The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2020 05 24

crossword answers
Clue Answer
ACCEPT EAGERLY EMBRACE
Fill in un océano AGUA
World of Warcraft being ELF
MOVES STEALTHILY CREEPS
Single-___ plastics USE
TEMPORARY INTERIM
Experiences decay ROTS
Many athletes' barriers NETS
GMAIL FOLDER HEADING SENT
Kunis of 'Black Swan' MILA
Concern for the Union of Concerned Scientists CLIMATE
GPS approximation ETA
Flower with a 'Fragrant Cloud' cultivar TEAROSE
PANDORA-BASED FILM AVATAR
GhostCircus Apparel designer ___ James ELI
GAMBLING GAME AFRO
BLOOD OF THE GODS CHOIR
GLOSSY CURTAIN FABRIC SATIN
SNATCH NAB
BRIDGE MATERIALS? CARDS
MED. CARE SITES ERS
TAJ MAHOTSAV FESTIVAL CITY AGRA
Cooing creature DOVE
Golden ___ (Temple Run treasure) IDOL
Hyundai model that mixes up the letters of 112 Down and 66 Across ELANTRA
Loud speakers on stage, perhaps HAMS
Opposite of busy IDLE
Post cereal advertised as 'the stuff breakfast dreams are made of' OREOOS
What a shredder shreds SHEET
With 66 Across, fell behind RAN
Sound in a field MOO
Like old astronomical models positing that the sun revolves around Earth EGOCENTRIC
DRYING CLOTH DISHRAG
Negation word NOR
'Boy' or 'girl' preceder ATTA
ORDER TO AN AKITA SIT
REFORM? MUTATE
HOW ALIENS MAY COME, PER SOME SCI-FI TROPES INPEACE
'The Night Circus' writer Morgenstern ERIN
Dollar : United States :: kip : ___ LAOS
Curly style PERM
Dance music style popularized by Pérez Prado THEMAMBO
SCATTERS ABOUT STREWS
Absorbent implement MOP
Shredded, as cheese RATEDG
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE HERD
FRANK HONEST
LIKE LIFE GRANTED BY THE HOLY GRAIL ETERNAL
Botanical wall art plant MOSS
The state of 'State Fair' IOWA
16TH LETTER OF THE NATO PHONETIC ALPHABET PAPA
'Hold ___ your butts' ('Jurassic Park' line) ONTO
RANGE ORPHAN DOGIE
Eponym of the Sports Scholar Awards from Diverse: Issues in Higher Education ASHE
That, in poetry YON
Passion personified EROS
SOAP ACTRESS DAVIDSON EILEEN
Force wielders of film SITH
'Captain's Peril' co-author William SHATNER
Slammed in tribute ROASTED
Cleared for departure? EXCUSED
Sunken place CRATER
Like salmon OILY
NBA Hall of Famer Pippen SCOTTIE
'OF COURSE!' ISURECAN
PUNCHING GADGET AWL
SWEAT SPOT BROW
DOZED FOR A BIT APPEND
Home of the Dez Dam IRAN
REFUSE TO GIVE UP? TRASH
'Nightswimming' rockers REM
Smashing success? ACE
High bridge VIADUCT
PEOPLE PERSON? STAR
UTILIZE A THEORETICAL CLOAKING DEVICE, SAY VANISH
She played Barbara in 1990s SNL sketches CHERI
Subject of an early 2000s collapse ENRON
'It burns!' YEOW
GUIDED LED
EXCEPT SAVE
Equidae family member ASS
Idris who played Macavity the Mystery Cat in 'Cats' ELBA
Obsequious employee YESMAN
Served a sentence ONETIMED
GIVES A PASS TO, SAY COMPS
Guy who directed the 2019 'Aladdin' remake ITCHIER
MALICIOUS LOOK LEER
STUFFS SATES
ONE OF THE FOURTEEN HOLY HELPERS OF CATH. TRADITION STELMO
HAS HIGH HOPES SPIREAS
In a bit, in an ode ANON
From this point on ... and a phrase that explains (and is spelled out by) the 12 shifted first letters in this puzzle GOINGFORWARD
'Impetuous young boy' of 'Monster Mash' IGOR
Pavement hazard POTHOLE
'Good ___' POINT
Theater honors OBIES
AKITA AGREEMENT HAI
Disappearing lakes, e.g MIRAGES
Western show business? SALOON
Rap battle VIPs MCS
UNDILUTED, IN MIXOLOGY NEAT
Fall behind, say OWE
Many a millennial in the early 2000s TEEN
Gets by observation SENSES
Between, pour moi ENTRE
Louisa May Alcott character portrayed in an Oscar-nominated role by Florence Pugh AMYMARCH
With 79 Down, shake stuff ICE
Work in a theater DRAMA
UNLOCKS PEONS
SEE 5 DOWN CREAM
Stone found in the Australian mining town of Lightning Ridge OPAL
BOX OF BOCKS, SAY CASE
OVAL SECTION ARC
SEE 112 DOWN LATE
ATTEMPT TO PERSUADE COAX
'I urge you all ... to love each other without restraint. Unless you're into leather. Then by all means, use restraints' speaker Margaret CHO
Source of a drumroll SNARE
They move around ORBITERS
Weapon in film noir GAT
Holed up? POROUS
'Haste makes ___' ASTEW
CERTAIN TANK DESCRIPTOR SEPTIC
GETAWAY LAM
'The wonder of all things,' per some translations of Lao Tzu TAO
ACTING KEN OR LENA LION
Site for frequent fliers? AVIARY
Concerning element of home inspections ADORN
Journey respites STOPS
Ward of 'The Guardian' SELA
FOR EACH ONE APIECE
'Move it, varmint!' GIT
Food brand named for two neighboring states OREIDA
SHIP'S CREW TARS
Requiring recovery HURT
ONE EARNING STRIKE PAY? PITCHER
LIKE FLAGGED FOOTBALL FORMATIONS ILLEGAL
Focus of one's enmity FOE
'I'd be glad to help!' NOPROB
TUNES OUT IGNORES