The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2020 08 23

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Hulking fantasy beast OGRE
Durable deck material CEDAR
Electric Company card, e.g DEED
Largest of the dolphins ORCA
Leave No Doubt but still perform, say GOSOLO
REPORTER'S VIEWPOINT ANGLE
Cool ___ (creamy pie topping brand) WHIP
Has doubts ISNTSURE
LIP OF A CUP RIM
*Confusing situations MASSES
___ Nakken, first woman to be a full-time coach in Major League Baseball history ALYSSA
1500 THREEPM
Auto decoration DECAL
*Empathetic comment IRE
Org. that painted the phrase 'Black Lives Matter' on its courts in 2020 NBA
Stars may signify them RANKS
*___ the system (exploited the rules) GED
*Inning before extra innings NTH
NOT SUITABLE UNFIT
*Removing the wrong letters, say EASING
Tony winner Kelli OHARA
*Spurs GADS
ORBITAL EXTREME APOGEE
'___ No Secret' (Kylie Minogue song) ITS
MOVE AWAY RECEDE
*More bizarre ODER
BUG RILE
Pride parade month, often JUNE
REPRESENT ACTAS
SURGE PROTECTOR? SODACAN
Stats for National Pro Fastpitch players RBIS
'Shaun of the Dead' actor Simon PEGG
'That's all' IMDONE
Problems for crops PESTS
Sport with a hall of fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum RODEO
Reason to fix a radiator LEAK
RECENTLY INTRODUCED NEW
Takes advantage of, as privileges ABUSES
'Tucker and Dale vs. Evil' director ___ Craig ELI
Symbol of efficiency ETA
The Fray singer Slade ISAAC
Things cracked by spies CODES
'The Vampire Diaries' actress Dobrev NINA
'COULDN'T AGREE MORE' YES
Press, as an accelerator STEPON
Rainbow Falls locale HILO
Obtain energy from FEEDON
Sci-fi judge working in the year 2139 DREDD
Parts of crossword grids ROWS
Party spirit, maybe GIN
Nautical mapping tool SONAR
Promote, as lies PEDDLE
Protein-producing molecule RNA
Ruminant in a meadow EWE
Small toys? RUNTS
Make great progress GETFAR
Has a cold one IMBIBES
Sch. that receives more applications than any other college in the U.S UCLA
Save the Children provision AID
Behind, on a ship ASTERN
SIT ___ BY IDLY
Radio host Flatow, or radio host Shapiro backward IRA
EQUITABLE FAIR
Prepare for horse racing SADDLEUP
Old painting site CAVE
Risking base discipline AWOL
Missing groom-to-be in 'The Hangover' DOUG
RECIPE PHRASE ALA
Time when an early riser is awake BREAKOFDAY
'Lola' actress Anouk AIMEE
Vowel value in Scrabble ONE
What an early riser may watch ... and, reading bottom to top, what's spelled out by this puzzle's 'early risers' GOODMORNINGAMERICA
Why some players need an extra quarter TIE
The castaways on 'Gilligan's Island,' e.g SEPTET
Theater section? SCENE
Time when an early riser is awake FIRSTLIGHT
Some characters in Jesmyn Ward's book 'Sing, Unburied, Sing' GHOSTS
'Le Grand Canal' painter MONET
Unlike pro bono work PAID
BESTED OUTDID
'Bewitched' witch ENDORA
SHARPEN HONE
Nickname in 1960s politics CHE
Maxim Brewery's Double Maxim, e.g ALE
'Mario Is Missing!' hero LUIGI
'Make it make ___' SENSE
Make a second offer REBID
'Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom,' e.g BIOPIC
Outing on a sound, e.g BOATRIDE
CONTEMPTIBLE CHARACTER CUR
ROOT ORIGIN
Like the author Francine Prose's surname APT
STUNNED INAWE
MAKE A HOME (IN) RESIDE
Mathematical group SUBSET
Musical subgenre of psychedelia ACIDROCK
Noisemaker in a jam HORN
Non-public relations? LOVELIFE
One may wear a dastar SIKH
Neverland hand SMEE
Food rhyming with 59 Across EGG
Frightening responses SHRIEKS
FBI a(gents) GMEN
Fabric made from wool TWEED
Extract from poppies OPIUM
Doreen Shaffer's genre SKA
Father's attire ALB
Firm name abbr INC
LEGLESS LARVA MAGGOT
INEPT SORT DOOFUS
Flat-bladed tool HOE
Got 100 percent on NAILED
Fire-tipped missile, at times ARROW
Funny wedding pic? ROMCOM
Frequent faller in a Rube Goldberg machine DOMINO
Group in wage talks UNION
GRADUALLY DISINTEGRATE ERODE
Garment sold by Spanx BRA
'Down' singer ___ Sean JAY
Djokovic's former tennis coach AGASSI
ROUTINELY ALOT
'Children Power' musician ONO
Cherry ___ (tree) PLUM
Coricancha constructor INCA
Course surface SOD
Carol's time NOEL
Bird hunted by a dingo EMU
Destroyer sometimes used at sea TNT
Ceremony bestowal AWARD
Battery pack letters AAA
Bulb-shaped fruit PEAR
REGAL TITLE SIRE
RELAYED SENT
Columns in cabins, maybe LOGS
Challenges presented by children DARES
Body made of plasma SUN
Co-star of Sissy in 'The Long Walk Home' WHOOPI
Cultural interests ARTS
Brand with 'Scooping since 1928' on its cartons EDYS
Crowded, noisy party RAGER
NICKNAME IN 1950S POLITICS IKE
Dance studio railing BARRE
Direct courses BEELINES