The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2019 12 22

crossword answers
Clue Answer
LOGICAL OPENING? ECO
Stuff in a well INK
Drug kingpins, e.g CRIMELORDS
Dungeons & Dragons club MACE
Elba who played Stringer Bell on 'The Wire' IDRIS
English city that's home to the University of Suffolk IPSWICH
Estate measurement ACREAGE
Feature of skunk cabbage plants ODOR
1960s TV series set in the 1860s RAWHIDE
Ad writer's prize CLIO
American living in Moscow IDAHOAN
Base lines? ORDERS
Brazilian juice berry ACAI
Cancel button ESC
Commit to, as picks for a March Madness bracket LOCKIN
Condition treated by tetracycline ACNE
Consumption plans DIETS
Dad's root beer, e.g., aptly POP
Dark side of a circle YIN
December forecast in Chicago SNOW
Defense grp. hosting summits NATO
Drafted members of a farm team? OXEN
Drinks that get their color from grenadine PINKLADIES
Filming places SETS
Financial services co. based in Amsterdam ING
Fisher in films CARRIE
Flounder flipper FIN
Gigantic amount TON
Gnat or rat, e.g PEST
Haughty individual SNOB
Have a cold, say AIL
Hawaiian flier with a repeated syllable NENE
High-tail it FLEE
COMPETES (FOR) VIES
'ALREADY?' SOSOON
ORNAMENTAL PITCHER EWER
FALSE DISPLAY SHAM
HOT SPOT GRILL
INCITES, AS A REBELLION FOMENTS
TIC-___-TOE TAC
SUCKERS SAPS
MAUI GARLAND LEI
BICEPS LOCALE ARM
I of an Athenian IOTA
Image of a skull, e.g XRAY
Publicly condemned building, often EYESORE
Puzzled gestures SHRUGS
Redheaded son of a musical sitcom family DANNYPARTRIDGE
Riding activity POLO
Rite-ly rejects? JILTS
Saint for a sailor ELMO
Satisfied expression GRIN
See 137 Down IDLE
Selma, to Lisa AUNT
HIGHEST MAXIMAL
See 60 Down NUTS
PLANT DEEPLY EMBED
BRING UP THE ___ REAR
ABSOLUTE ___ ZERO
TOUCH OF FROST NIP
IN ADDITION ASWELL
TOOK IT EASY LAZED
STEP ON A LADDER RUNG
'Look here!' PSST
Helper: Abbr ASST
Animal you can hear by speaking this clue aloud EWE
Like data analyzed by data analysts MINED
MAKES INQUIRIES ASKS
CARTESIAN CONCLUSION IAM
GREEN LAND? MEADOW
YOU CAN TAKE YOUR BEST SHOT WITH IT CAMERA
MONOPOLY PAYMENT RENT
HERTZ COMPETITOR AVIS
SUSHI BAR SOUP MISO
SINGER BURL IVES
PLEASED AS PUNCH GLAD
[NOT MY ERROR] SIC
'Free Willy' creature ORCA
A FOR A COLLEGE GRADUATE? ARTS
LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY ADELPHI
NAVAL BUILDER SEABEE
CASTIGATE SCOLD
TERMINATION END
FROM SCRATCH ANEW
Operatic star DIVA
Eggs in a bio lab OVA
MONEY FOR A KABUKI SHOW YEN
LIKE TAP WATER CLEAR
MORE CONGENIAL NICER
CAME TO LIGHT AROSE
HANG LOOSELY LOLL
'We did it!' YES
PIN POINTS? WRESTLINGRINGS
WARRING DEITY ARES
Apt surname for a boxer or a fisherwoman HOOKE
Cry at an arena OLE
'Begone!' SHOO
REACTOR ___ CORE
FLORAL SYMBOLS OF PURITY LILIES
LAPSE, AS A WARRANTY EXPIRE
WISH OTHERWISE RUE
KNIGHT SHIFT, E.G.? MOVE
FIELDS OF EXPERTISE AREAS
RUDE DUDE BOOR
MADE DO? WIG
See 81 Across LEONI
KEY NEXT TO THE SPACE BAR ALT
BE OVERABUNDANT TEEM
LOADING ZONE DOCK
FATEFUL DAY IDES
PACKS TIGHTLY CRAMSIN
ATTRACTS ENTICES
HUFFY STATE SNIT
SHINY FABRIC LAME
SQUEEZED (IN) WEDGED
FELIPE, JESUS, MATTY OR MOISES OF BASEBALL ALOU
SHOULDER ___ PADS
Pour, as chardonnay DECANT
VALUABLES HOLDER SAFE
GLASS ON THE RADIO IRA
HONKERS IN THE SKY CANADIANGEESE
PARAGON IDEAL
'All in favor, say aye' procedures VOICEVOTES
'Animaniacs' goofball WAKKO
'Flashdance ... What a Feeling' singer Cara IRENE
'Groundhog Day' insurance salesman Ryerson NED
'How High the Moon' singer Fitzgerald ELLA
'I can't ___' EVEN
'I'm ___ to it' USED
'Real Real' singer Simone NINA
'Repo Man' co-star Estevez EMILIO
'River's Edge' actress Skye IONE
'The Office' receptionist ERIN
'This clue looks important!' AHA
'You Send Me' singer Cooke SAM
'___ it up' ('Finish it') WRAP
'___ we forget ...' LEST
Image of a skull, e.g., briefly TAT
Kingdom in ancient Palestine JUDEA
Landscaping supply SOD
Larter of 'Final Destination' ALI
Lovers' vows IDOS
Mad scientist, maybe EVILGENIUS
Many a character in 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower' TEEN
Many Werner Herzog films, briefly DOCS
Material valued by genomics companies DNA
Message receiver INBOX
Mysterious gent MRX
Overprotective sorts MOTHERHENS
Owl's creation NEST
Particle in a cyclotron ION
People arriving first EARLYBIRDS
Plaice places OCEANS
Pots' tops LIDS
Predominant feeling MOOD
Serve soup to, say FEED
Site of Pennsylvania's Asbury Woods ERIE
Some Japanese percussionists TAIKODRUMMERS
Spays, say DESEXES
State of wonder AWE
Sudden reaction REFLEX
Surface for axels ICE
Swell by a shore WAVE
Those leading others into danger with false promises PIEDPIPERS
Ticket dispensers METERMAIDS
Tiger's noise ROAR
Toy that relies on aerodynamic forces KITE
Treat introduced in 1912 OREO
Unforeseen events with big consequences BLACKSWANS
Web crawler spreading junk mail SPAMBOT
Where Pennywise lures Georgie with a toy boat, in 'It' SEWER
Winged things in magic shows WHITEDOVES
With 141 Down, 'Always Look on the Bright Side of Life' songwriter ERIC
With 153 Across, seeds needed to make soft drinks KOLA
With 65 Across, actress whose last name is an anagram of O'NEIL TEA
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