The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2021 12 19

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Draw on squares STALEMATE
Feeling for a poor soul PITY
Flash ___ (sudden public performances) MOBS
Fu ___ (mustache) MANCHU
Garden mentioned in certain verses EDEN
Gold medal-winning ice dancing partner of Tessa Virtue SCOTTMOIR
Hardship antonym EASE
Imperial ___ (strong, dark beer) STOUT
Crash remedy, perhaps RESTART
Instrument played by Anoushka Shankar SITAR
Issuer of phone lines? SIRI
It may have many laps RACE
It's 10 spaces before Free Parking JAIL
Like some lower regions NETHER
Covered area in a monastery CLOISTER
Making an impression, in a way STAMPING
Miss Trueheart played by Glenne Headly in 'Dick Tracy' TESS
Negates a deletion, in proofreading STETS
Component of world-building, in fantasy fiction LORE
Old coin-op restaurant AUTOMAT
Old device for watching 'JFK' or 'UHF,' say VCR
Parallel planes in science fiction ALTERNATEUNIVERSES
Pitch-tracking device RADAR
Oft-scaled rock formation at Yosemite ELCAPITAN
Obeys a yellow light SLOWS
Rainforest greenery VINES
Relief during hard times SOLACE
Medieval copiers SCRIBES
Scoffing smile SNEER
Chaotic row MELEE
Seriously funny show? DRAMEDY
Setting of Lene Gammelgaard's book 'Climbing High' EVEREST
Shinto structures near torii gates SHRINES
Card game where cheating is expected MONTE
Small business bigwig OWNER
Some bread roll shapes OVALS
Some wedding reception accessories TIES
Source of ancient dialogues PLATO
Maker of Perfect Portions cat food IAMS
Line of revision EDIT
Buffoonish sort TWIT
Like drakes and drones MALE
Bob's business? SALON
Black rings, often TIRES
Gaits at a horse track TROTS
App setting? MENU
Former Apple instant-messaging program ICHAT
Animal tending to pups OTTER
Curfew setter, maybe MOM
What Michael Darling wears in 'Peter Pan' PAJAMAS
Prescription for treating sleep deprivation AMBIEN
Zero-to-hero character, in film tropes DWEEB
___ Dog Museum (attraction in Odate, Japan) AKITA
People who attended rituals performed by nonbinary shamans known as quariwarmi INCAS
Out at night, maybe? INBED
Orioles might sit atop it, briefly ALEAST
'The X-Files' star Duchovny DAVID
'The Kiss' composer SMETANA
'The Beguiled' director Coppola SOFIA
'Oh. My. God.' IMSTUNNED
Orgs. participating in School of Excellence programs PTAS
Principal Skinner's first name SEYMOUR
'Downton Abbey' Emmy winner Maggie SMITH
MAKE FIZZY AERATE
NOT RECOGNIZABLE BY ALIENTO
SEE 41 ACROSS SALES
Rupert who played Ron Weasley GRINT
Sources of hits RADIOS
Tennis star whose name is a homophone of a gray shade ASHE
They can be caused by submarine landslides TSUNAMIS
Tissue-taker's noise ACHOO
TORMENT PERSISTENTLY HARASS
TORMENT PERSISTENTLY EATAT
ARRIVALS ADVENTS
Typical AP exam taker TEEN
Upper-arm muscles, briefly BIS
Spooky synonym for a manta ray SEADEVIL
ABOUT, ON A MEMO INRE
'Pass' NOTINTERESTED
___ Luís, Brazil SAO
___ Labaki, first female Arab director to be nominated for an Oscar for best foreign language film NADINE
___/HER PRONOUNS SHE
In your face UPCLOSEANDPERSONAL
FAR FROM LAX ANAL
___ MANAGEMENT WASTE
2012 Paul Thomas Anderson film about a cult leader THEMASTER
1998 Wimbledon champion Jana NOVOTNA
'Hello?' AREYOUTHERE
'Drive' band, aptly THECARS
Brings back to reality WAKES
Bar order in a 20-ounce glass, say TALLONE
Aperture providing a discreet view of who's outside your door SPYHOLE
Account holder? STORYTELLER
What's produced on scoreboards during shutouts GOOSEEGGS
SINGSONG SYLLABLES TRALALA
Starting a new life? GIVINGBIRTH
Warning sign in a studio ONAIR
___ YOGA HATHA