The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2020 04 12

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Academy Award adjective BEST
Performance check TEST
TRIVIAL ARGUMENT SPAT
Triple-double stat, often ASSISTS
DESPONDENT SAD
Speak in a whiny way SNIVEL
Mesa's makeup ROCK
___ poetry EPIC
CINEMATOGRAPHER NYKVIST SVEN
CANYON PERIMETER RIM
STATE WITH CERTAINTY AVER
'I swear it's true!' HONEST
Awards for a heroic big cat? (5 steps right: Circular cuts of meat) LIONMEDALS
Feature of incense AROMA
Ingredient in a Sazerac RYE
Place with no bars, say DEADSPOT
Word contracted as 'd WOULD
VITAMIN K-RICH FOOD SPINACH
RECORD HOLDER? ARCHIVE
Retailer's setback NETLOSS
SENATOR WYDEN RON
ON ACCOUNT OF OWINGTO
Young fox atop autos? (2 steps left: Trapper for whom Nevada's capital is named) KITONCARS
Woodland nymphs DRYADS
'Mayor' memoirist Ed KOCH
Calrissian on Cloud City LANDO
'Uh-huh, yeah, sure' ILLBET
WHAT THE THIRD LETTER OF 117 DOWN REPRESENTS ARTS
SIGN OF DISUSE DUST
Wharton who wrote 'The Age of Innocence' EDITH
Filled beyond capacity SATED
___ pipe (portal in Super Mario Bros.) WARP
BIND LEGALLY OBLIGE
'Splendid, Ms. Kahlo!' (1 step left: Holy Week observance) GOODYFRIDA
___ jumping (sport) SKI
TO THIS POINT YET
BIRDS IN A GAGGLE GEESE
START TO EXCHANGE WORDS, SAY ERASE
ELIZABETHAN ___ ERA
___ SPRING ARAB
Ceramic floor pattern TILING
DUE TO RECEIVE INFOR
BIT OF ZEN DIALOGUE KOAN
'___ Explain Things to Me' (Rebecca Solnit book) MEN
126 Down logo EYE
Aunt seen in Santiago, in two senses TIA
Bursts of creativity IDEAS
Certain cookie tidbits RAISINS
Congregation locale NAVE
Have relevance (to) PERTAIN
Islamabad language URDU
Of lousier quality WORSE
People in a pool, briefly STENOS
Signs of overgrowth WEEDS
ACUTE FIGURE, PERHAPS ANGLE
LIKE A NAUTICAL MILE, TO A MILE LONGER
'Blue Bloods' channel CBS
Sign of a credibility gap LIE
Cabinetmaker's strip SLAT
'Orange' beverage PEKOETEA
That woman's dark trousers? (9 steps right: Bobby Seale's group) HERBLACKPANTS
VOCALIZED ORAL
FAMILY ILK
PASSAGE IN A MEDICAL TEXTBOOK? AORTA
Hairstyle that Solange sported at her wedding AFRO
Mass figures, briefly KILOS
'Cinderella' keepsake CEL
Alert, as on the road HONKAT
Chips in some chips ANTESUP
Device with blades FAN
Filed, as a complaint LODGED
Garden party setting LAWN
Gas transfer device SIPHON
Like soda lacking in fizz FLAT
Open call? LET
Salmon-breeding ruler? (4 steps right: Chess piece moved in 1. e4) SPAWNKING
Turbulent scrap MELEE
COOKIE CUTTER? BAKER
MATERIALIZES APPEARS
COMBINE MANUFACTURER DEERE
'O'Sanity' musician ONO
ORG. THAT CREATED A VACCINE SCHEDULES APP CDC
Patisserie selection ECLAIR
Rest on a couch, say NAP
Org. for Magic Johnson and Larry Bird NBA
ESPN anchor Duncan ELLE
___-out clauses OPT
Start, as on a course TEEOFF
Some directors' degs MFAS
Instruction to insert a picture of Jason's ship on the web? (2 steps left: Imposed a ban on) EMBEDARGO
E-commerce craft site ETSY
Butthole Surfers lead singer Haynes GIBBY
1983 film with many steps, and what the first letters of this puzzle's 'motion pictures' spell FLASHDANCE
'Master Melvin' OTT
Words from a valentine BEMINE
Things on the plus side PROS
PIQUE IRK
Wave like wrens' wings FLAP
D'URBERVILLES HEROINE TESS
WATCHED SAW
___ Marian of folklore MAID
Prone to impudence SASSY
Bud in a boilermaker, e.g CHASER
LATE-NIGHT HOST TREVOR NOAH
Bursts from the sun FLARES
___ pals GAL
Finch family bird father? (2 steps left: Ginger ale brand begun in Toronto) CANARYDAD
Actress Dawber playing actress Dunn? (3 steps left: Expansive views) PAMASNORA
Flight status phrase ONTIME
Stratosphere of the atmosphere, e.g LAYER
Low Rider cycle brand HARLEY
Covering in a theater WIG
Bananarama singer Dallin SARA
Data's Klingon shipmate WORF
RICE ___ KRISPIES
NECKLACE FASTENER CLASP
Get back to a host, say RSVP
ACKNOWLEDGE ADMIT
EARDRUM-VIEWING TOOL OTOSCOPE
Factory-monitoring org OSHA
Gathering 18 Down IDLE
Birdlike term for a river scavenger MUDLARK
Missing from barracks AWOL
Remain in effect STAND
Someone draws even with boxer Muhammad? (4 steps left: Qualities classified as Type A or B) PERSONTIESALI
The Bodysnatchers' music genre SKA
Noisemakers at night SNORERS
Refugee González of 2000 headlines ELIAN
Noteworthy group? CHOIR
Site of unearthed relics RUIN
Subject of 'Platoon' WAR
Symbol in an IP address DOT
Wrangler's workplace RODEO
INCLINED ASLOPE
App sites PHONES
Auto enthusiast in 'The Wind in the Willows' MRTOAD
LaBeouf of 'Lawless' SHIA
Storied toymaker's reply to an accusation? (1 step right: Lent practice) ELFSDENIAL
Sch. teacher's org NEA
JUMPY ONEDGE
'Fire in the Sky' vessel UFO
Fanged Egyptian reptile ASP
'It's nothing, really' ITRY
Asuncion agreement SISI