The Washington Post Sunday 2021 12 26 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
Abbr. on office mail	STE
*1979 film whose final line is a quotation from 'Heart of Darkness'	APOCALYPSENOW
*'Doesn't affect me'	ITSNOSWEATOFFMYBACK
'Zing!'	HIYO
'Who wants to take a crack at it?'	ANYBODY
ATLAS BOX	INSET
'We ___ a miracle!'	NEED
Band around a joint	ANKLET
Band or toy preceder	BOY
C feature	CURVE
Chem class charges	LABFEES
Closefitting head cover	DURAG
Crime drama genre	NOIR
Cute source of pants?	DOG
Dodgeball balls, essentially	AMMO
Eagle ___ (source of nest broadcasts)	CAM
Far from terse	WORDY
Delegate from Can. or Mex., e.g., who assembles in NYC	UNREP
Feature of rotten eggs	ODOR
Christmas feast, e.g	REPAST
Figure skater Brian who performed in 'Carmen on Ice'	ORSER
Flavor enhancer inits	MSG
Form of sunscreen	GEL
Former Firebird maker	PONTIAC
Gave, as a hand	LENT
Get into a pizza, say	BITE
Glazed Christmas dish, perhaps	HAM
'Things ___ looking up!'	ARE
'The Café-Concert' painter, 1879	MANET
'Sun's out, guns out' muscles	BICEPS
'I'll be home for Christmas / If ___ in my dreams'	ONLY
'I Want to Come Home for Christmas' singer Gaye	MARVIN
'Citizen Kane' locale	XANADU
'Archer' voice actress Judy	GREER
ATTACH	ADJOIN
COMPLETELY ABSORBED	ENRAPT
AVOID	EVADE
Bistro reading	MENU
'We did it!'	YEAH
'Home ___'	ALONE
'Wintersong' musician McLachlan	SARAH
Greek series finale?	OMEGA
Adjusts, as shoelaces	RETIES
Having a cold, say	ILL
ALLSTATE COMPETITOR	AFLAC
Held for questioning	DETAINED
Homering Sammy	SOSA
How bills may be paid	INCASH
Idiomatically reinvented device	WHEEL
Inaugural statements	OATHS
Like blizzards, in part	WINDY
Lines of celebration	ODE
Links starting point	TEE
Farmer's site, in a song	DELL
Lupino of 'Devotion'	IDA
Make a sincere appeal	PLEAD
Maker of 4K Ultra HD TVs	RCA
Many ousted leaders	EXILES
Emulated crows	CAWED
Molly of an Irish folk song	MALONE
Move like Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	SPRINT
National Film Award winner Kapoor	RAJ
Discreet email initials	BCC
Not as easily solved	HARDER
Number two?	DUO
OkCupid users' activity	DATING
Fiddles' kin	VIOLAS
Ornamental lace mat	DOILY
CONSIDERED TO BE	SEENAS
Power-ful scientist?	WATT
Protozoan on a slide	AMOEBA
FALSE FRONTS	GUISES
NOT JOKING	SERIOUS
DOWNCAST	SAD
BOLT	SKEDADDLE
BE ABUNDANT	TEEM
How some bread tastes	YEASTY
Common Christmas ornament	ORB
Faked out, in hockey	DEKED
GO SWIFTLY	SPEED
___ PRESSURE	PEER
MAKE TRACKS	HURRY
MINIMAL AMOUNT	LEAST
Gold medal-winning runner Sebastian	COE
PARTS OF FEET	TOES
WORK PERIOD	STINT
___ GRASS	OAT
Greek symbol of density	RHO
HUSTLE	RUSH
JEWELRY FASTENER	CLASP
Repeated bit of music	LOOP
Hearing order	ALLRISE
Roller coaster track	RAIL
See 118 Across	LEE
Serpents on pharaohs' headdresses	ASPS
Shelters securely	ENSCONCES
Silken net	WEB
Small unit of vol	TSP
Sonic, e.g	HEDGEHOG
Membranous structure attached to an embryo	YOLKSAC
Star pitcher's low no	ERA
Storied gift wrapper	ELF
Summer Games blade	EPEE
Supervised reentry into society	PAROLE
Swamp hopper	TOAD
Synonym of 7 Across	ARC
Two, in poker	DEUCE
Unfair preference, maybe	BIAS
Neat assortments	ARRAYS
Wassailing drink	ALE
Wet floor cleaner	MOP
What many apps run on	IOS
Wicked spirit	FIEND
Willie of Giants fame	MAYS
Winged ___ (tree)	ELM
Winter wraps	SHAWLS
One checking text messages?	EDITOR
Patronize, as for lunch	DINEAT
Reference showing local attractions	AREAMAP
POLI ___	SCI
PUPPETEER BAIRD	BIL
Little, informally	ITSY
Uses falsetto, in a way	YODELS
River vortexes	EDDIES
Standing by, as a doctor	ONCALL
World records, e.g	BESTS

Abbr. on office mail

STE

*1979 film whose final line is a quotation from 'Heart of Darkness'

APOCALYPSENOW

*'Doesn't affect me'

ITSNOSWEATOFFMYBACK

'Zing!'

HIYO

'Who wants to take a crack at it?'

ANYBODY

ATLAS BOX

INSET