The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2022 06 12

crossword answers
Clue Answer
DECOMPOSE ROT
BILLIONS OF YEARS EONS
'BLAST!' DANG
Alert on a golf course FORE
Alley-___ (NBA play) OOP
Appointment space SLOT
Appreciative piece ODE
Bank check, say? AUDIT
Bass booster AMP
Bitter drink, perhaps ALE
Bogus Basin locale IDAHO
Bride or groom's vow IDO
British plumbers' work sites LOOS
Bruised parts of minds EGOS
Bullion depository block INGOT
Businessman Broad ELI
Champion's jewelry RING
Chest unlocker KEY
Clog-removing brand DRANO
Demonstrate discomfort CRINGE
Did cross-country, say RAN
Dug holes PITS
'BRAVO!' OLE
Fancy event GALA
Fats Navarro genre BEBOP
Fire off, as a text SEND
AMOUNT OF WORK OR LAUNDRY LOAD
ANIMATION SHEET CEL
CHALLENGING PUZZLE ENIGMA
22 Across payments DUES
Exam where you speak ORAL
'Untitled ___ Game' (video game featuring a disruptive bird) GOOSE
'That's strange' HUH
Epson cartridge stuff PRINTINGINK
'Somewhere in Time' star Christopher REEVE
Encryption org NSA
Deer ___ (road sign) XING
'Let me help you out' HERE
'If you don't, somebody ___ will' ELSE
'I'm so happy for you!' HOORAY
Brand of edible cups REESES
'How ___ it?' GOES
Attack, as metaphorical windmills TILTAT
EYE-CATCHING ARRESTING
Fix, as a loafer RESOLE
Furry high jumper CAT
Get used to a new situation ADAPT
Alloy used for some wedding bands WHITEGOLD
Grace or Majesty preceder HER
Graceless fellow OAF
Group usually opposed to right-to-work laws UNION
Immense serpent BOA
Influence for Aristotle PLATO
Invites to a high-rise condo, say ASKSUP
It has a body and may be fleshed out ESSAY
A, B, C, etc., in D.C STREETNAMES
23RD GREEK LETTER PSI
2004 Tom Hanks film set at JFK airport THETERMINAL
Model built by General Motors until 2004 ALERO
N for Spanish navigators NORTE
One-bedroom unit, perhaps: Abbr APT
Pant leg measurement INSEAM
Parents of ligers LIONS
Parisian pool contents EAU
Parlor designs, briefly TATS
Penn's group IVIES
Personal opponent FOE
'Soon' singer Rimes LEANN
Platform for App Store apps IOS
Playground seats SWINGS
Public drinking site WATERFOUNTAIN
Pullovers, e.g TOPS
Sandwich ordered in many a New Orleans restaurant POBOY
Seemingly magical ability MOJO
Sleigh ride figure SANTA
Statue at a shrine IDOL
'Awkward Black Girl' creator Rae ISSA
SUBWAY ENTRANCE STILE
REGATTA BLADE OAR
QUELL QUASH
'Move!' in dated slang CHEESEIT
HIT HOME? RADIO
USE FLATTERY CAJOLE
MEDICINAL OR CULINARY PLANT HERB
GAME SHOW VIP HOST
___ JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE DOW
TEENY-TINY WEE
HURRIED ESCAPE LAM
'Mad City' actor Alan ALDA
HAVE A CRUSH ON ADORE
MICROBREWERY PRODUCTS BEERS
WESTERN LILY SEGO
'I wouldn't know' NOIDEA
VACATION DESTINATION HOTEL
Groove made by a wheel RUT
The D of DOS DISK
Time machine inventor on 'Family Guy' STEWIE
Violet vessel VASE
Weapons in a quiver ARROWS
Winter driveway-clearing product similar to rock salt ICEMELT
Wrestling star Flair RIC
___ government STATE
___-motion animation STOP
'Candyman' director DaCosta NIA
Gordon ___ (Sting) SUMNER
Kayaking safety devices LIFEVESTS
Keystone ___ (lawmen of silent films) KOPS
Phone number trios AREACODES
Like some NFL stars ALLPRO
___ RICO PUERTO
___ ADMIN SYS
Freed of suds RINSEDOUT