The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2020 07 26

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Birth city of the musician Falco VIENNA
Not threatening BENIGN
FIGHT (FOR) VIE
Member of a chorale TENOR
PLAINS FOLK OTOE
Love of Italian opera? AMORE
Laborer of yore SERF
CONCLUSION END
Dipped piece of food SOP
Tart, purple fruit SLOE
FALL ___ GRACE FROM
TOOT YOUR OWN HORN BRAG
INTENSE DESIRE URGE
LEAVES SUDDENLY DECAMPS
TAJ MAHAL LOCALE AGRA
FORCES OUT OF BED ROUSTS
Slight, as for a Grammy nomination SNUB
Admirable soul MENSCH
Album producers LABELS
Bassist Sutcliffe STU
Genre of the film 'Gilda' NOIR
In-group vocabulary ARGOT
Inspired by BASEDON
Patriotic spirit before it's been released? (Wham! + Christina Aguilera = Usher) FREEDOMGENIEINABOTTLE
Singer Adam or Miranda LAMBERT
Explosive handled by a big primate? (Bruno Mars + Taio Cruz = Kenny Rogers) GORILLADYNAMITE
Deadly spider that's totally obscure? (Iggy Azalea + The Tony Rich Project = Jay Sean) BLACKWIDOWNOBODYKNOWS
'Look ...' IMEAN
Hangouts with TVs DENS
SIT-UP TARGETS ABS
Inedible beef? FEUD
CHAR THE SURFACE OF SEAR
Flightless avian EMU
1 a.m. fridge visit, say RAID
Desktop PC brand ACER
Distort, as light rays REFRACT
Title akin to 'prince' EMIR
EXTREMELY HOT SULTRY
CLASSIFY SORT
NEIGHBOR OF ZAMBIA ANGOLA
NEITHER HERE ___ THERE NOR
DEVOTEES BUFFS
MADRE'S BOY NINO
CROW'S COMMENT CAW
Bands' playlists SETS
CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST KAEPERNICK COLIN
AC/DC rocker Angus Young, e.g AUSSIE
Friendly greeting to a group of feral equines? (Adele + The Rolling Stones = Flo Rida) HELLOWILDHORSES
Greenland people INUIT
Med. inserts IVS
Sister Sophia in 'The Sound of Music,' e.g NUN
Incisive comeback RETORT
Things burned in studios CDS
'This is my last card!' UNO
Detach, as a brooch UNPIN
Pastime with pigeons SKEET
CARTOONIST ADDAMS CHAS
Star's ride LIMO
Genetic biopolymer RNA
Literal-minded Bedelia AMELIA
DISCOURAGE DAUNT
'American Idol' winner ___ Allen KRIS
Pays for a pair, say ANTESUP
PUERTO ___ RICO
TARZAN COMPANION APE
Make a desperate pitch BEG
CAPTURE SNAG
TOOK PLACE WAS
PROCURE OBTAIN
FOOTNOTE ABBR ETAL
STAYED IN PLACE IDLED
TITLE IN COLONIAL INDIA SAHIB
'___ Eyez on Me' (film about Tupac Shakur) ALL
'Booped' body parts NOSES
Cause to be treasured ENDEAR
Deliver, at Wimbledon SERVE
Gratify, as with a feast SATE
'Guitar Hero,' e.g GAME
'I couldn't ___ more' AGREE
Rub, as with a cloth WIPE
Reviewed, as records AUDITED
'This concert is awful!' BOO
Cruise ship floor DECK
Opera ___ (Nebraska musical company) OMAHA
SOLO ALONE
PROFICIENT ABLE
'Bonanza' star Greene LORNE
Power ballad venues ARENAS
Result of cutting costs? SALE
Nothing, en español NADA
Sung out loud, say ORAL
Comic who topped Rolling Stone's '50 Best Stand-Up Comics of All Time' list in 2017 PRYOR
'Rodeo' composer Copland AARON
Chart with Top 40 hits, including all songs in this puzzle's theme BILLBOARD
Took part in a debate ARGUED
Rule for building on others' ideas in improv YESAND
NBA analyst Brown HUBIE
Beef chow ___ MEIN
STEAKHOUSE ENTREE TBONE
CUT OFF GRADUALLY WEAN
HUGE QUANTITY ATON
NOT AS MUCH LESS
It may be filed at a spa TOENAIL
MY, IN MONTREAL MES
Many CT scan checkers MDS
Sun Dance practitioners ARAPAHO
WAY OUT YONDER AFAR
Surf Ballroom's state IOWA
R&B singer Táta ___ VEGA
'___ Me Another' (NPR trivia program) ASK
[Yes, keep petting me, human] PURR
Cheeky and irreverent SASSY
Comforter stuffing EIDER
'DITTO' ASDOI
Computer opening PORT
PER ___ (YEARLY) ANNUM
Highest volume setting on a Spinal Tap amp ELEVEN
Crooner Johnny MATHIS
Uranium ___ ORE
Duke extension letters EDU
30 Seconds to Mars rocker Jared LETO
Continentally named prog rock band ASIA
Stuff in pirates' chests BOOTY
Program like Spotify running in Safari, e.g WEBAPP
They have altered DNA GMOS
Went off, so to speak RANTED
Whitney Houston's sign LEO
Whooping ___ (bird) CRANE
UFO shipmate ALIEN
Minimal quantity NONE
'Thanks, I hate it' UGH
Smash hit's position, reached by each of this puzzle's circled hits NUMBERONE
When Roxie's trial occurs in 'Chicago' ACTII
Carrier founded in 1948 ELAL
Metered transports CABS
Houston center, once YAO
REFINERY MATERIAL TAR
Word sung in a hymn AMEN
KEY SIGNATURE WITH NO SHARPS OR FLATS AMINOR
'This is perfect!' ILOVEIT
Your plea to everyone in paradise that they employ your services? (Bryan Adams + Bill Withers = Bananarama) HEAVENUSEME
Brandon Blackstock, to Reba McEntire STEPSON
'I Am Not Your Negro' director Peck RAOUL
Holler heard in a Texas border city? (Marty Robbins + Tears for Fears = Rihanna) ELPASOSHOUT