The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2020 01 12

crossword answers
Clue Answer
BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND LEARN
Executive's bonus PERK
THEY MAY BE CHARMED BY SNAKE CHARMERS ASPS
Second part of an instruction manual STEP2
Second statement of agreement after the first one ME3
Luthor in Metropolis LEX
RULE OF ___ LAW
Financially underwater INDEBT
College application fig GPA
Steering implement OAR
Lion's ___ DEN
Motif for a circle of hell in Dante's 'Inferno' SIN
SENSE OF SELF EGO
x and y, in a math class AXES
'Glee' actress Jane LYNCH
LYMPH ___ NODES
*PACIFIC STATE EVERGREEN CALIFORNIAREDWOOD
TON OF, INFORMALLY LOTTA
BROKERAGE EMPLOYEE AGENT
CAUGHT AFTER A CHASE RANDOWN
COUNCIL BLUFFS NEIGHBOR OMAHA
*The act of placing limits on something CIRCUMSCRIPTION
STICKY STUFF FROM A TREE RESIN
'Am not!' comeback ARESO
'Coca Cola Cowboy' singer Tillis MEL
Heavyweight legend ALI
Rats, e.g VERMIN
Reddit Q&A session AMA
Quinta da Boa Vista city RIO
Portion in a pizza box SLICE
PSEUDONYM LEAD-IN AKA
AFFIX ATTACH
ROD SKEWERING MEAT SPIT
TRICKS PLANNED BY HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS, OFTEN PRANKS
Bomb thrower? PASSER
Forensic scientist's sample DNA
'Crimes of the Heart' actress Harper TESS
MOOLAH DINERO
FILM CRITIC REED REX
Salon options STYLES
Dark, viscous liquid TAR
*Queen Elizabeth II, to King Edward VII GREATGRANDCHILD
Beats ___ minute PER
Consonant-free assent OUI
'Difficult Women' author Gay ROXANE
Like this clue, which is unnecessarily verbose and could be way more succinct than it is WORDY
Pool place SPA
Sidewalk art medium CHALK
It's practiced in Haiti VOODOO
PROMISE ASSURE
CONVENED MET
Carpenter's file RASP
Banquet hall platform DAIS
SHARING PRONOUN OUR
VOLUNTEER'S PROMISE IWILL
ACTRESS DE LA GARZA ALANA
HEMINGWAY'S NICKNAME PAPA
Writing Oscar WILDE
Fantasy author Carson RAE
COOLHEADEDNESS APLOMB
'Watchmen' network HBO
___ too pleased NONE
Christmas collection GIFTS
DWELLING ABODE
Delays delay it, briefly ETD
Part of a 'Star Wars' film with scrolling text INTRO
Region southwest of France IBERIA
Spot where lint collects NAVEL
'Star Wars' droid whose alphanumeric name is represented in the starred answers in the bottom half of this puzzle R2D2
Queen ___ County, Md ANNES
HIGHLY RESPECTED ONE IDOL
Some results of Serena slams? ACES
Early education lessons ABCS
Bounding animal DEER
Org. providing back pay? NFL
Chest muscles, briefly PECS
Biting, as at a roast SARCASTIC
Story that may be full of old pictures? ATTIC
Long-eared herbivore ASS
'Landslide' songwriter Stevie NICKS
Refined antonym CRASS
Company name abbr INC
'... and similar things' ETC
REASON FOR A $15 FEE IN CLASSIC MONOPOLY POORTAX
AS A RESULT OF DUETO
NOT SHOWING PASSION STOIC
BIT OF EBAY SEARCH INFO PRICE
ATTRIBUTE ASCRIBE
Boot, as a tenant EVICT
Make, at work EARN
'Star Wars' creature who initially captured this puzzle's droids EWOK
Things struck by models POSES
DENIM BRAND LEVIS
METAL BOX? AMP
GENRE THAT MAY INVOLVE SELF-PITY IN ROCK LYRICS EMO
Pegs on a golf course TEES
'Star Wars: The ___ of Skywalker' RISE
Spelling on camera TORI
THYME PIECE SPRIG
'Closing Bell' network CNBC
Below-zero sign MINUS
Usain Bolt's events RACES
McDiarmid of 'Star Wars' films IAN
LIKE NOTEBOOK PAPER LINED
VOYAGER TASMAN ABEL
*TV series whose second episode was titled 'Top Banana' ARRESTEDDEVELOPMENT
Causes damage to HARMS
*GROUP OF ISLANDS NORTH OF THE CANADIAN MAINLAND ARCTICARCHIPELAGO
AVOID CAPTURE BY ELUDE
CLOTHING BRAND WITH A MARITIME-INSPIRED NAME NAUTICA
CHORAL CONCERT PIECES ORATORIOS
MAKE A DEDUCTION INFER
Dirk Nowitzki, e.g., for his whole NBA career MAV
Key circulation channel AORTA
Paparazzi cover LENSCAP
EAST OR WEST FOLLOWER COAST
Group at a jazz club COMBO
Group often condemned by populists ELITE
Cured bagel topping LOX
Aid in ordering MENU
Display of insolence GUFF
MAUNA ___ LOA
*Screening locations SECURITYCHECKPOINTS
Impetus for going streaking, perhaps DARE
SIMPLE SHELTER HUT
Yvette in 'Clue,' e.g MAID
'Well, look at that' GEE
86 ACROSS COACH WEEB EWBANK
Thespian's item PROP
AS A WHOLE INALL
'Seems to be the case' SOISEE
Walloping sound POW
UNDERWATER EXPLOSIVE SEAMINE
'Star Wars' droid whose alphanumeric name is represented in the starred answers in the top half of this puzzle C3PO
COUNTRY ROCKER STEVE EARLE
Film director Sachs IRA
Time in D.C. when it's midnight in Denver 2AM
Michael Cera's role in 'Superbad' EVAN
STICK IN ONE'S ___ CRAW
BOUNDARY END
Commencement adornment TASSEL
BORSCHT INGREDIENTS BEETS
Cop told to 'book 'em' in 'Hawaii Five-O' DANNO
Dorm duo member ROOMIE