The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2021 12 26

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