The Washington Post Tuesday - Crossword Answers | 2021 09 11

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Texter's approval THUMBSUPEMOJI
ISLAND RECEPTION ALOHA
Ancient site of an iconic tree EDEN
STICKY SITUATION MIRE
Coll. exam graders, at times TAS
Kid-__: tots' TV fare VID
Ancient Memphis setting NILE
DIRTY LOW
Quartet quarter? SOLO
TYPE OF JACKET FLAK
OLYMPICS CHANT USAUSA
DO ONE'S PART? ACT
Grads of Cornell's Johnson Sch MBAS
ORIGINS SEEDS
KERFUFFLE HOOHA
Blade in a shell OAR
Takes up, perhaps ALTERS
D.C. VIP SEN
Uncoupled? BROKENUP
Defensive lines CORDONS
Prez who had no VP in his first term HST
Six-ton predator ORCA
N.L. West team ARI
COMMAND POSTS HELMS
Senator Ben who wrote 'The Vanishing American Adult' SASSE
CLASSIC MUSCLE CARS GTOS
Dries, in a way AIRSOUT
High-waisted garb, stereotypically MOMJEANS
SPEAKER'S SPOT SOAPBOX
SAILING ASEA
Pride seekers' lids SAFARIHATS
Type of cable, briefly COAX
SKIRT ALTERNATIVE SIRLOIN
Fodder for unfriendly trades BARBS
HUMBLES SHAMES
3/8 of nineteen? ENS
Shallot relative GREENONION
Heavy surf, e.g ERODER
2010 World Cup host: Abbr RSA
QUESTLOVE'S DO FRO
[SHRUG] OKSURE
Ricoh camera brand PENTAX
Venom holder SAC
FOOD __: AFTER-EATING DROWSINESS COMA
Some corny humor DADJOKES
LeBlanc who played Joey on 'Friends' MATT
ZEBRAS ON A FIELD REFS
BASS PART GILL
Legendary wildlife conservationist NOAH
Short bar order COSMO
Shade for a lifeguard SUNTAN
Scotty's 'Star Trek: TNG' counterpart GEORDI
Charles of Watergate infamy COLSON
Chinese pork dish word SHU
MUCH OF ISRAEL NEGEV
COULDN'T STAND? SAT
Is behind, maybe OWES
Title partner of 'me' in a 1972 Billy Paul #1 hit MRSJONES
Sometimes unattainable maxima IDEALS
Cara and Ryan IRENES
Card in Clue ROPE
Metaphor for confidentiality popularized in a 1960s sitcom CONEOFSILENCE
Squares, e.g ISOGONS
Obsolescent emergency exit FIREESCAPE
Common jam ingredient? MISFEED