The Washington Post Tuesday - Crossword Answers | 2021 03 24

crossword answers
Clue Answer
SYRIAN LEADER ASSAD
WEAKENS EBBS
Diner check TAB
AFTERNOON SNOOZE NAP
BANANA COVERING PEEL
MUSIC CENTER? ESS
LUNCHEON END? ETTE
CARTOON MERMAID ARIEL
Recon target INFO
IMAGINING IDEATING
ANGER IRE
Office notice MEMO
PT. OF AAA ASSN
CULTURAL SETTING MILIEU
BELOVED DEAR
JAZZ TRUMPETER JONES THAD
QUITE A WAYS AWAY FAR
THRILLS ELATES
LEAVE EXIT
GIVE VOICE TO SAY
Numbered rds RTES
PUNCH DELIVERER FIST
BEE, TO OPIE AUNT
__ LINGUS AER
W.C. FIELDS PERSONA SOUSE
Black and blue? BERRIES
ANCIENT MYSTIC ESSENE
MARKED ON A BALLOT XED
FLAIR STYLE
H or O, in H2O ELEMENT
LETTERS REPLACING A LIST ETC
CONCERNING ASFOR
GENERAL ON A MENU TSO
APR-REDUCING LOAN REFI
MARCH TIME IDES
RN WORKPLACES ORS
MOURNFUL SAD
Meeting group CONFEREES
CONTRASTING ORNAMENTS SETOFFS
LICENSE PLATES TAGS
Being severely criticized UNDERFIRE
Sailing danger REEF
San __: Italian resort REMO
Sniggler's catch EELS
Soccer tiebreaker, perhaps SHOOTOUT
Submitted, as a manuscript SENTIN
'... or __!' ELSE
'La Bohème' role MIMI
'Now __ me down to sleep ... ' ILAY
What 'X' may mean TEN
33-Down demand, perhaps ASAP
*Music group's lead violinist, casually FIRSTFIDDLE
*Like half a chance FIFTYFIFTY
*Fast-food alternatives to burgers FISHFILETS
Aussie parrot, briefly BUDGIE
Roald Dahl title heroine MATILDA
Photo taken backwards? SELFIE
Nighttime party SOIREE
Monk's title FRA
Hi-__ TV DEF
Canyon namesake of dry California winds SANTAANA
FAIR-HIRING LETTERS EOE
Hunk's pride ABS
Kvetching sounds OYS
School orgs PTAS
Map line: Abbr LAT
NOVELIST JAFFE RONA
Biblical boater NOAH