The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2020 09 27

crossword answers
Clue Answer
VARIETIES ILKS
SEE 19 ACROSS VERA
ELLIPSOIDAL OVAL
EASILY IRRITATED PRICKLY
INFOMERCIAL PHRASE ASSEENONTV
MAIN MODE OF TRAVEL? CRUISE
1973 National Women's Hall of Fame inductee Keller HELEN
Boas and such NECKWEAR
Box full of breakers PANEL
Brand of dressings and marinades KENS
Cable giant offering Xfinity packages COMCAST
Calorie, e.g UNIT
Cardinals legend Brock LOU
Chrysanthemum containers VASES
Cosmetics brand acquired by Natura &Co in 2020 AVON
Decline, in influence WANE
'Help me,' e.g PLEA
'Crazy Rich Asians' director Jon M. ___ CHU
'Battlestar Galactica' actress Helfer TRICIA
Apple's G5 desktop, e.g IMAC
Ancient nomadic warrior HUN
Admirer's exclamation OOH
Address for a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle DUDE
'___ ___ Baby' (hit for Vanilla ___) ICE
'It Takes Two' twins OLSENS
'___ to the Thief' (2003 Radiohead album) HAIL
BENT OUT OF SHAPE CROOKED
BOATLOADS TONS
VERY OHSO
VERY TOO
SURROUND HEMIN
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE EDGE
WORK OVER REDO
SHOWERS RAINS
CONTRIBUTE ADDIN
BROWNISH PEAR BOSC
'Why not ___?' BOTH
LINK UP WITH TIETO
JUST BARELY ATAD
WILD GATHERING ORGY
WEARYING ROUTINE RUT
SEE 117 ACROSS PARTS
SOLEMN DECLARATION VOW
'___ diem!' CARPE
'You've Got Mail' director NORAEPHRON
'Stormy Weather' singer Waters ETHEL
'Married ... With Children' and 'Sons of Anarchy' co-star KATEYSAGAL
'Later,' in Le Havre ADIEU
Arcade machine insert TOKEN
Atoms that have an unequal number of protons and electrons IONS
Basilica table ALTAR
Due-in hrs ETAS
Emulate pirates MARAUD
Enclosure for shark divers CAGE
Enjoying REM, say ASLEEP
Explorer Hendrickson for whom the Field Museum's Tyrannosaurus rex is named SUE
Explosion from the surface of a white dwarf NOVA
Flaky mineral that's an anagram of 15 Down MICA
Longtime 'liberal lion' of the Senate TEDKENNEDY
Massage parlor option OILRUB
Met unexpectedly, with 'upon' CHANCED
Metaphor for initial romantic chemistry SPARK
Necromancer's haunt CRYPT
Next-in-command after the ship's first officer SECONDMATE
NL West pro PADRE
Not just like ADORE
Note-taking implement PEN
Note-taking implements PADS
Notice about a snow day cancellation, e.g ALERT
SUBSEQUENTLY THEN
GOOD TO GO AOK
BUSTLE HOOPLA
'CITIZEN ___' KANE
Tartan garments KILTS
Key hit when starting a new paragraph ENTER
'Inconceivable!' CANTBE
___ SMEAR PAP
BENEFICIAL QUALITY ASSET
MEANINGLESS INANE
Business card abbr TEL
100 percent accurate EXACT
Nuclear reactor items RODS
Offering from Santa TOY
Old-school yet trendy RETRO
On a horse, in a way ASTRIDE
One of two in the U.N.? DOT
One-year contract, maybe LEASE
Opened a smidge AJAR
Org. administering the GRE ETS
Overbite correctors BRACES
Parliament's lavatory LOO
Piano mover, at times? VAN
Pin count TEN
Potential results of rap battles? DISSTRACKS
Propelled, as a pigskin THREW
Bio section of a newspaper OBITPAGE
Black ___ (hip-hop duo featuring string instruments) VIOLIN
Fate for some granted political asylum EXILE
Food, water, etc NEEDS
Gained financially PROFITED
Gandhi who serves as the president of the Indian National Congress SONIA
Garam ___ (Indian spice blend) MASALA
Guys carrying clubs BATBOYS
Handle on an app USERID
Heir space? ESTATE
Home of the French aquarium Océanopolis BREST
How some cinematic sword fights are fought TOTHEDEATH
Hydrologist's subject SEA
It shelters in a shell HERMITCRAB
Jazz singer Cassidy EVA
Lasik surgery targets EYES
Like azaleas, to cats and dogs TOXIC
Like many adopted pets RESCUED
Liquid bead source PORE
Lisa Kudrow and Meryl Streep's alma mater VASSAR
Protagonist of 'The Last of Us' video games ELLIE
Pursued a seat RAN
Recipients of fan mail IDOLS
Routine component BIT
Safe, as crackers EDIBLE
Seek treasure, in a way DIG
Shape whose number of sides is equal to this answer's clue number HEPTAGON
Slight trace of color TINGE
Smoked bagel topper LOX
Smoothie seller JUICEBAR
Some supplies used in body painting DYES
Something read by a fortuneteller TEALEAF
Spreadshirt products TEES
Starling's structure NEST
State where Marilynne Robinson's book 'Gilead' is set IOWA
Steel fixture at a skate park RAIL
Streaming annoyances ADS
Sugar apple, by another name SWEETSOP
Tapped, so to speak CHOSE
Taqueria tortilla TOSTADA
Tips of missiles NOSECONES
Toss, as a water balloon LOB
Warn, as on the road HONKAT
What 5 might signify MAY
Willow family quaker ASPEN
With 119 Across, divisions in a chorus, and a description of how a choral section has been divided across black squares in five rows in this puzzle VOICE
With 8 Down, moisturizer substance ALOE
Work of art? COMIC
___ Hirobumi, first prime minister of Japan ITO
___-out (poor excuse) COP