The Washington Post Tuesday 2022 01 21 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
POETIC ADVERB	EER
ORANGE MUPPET	ERNIE
MISSTEP	ERROR
FILLED FOOD	PITA
Versatile mount	ARABIAN
MOVE A BIT	STIR
__ MINIMUM	BARE
LIE NEXT TO	ABUT
Atomic physicist's favorite side dish?	BOSONBAKEDBEANS
Possible 'Finish your tax return yet?' reply	ISENTITIN
Snowe of ME, once	SEN
RIGHTMOST BOWLING PIN	TEN
BERET RELATIVE	TAM
LIGHT TOUCHES	PATS
WING	ANNEX
LINGERIE ITEMS	SLIPS
NOT LEAVE ALONE	NAG
U.K. part	ENG
Begin a flight	CLIMB
Like Jack Sprat, one would expect	SLIM
Mounted, as gems	INSET
Umami source	MSG
Word after look or sound	ALIKE
'Got any examples at all?'	NAMEMEONE
'__ awake?'	YOU
Atomic physicist's favorite spy novelist?	IONFLEMING
MANY RWANDANS	HUTUS
HOLIDAY SONGS	NOELS
FELLOW	CHAP
DO A VET'S JOB	GELD
Roomba target	DUST
PAINTER NOLDE	EMIL
Atomic physicist's favorite Golden Age movie star?	QUARKGABLE
APPLE PRODUCT	IOS
W.C.'s 'My Little Chickadee' co-star	MAE
He directed Samuel in 'Pulp Fiction'	QUENTIN
Role in a Gershwin opera	BESS
WAFER BRAND	NILLA
Atomic physicist's favorite cookie?	FIGNEUTRON
'Notorious' studio	RKO
TAKES CHARGE OF	OWNS
Dick was his veep	IKE
Accommodating places	INNS
Musicologist's term	OPUS
Superior cousin?	ERIE
CONSUME	USE
UNCOMMON SENSE	ESP
PRE-EURO CURRENCY	LIRA
Atomic physicist's favorite wall builder?	STONEMESON
U.N. Security Council permanent member	RUS
MINNESOTA CONGRESSWOMAN ILHAN __	OMAR
COMPREHENDS	SEES
YOUNG NEWT	EFT
CRETACEOUS GIANT	TREX
FALLS BEHIND	LOSESTIME
Cozy places	DENS
CORAL REEF VISITOR	SNORKELER
As initially evident	ONITSFACE
LION __	TAMER

POETIC ADVERB

EER

ORANGE MUPPET

ERNIE

MISSTEP

ERROR

FILLED FOOD

PITA

Versatile mount

ARABIAN

MOVE A BIT

STIR