The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2020 08 23

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