The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2020 08 23

crossword answers
Clue Answer
ORBITAL EXTREME APOGEE
GRADUALLY DISINTEGRATE ERODE
SHARPEN HONE
Problems for crops PESTS
Reason to fix a radiator LEAK
Takes advantage of, as privileges ABUSES
'Tucker and Dale vs. Evil' director ___ Craig ELI
'Shaun of the Dead' actor Simon PEGG
'The Vampire Diaries' actress Dobrev NINA
Things cracked by spies CODES
The Fray singer Slade ISAAC
Symbol of efficiency ETA
'That's all' IMDONE
Stats for National Pro Fastpitch players RBIS
Press, as an accelerator STEPON
Rainbow Falls locale HILO
Sport with a hall of fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum RODEO
NICKNAME IN 1950S POLITICS IKE
Has a cold one IMBIBES
Behind, on a ship ASTERN
RELAYED SENT
SURGE PROTECTOR? SODACAN
Leave No Doubt but still perform, say GOSOLO
Largest of the dolphins ORCA
Electric Company card, e.g DEED
Durable deck material CEDAR
Hulking fantasy beast OGRE
Has doubts ISNTSURE
Cool ___ (creamy pie topping brand) WHIP
MAKE A HOME (IN) RESIDE
'COULDN'T AGREE MORE' YES
RECENTLY INTRODUCED NEW
RECIPE PHRASE ALA
REPRESENT ACTAS
NOT SUITABLE UNFIT
REGAL TITLE SIRE
One may wear a dastar SIKH
Non-public relations? LOVELIFE
Noisemaker in a jam HORN
Nickname in 1960s politics CHE
Musical subgenre of psychedelia ACIDROCK
Maxim Brewery's Double Maxim, e.g ALE
'Mario Is Missing!' hero LUIGI
'Make it make ___' SENSE
Make a second offer REBID
Mathematical group SUBSET
'Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom,' e.g BIOPIC
BESTED OUTDID
ROOT ORIGIN
BUG RILE
Like the author Francine Prose's surname APT
Outing on a sound, e.g BOATRIDE
Neverland hand SMEE
Sch. that receives more applications than any other college in the U.S UCLA
Sci-fi judge working in the year 2139 DREDD
Risking base discipline AWOL
Ruminant in a meadow EWE
Obtain energy from FEEDON
Party spirit, maybe GIN
Parts of crossword grids ROWS
Radio host Flatow, or radio host Shapiro backward IRA
Prepare for horse racing SADDLEUP
Nautical mapping tool SONAR
Promote, as lies PEDDLE
Protein-producing molecule RNA
Missing groom-to-be in 'The Hangover' DOUG
Old painting site CAVE
Make great progress GETFAR
REPORTER'S VIEWPOINT ANGLE
ROUTINELY ALOT
LIP OF A CUP RIM
Small toys? RUNTS
Save the Children provision AID
Garment sold by Spanx BRA
Food rhyming with 59 Across EGG
Frightening responses SHRIEKS
Frequent faller in a Rube Goldberg machine DOMINO
Funny wedding pic? ROMCOM
Fire-tipped missile, at times ARROW
Flat-bladed tool HOE
Firm name abbr INC
Father's attire ALB
FBI a(gents) GMEN
Fabric made from wool TWEED
Extract from poppies OPIUM
Doreen Shaffer's genre SKA
'Down' singer ___ Sean JAY
Djokovic's former tennis coach AGASSI
MOVE AWAY RECEDE
'Bewitched' witch ENDORA
SIT ___ BY IDLY
Got 100 percent on NAILED
Group in wage talks UNION
LEGLESS LARVA MAGGOT
Crowded, noisy party RAGER
Cultural interests ARTS
Co-star of Sissy in 'The Long Walk Home' WHOOPI
Course surface SOD
Coricancha constructor INCA
Columns in cabins, maybe LOGS
Cherry ___ (tree) PLUM
'Children Power' musician ONO
Ceremony bestowal AWARD
Bulb-shaped fruit PEAR
Challenges presented by children DARES
Carol's time NOEL
Bird hunted by a dingo EMU
Body made of plasma SUN
Brand with 'Scooping since 1928' on its cartons EDYS
Battery pack letters AAA
INEPT SORT DOOFUS
Dance studio railing BARRE
Org. that painted the phrase 'Black Lives Matter' on its courts in 2020 NBA
Direct courses BEELINES
Destroyer sometimes used at sea TNT
Pride parade month, often JUNE
Stars may signify them RANKS
Tony winner Kelli OHARA
STUNNED INAWE
Why some players need an extra quarter TIE
Vowel value in Scrabble ONE
Some characters in Jesmyn Ward's book 'Sing, Unburied, Sing' GHOSTS
Auto decoration DECAL
1500 THREEPM
'___ No Secret' (Kylie Minogue song) ITS
*Spurs GADS
*Removing the wrong letters, say EASING
*Inning before extra innings NTH
*More bizarre ODER
*___ the system (exploited the rules) GED
*Confusing situations MASSES
*Empathetic comment IRE
CONTEMPTIBLE CHARACTER CUR
EQUITABLE FAIR
Time when an early riser is awake FIRSTLIGHT
Theater section? SCENE
The castaways on 'Gilligan's Island,' e.g SEPTET
'Le Grand Canal' painter MONET
Unlike pro bono work PAID
'Lola' actress Anouk AIMEE
___ Nakken, first woman to be a full-time coach in Major League Baseball history ALYSSA
What an early riser may watch ... and, reading bottom to top, what's spelled out by this puzzle's 'early risers' GOODMORNINGAMERICA
Time when an early riser is awake BREAKOFDAY