The Washington Post Tuesday - Crossword Answers | 2020 09 29

crossword answers
Clue Answer
TOLKIEN CREATURE ENT
BUDDIES PALS
2,000 POUNDS TON
LIP SOOTHER BALM
GARLIC UNIT CLOVE
BUSTLE ADO
TNT COMPONENT NITRO
FERN LEAF FROND
HULA OR HORA DANCE
DOWN UNDER GEM OPAL
GOOD FOR NOTHING MERITLESS
LIKE BREAD DOUGH YEASTY
DYE TYPE AZO
PANTS PART SEAT
GARBAGE CAN EMANATION ODOR
BOND CREATOR FLEMING IAN
SMALL BILLS ONES
SLIP UP ERR
OPTIMISM HOPE
PERFECT IDEAL
LESS COMMON RARER
Danish birthplace of Hans Christian Andersen ODENSE
MEADOW SOUND MOO
WIDE SHOE SIZES EES
LOP OFF SEVER
DEMOLISH RAZE
SCHEDULED TO LAND DUEIN
__ CODE AREA
GEORGE ORWELL'S ALMA MATER ETON
TAKE CARE OF SEETO
OPPOSITE OF NNW SSE
PANACHE ECLAT
SHABBY TATTY
PIE CRUST FAT LARD
BLACK OR CASPIAN SEA
EGGY CAKES TORTES
MISHMASH OLIO
CUT SHORT CROP
'Reward' for poor service NOTIP
POETIC TRIBUTES ODES
BAD TO THE CORE ROTTEN
PD ALERTS APBS
DVR BUTTON REW
BEFORE, IN VERSE ERE
BUSY HOSP. AREAS ERS
MAN AT THE ALTAR GROOMTOBE
Flaring star NOVA
*Orthopedist's concerns ... and what you'll find in two parts in the answers to the starred clues BROKENBONES
Laugh at a joke, say REACT
Like trumpeting trumpets ABLARE
Lolled on a beach BASKED
Off to the side, at sea ABEAM
Outdated tennis racket material WOOD
Tim who played pro football and pro baseball TEBOW
Transmission delay LAG
URL ending for MoMA ORG
Whac-A-Mole setting ARCADE
Yanks' crosstown rivals METS
'Madam Secretary' star Téa LEONI
H.S. challenge SAT
Tennis court essential NET
Take to lunch, say TREAT
Stand lookout for, as a heist ABET
Spammers, often BOTS
Sky-supporting Titan ATLAS
Shoulder-shrugging syllable MEH
Sales rep's customer: Abbr ACCT
Feature of higher-numbered pool balls STRIPE
1944 law for returning vets GIBILL
100-meter freestyle, e.g EVENT
1,760-yard runner MILER
Blacks' foes in checkers REDS
Even __: 72, often, in golf PAR
Early film legend Greta GARBO
Comes out on top in WINSAT
*Fencing may mark it BOUNDARYLINE
*Dinner guest's gift BOTTLEOFWINE
*Where a strike usually isn't lucky BOWLINGLANE