The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2020 12 13

crossword answers
Clue Answer
CNN anchor Anderson COOPER
Confidence shown by a champion, say SWAGGER
Crankshaft's place ENGINE
Defunct Swedish auto company SAAB
Dirt spread in tabloids RUMORS
Displayed in a neat and orderly way ARRAYED
Event in 'The Queen's Gambit' CHESSTOURNAMENT
Expresses reproach TUTTUTS
Filling in between lasagna layers SAUCE
Footwear often seen at a luau SANDALS
Friar's residence ABBEY
Has a lightbulb moment GETSANIDEA
Influence emotionally TOUCH
Insurance giant whose name is derived from 109 Down AETNA
Promotions you receive just from watching TV ADS
Quality of a rainy day WETNESS
Risk groups? TROOPS
Rollover ___ (savings plan) IRA
Safari chargers RHINOS
School group at an aquarium? FISH
Serving on a cone SCOOP
Sheer wear, at times HOSIERY
Skill at avoiding an offensive line? TACT
Souvenirs from playing beach volleyball, perhaps SUNTANS
Spinner in a centrifuge ROTOR
Strips for saxophonists REEDS
TURNS IN SUBMITS
BIT OF ROLLER DERBY GEAR KNEEPAD
SOLD (FOR) RETAILED
STOPWATCH BUTTON RESET
Intense cravings YENS
TYPE OF PEAR BARTLETT
SPREAD AROUND STREW
DOESN'T STAY GOES
Type of porch VERANDA
SAUNTER (ALONG) MOSEY
Scornful sounds SNORTS
CAMPFIRE REMNANTS ASHES
Subterfuge ARTIFICE
GLASSES, INFORMALLY SPECS
___ AND FLOW EBB
The first O of YOLO ONLY
Nesting singer WREN
Play by Lucy Prebble about a company involved in a 2001 bankruptcy scandal ENRON
Palindromic hallucinogen PCP
Ornamental garden vessels URNS
Opening shot? TAKEONE
Off weeks for NFL teams BYES
Nicknamed, initially AKA
It may be graded on a curve EXAM
Male friend, informally BRAH
Major venue? COLLEGE
Lions and tigers and bears (oh my!) APEXPREDATORS
Jennifer Jason Leigh's character in 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High' STACY
Requiring great effort ARDUOUS
WELL-KNOWN NOTED
CROOKED BENT
Writer's pointless ending? ERASER
___ National Park (attraction in Sicily) ETNA
Surface for planks YOGAMAT
#___ (aspirational hashtag) GOALS
Home clearance event ESTATESALE
Gamers' images AVATARS
'NFL Live' host Rutledge LAURA
'Nice job, son!' ATTABOY
B as in Battleship? ROW
Causes to jump, as in a haunted house STARTLES
DISCONTINUE CEASE
'You betcha' YEP
INFLICTS UPON DOESTO
HUNG AROUND REMAINED
CHILDISH RETORT IKNOWYOUAREBUTWHATAMI
MOVING ABOUT ASTIR
TAKEN ___ (CAUGHT UNAWARES) ABACK
Avoid getting involved SITBY
Clydesdales' enclosures STABLES
Theoretical primates APEMEN
They're where dreams are made, usually BEDS
Try not to be noticed LIELOW
Upgrade one's account, say? EDIT
Fellowship payments STIPENDS
___ and aahs (expresses awe) OOHS
Experience complications HITASNAG
Expelled, as lava SPEWED
___ New Guinea (island nation) PAPUA
Maker of Phocus bikes SCHWINN
Micro Machines model TOYCAR
More likely to sulk MOODIER
'Cheers' actor George WENDT
'Fail Safe' director Sidney LUMET
Village People classic whose title is spelled out by arm movements YMCA