The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2021 03 28

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Emulate a composer or a painter CREATE
Reply from a pen pal? OINK
Many maternity ward visitors DADS
PULSATE THROB
Charlotte ___ (dessert whose invention is often attributed to Czar Alexander I's chef) RUSSE
WEDDING PARTICIPANT USHER
___ Room (site of some White House receptions) EAST
STATE FIRMLY ASSERT
MUSHROOM PART STEM
PLUCK SPINE
Small, bumpy-skinned Chinese fruit LYCHEE
SCORCHES CHARS
LET LOOSE UNLEASH
Factoids in a sports recap STATS
MINOR MISTAKE SLIP
Captive in a kid's farm ANT
'Great' pharaoh who ruled for 66 years RAMSES
Romance down under? KANGAROOCOURTSHIP
CATCH GET
Drifts off for a bit DOZES
LOCALITIES AREAS
Che Guevara's trademark headgear BERET
Place for some PIN money ATM
FREE (OF) RID
Ballerinas' skirts TUTUS
Joey's refuge POUCH
FEW AND FAR BETWEEN SPARSE
TRAFFIC STOPPER SIREN
Excellent, in 1990s rap lyrics PHAT
Source of power for hydroelectric systems RAIN
'Show Boat' writer Ferber EDNA
Like most pasta BOILED
Spots for first shots TEES
Bowler maker MILLINER
Device for locating sunken objects SONAR
Reason to get a shot FLU
Fort Knox blocks INGOTS
Oscar ___ (nomination) NOD
LEAD-IN TO BOY OR GIRL ATTA
Wheeled server in London TEACART
Shows one's humanness ERRS
SAMPLE OF FOOD TASTE
Typical features of Elle or Marie Claire photo shoots? LADIESANDGARMENTS
THUS FAR ASYET
SKIRMISH FRAY
ASSEMBLE HASTILY RIGUP
GREENISH BLUE CYAN
AT ___ RATE ANY
Medieval Icelandic work EDDA
GOAD EGGON
Fire dept. hiree EMT
WORKPLACE MESSAGE MEMO
___-Magnon man (old term for early modern humans) CRO
QUIRKY ODD
Pronto, briefly ASAP
What a multicolored flag might symbolize PRIDE
Left undamaged SPARED
TOURIST ATTRACTION SIGHT
GOES KAPUT DIES
Ohio-Ontario divider ERIE
Word before government or defense SELF
SQUABBLE ARGUE
SUPERLATIVE SUFFIX EST
MOVES LIKE MOLASSES OOZES
Shinzo ___, Japan's longest-serving prime minister ABE
'Classic' green shampoo PRELL
Next of kin, often HEIRS
Sci-fi forte ESP
DAZED STATES STUPORS
Campaign funder, briefly PAC
MOUNT OLYMPUS MATRIARCH HERA
MASTERMIND GAME PIECES PEGS
'Yeah, sure' IBET
PUT UP ERECTED
Swindlers' targets SAPS
STATES SAYS
WORDS OF SPECULATION IFSO
Celebratory frame of mind PARTYMOOD
Ottoman official's title PASHA
Piece of a pizza pie SLICE
MURKY DIM
UNPLEASANTLY BITTER ACRID
SMARTLY DRESSED DAPPER
Bill in a till ONE
Folks kicked out of a ballroom competition for foul language? SWEARINGDANCERS
FALL SHORT MISS
Don Quixote's mount, e.g NAG
Chewy candy version of a small horse? GUMMYLITTLEPONY
A serious group? AEIOU
Jewish potato snack KNISH
Sly stratagems RUSES
Able to vote or drive OFAGE
POLS LIKE PELOSI DEMS
Coasting opportunity in school EASYA
Joe Schmo REGULARGUY
Opera singer Maria Callas, e.g.? LEGENDONAHIGHNOTE
TAGGED ALONG CAME
D.C.-to-Boston train service ACELA
___ AND AAHS OOHS
Nile menaces ASPS
Blunt directive to close up one's pants? BUTTONTHEFLY
Tree dweller given to napping and munching all day KOALA
French knot or lazy daisy, in embroidery STITCH
Hired hoodlums GOONS
BLOKES CHAPS
Columnist's space OPED
Serves a prison sentence DOESTIME
1915 victim of a German U-boat LUSITANIA
TAG LINE? NOTIT
EXPIRES LAPSES
WETLANDS FENS
'I would never lie to you!' TRUSTME
Caregivers in med. centers RNS
Tech devices cited among Popular Science's 'Best of What's New' gadgets in 2010 IPADS