The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2021 12 12

crossword answers
Clue Answer
AFTERWARD THEN
Big group of vessels ARMADA
Bug bugging you, say PEST
Chess player's friends? MATES
Contents of 86 Across LOAVES
Cookie one might dunk OREO
Coop creature HEN
Deceptive quality GUILE
Devices used for hurling? (exhale) SLINGMACHINES
Diligent critter ANT
DOB displayers, often IDS
Eerie graveyard sounds MOANS
Emulates a pigeon COOS
Expressway section LANE
CRUSOE'S CREATOR DEFOE
Getting-in initials ETA
BUNYANESQUE LARGE
BOWLS OVER AWES
Imprints, as on glass ETCHES
India's prime minister from 1947 to 1964 NEHRU
Australian mine finds OPALS
Arctic bird performance? (inhale) PUFFINCONCERT
Lightbulb moment cry AHA
Ludwigshafen's river RHINE
Alexander I, e.g TSAR
Needing a sick day ILL
One whose happiness stems from suffering SADIST
Open mic night performer's seat, maybe STOOL
Over and over, in odes OFT
Actress Gunn who played Skyler White on 'Breaking Bad' ANNA
10 or 40 preceder TOP
Plum discard PIT
Pondering outcomes IDEAS
Portable stove fuel BUTANE
Potato ___ (kitchen tool) PEELER
Prepares for surgery SEDATES
'You Can Call Me Al' musician Simon PAUL
'What ___ is new?' ELSE
Quick horn blast TOOT
Reduce in duration CURTAIL
Result of a bedbug bite ITCH
Rijeka Carnival nation CROATIA
Romance writer Pollock IDA
Royal title for a big cat? (inhale) PANTHERHIGHNESS
'There's a lot to unpack here' ISEE
She was given a tribble aboard Deep Space Station K-7 UHURA
Ship's escape craft LIFEBOAT
MRI scan reviewer DOC
Simon of 'The World's End' PEGG
Moved like a cat burglar, perhaps CREPT
Slide from hydroplaning SKID
Maximally low SADDEST
Star shortstop Francisco LINDOR
Star shortstop Jeter DEREK
Hairstylist's tool COMB
Had a soft spot for LIKED
Surprise a film director, in a way ADLIB
Table tennis barriers NETS
Takes away somebody's Soul, say? TOWS
Tears, as fabric RIPS
The only characters to appear in 'Glengarry Glen Ross' MEN
Tote bag feature STRAP
Twitch, for one SPASM
CHARGED TOWARD RANAT
What a rose stems from SEED
What you may shout when you find a burning copy of a 1997 Jim Carrey comedy? (exhale) LIARLIARSONFIRE
'Sherlock' network BBC
Xperi recording device TIVO
'Rudy' star Sean ASTIN
___ Lamont Hill, host of 'UpFront' on Al Jazeera English MARC
'OBVIOUSLY, EINSTEIN!' DUH
Extracted material ORE
'Let's go for a walk!' ARF
Does a Hollywood job ACTS
'I forgot what to say!' LINE
D.C.-born queen NOOR
'Follow your ___!' (phrase in Froot Loops ads) NOSE
Arises, as in conversation Comesup
'About Me' blurb BIO
Filling station? DINER
Green space LEA
HAD A MEAL ATE
Buy for, as a meal TREATTO
HUSTLE SCOOT
INUNDATE DROWN
LIGHT-FOOTED AGILE
MANAGED FARED
Parapsychology subj ESP
'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs' composer Henryk GORECKI
PUNK ROCK SUBGENRE EMO
Quaint shop adjective OLDE
RULE DOMINANCE
SIGNIFICANT PERIOD ERA
SIMPLICITY EASE
WHITTLE (DOWN) PARE
'Just a ___' TAD
___ HASHANAH (JEWISH NEW YEAR) ROSH
Score after each team scores a goal ONEALL
Rectangular bakery containers, frequently BREADPANS
Prepared to play, as a track CUEDUP
'Shining Through' novelist Susan ISAACS
Some e-signed files PDFS
Summits' agreements PACTS
Sunken ship site SEA
Video call program for iOS users FACETIME
'Lorna ___' (Blackmore novel) DOONE
'Just got back from work!' IMHOME
'AND HOW!' DOI
'Gonna need a hint' IMLOST
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