
'Spun' yarns TALES
'ng' sounds, e.g NASALS
'Millionaire ___' ('The Jetsons' episode) ASTRO
'July' singer ___ Cyrus NOAH
'Icicles,' on a Christmas tree TINSEL
'Family Affair' singer ___ J. Blige MARY
'Der Hölle Rache' from 'The Magic Flute,' e.g ARIA
'Blueberries for ___' (children's book) SAL
SPLINTER GROUP SECT
Subtle variation NUANCE
SINGLE PART OF A WHOLE UNIT
SOAKS (UP) SOPS
See 120 Down SKATES
Mononymous 'Chimera' musician HANA
Muscat Daily readers OMANIS
Not be precisely vertical LEAN
One is equivalent to about 0.028 kilograms OUNCE
One who might rob vaqueros in a western BANDITO
One-named comedian on 'Good Girls' RETTA
Packing more punch STRONGER
Phishing trap? EMAILSCAM
Pinterest poster, e.g USER
Plotting party CABAL
Poetry book section VERSE
Pour choice? EWER
Prudish one's concern SMUT
Reaper's descriptor GRIM
Roger who co-hosted 'Sneak Previews' EBERT
Rudd named Sexiest Man Alive by People magazine in 2021 PAUL
Salt Lake City residents UTAHNS
Second-in-command under Lyndon HUBERT
Setting of Rainbow Rowell's novel 'Eleanor & Park' OMAHA
Settings for IVs ERS
Shipmate of Data TROI
Short slumber SIESTA
Short slumber NAP
Shown to many AIRED
Sound during milking MOO
Spanish 'good' BUENO
Sports team supporter, of a sort SPONSOR
Starting point for 127 Across TEE
Striped aquatic predator TIGERSHARK
Sum of production TOTALCOST
Target audience for HBO shows ADULTS
Teller's supervisor BANKMANAGER
Temple statue, e.g IDOL
Three of clubs? TRIO
TV writer Mike who co-created 'The Critic' REISS
U.S. senators, e.g VIPS
Vague, large amount OODLES
Video game where you wield an ax and slay? GUITARHERO
Watch party? SENTRY
What a topiarist may clip SHRUB
Word after special, black or photo OPS
Words you just heard ECHO
___ beef (Japanese meat) KOBE
___-surrealism (artistic genre) AFRO