The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2020 09 27

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