The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2020 10 25

crossword answers
Clue Answer
UPGRADE IMPROVE
DIRECT (TO) REFER
See 31 Across GIVER
SCHEDULE SPACE SLOT
Battler of Hercules ARES
Bomb, or a word before 'bomb' S{TI}NK
Brooding animal HEN
Bus. head CEO
CA/ND/ID picture USMAP
Comedian who hosts his own show on Adult Swim ZOMBIEANDRE
Common crafting material PAPER
Comparatively crowded DENSER
Countess, e.g NOBLE
Creeper in a garden SLUG
Demonstrate delight EXULT
Genre of deadmau5's song 'Ghosts 'n' Stuff' ELECTRO
Hook's source of terror, briefly CROC
It began for tennis players in 1968 OPENERA
KitchenAid product STOVE
Light and snarky form of applause GOL{FC}LAP
Running scientific subjects LABRATS
Satan's quality EVI{LN}ESS
Satisfy, as criteria MEET
Savannah herbivore ELAND
Seek forgiveness (for) A{TO}NE
Sent to one's account EMAILED
Site of Japan's Triangle Park, which hosts an annual Halloween party OSAKA
NERVE FIBER AXON
DURATION SPAN
CHICKEN ___ KIEV
CURSED SWORE
FRICTION REDUCER LUBE
DISINFECTANT BRAND LYS{OL}
PRIEST'S ROBE ALB
GHOST TOWN POPULATION NOONE
WIELD A CROWBAR PRY
ABOMINATE DETEST
TINY TERROR IMP
SEE 43 ACROSS ACID
BEING DRAGGED ALONG INTOW
LOUNGE LOLL
SORT OF ABIT
CHANGE, AS BOUNDARIES REZONE
Horror legend Lugosi {BE}LA
IDENTIFY INCORRECTLY MIS{LA}BEL
CREATE MAKE
RESPONDED IN COURT PLED
COT SPOT BASE
TURKMENISTAN NEIGHBOR {IR}AN
SoCal pro LARAM
Spirit ___ (adhesive used for affixing wigs) GUM
Stereotypical cosplayer GEEK
Stop working for a time TAKETEN
Subject for a sexologist KINK
They've been close for a long time OLDPALS
'09 World Series champs YANKS
'Assuming I'm right ...' IFSO
TRAGIC FIGURE OF A SOPHOCLES PLAY {OE}DIPUS
'Horror of Dracula' star Christopher LEE
'Long' numbers, maybe ODDS
America's national mammal since 2016 {BI}SON
African setting of Brian Littlefair's novel 'Desert Burial' MALI
:, on a test ISTO
'¡Fantástico!' OLE
Himalayan load bearers YAKS
Hideous-sounding fruit UGLI
Halloween period FALL
Halloween party snack CHIPS
Hairstyle lasting a while PERM
Food order phrase TOGO
Devilish action SIN
Firm message? MEMO
Feature of some scary roller coasters LOOP
Feature of many a purported ghost photo BLUR
Energizing (transformation in 108 Across) INV{BI}{IG}{TO}{ER}ATING
WHIMPER MEWL
FALKIRK FOLKS SCOTS
UNADON FISH EEL
STARTING POINT OR{IG}IN
Dread-and-wonder feeling AWE
Dracula, to Van Helsing FOE
Beer store selection CASE
Black wind, often OBOE
Bollywood music pieces RAGAS
'Monsters vs. Aliens' voice actress Zellweger RENEE
'Phantom Lady' actress Raines ELLA
'Quit slouching!' SITUP
'Strange Things Happening' singer James ETTA
'The Black Knight' composer ELGAR
'The Dead Don't Die' actress Gomez SELENA
'The Haunting of Sarah Hardy' actress Ward SELA
'The Rite of Spring' composer VAMPIRESTRAVINSKY
'___ Blood' (TV show) TRUE
'___ Craven's New Nightmare' (1994 film) WES
Like many ghost stories ORAL
Like many low-budget horror films INDIE
Like some pressure (transformation in 68 Down) ATMOSPH{BE}{IR}{TI}{EC}
Little head? LAV
Look while in a trance STARE
Maligning moniker EPITHET
Many Musée d'Orsay works RENOIRS
Means of spooking somebody on Halloween PRANK
Memorable one-word line uttered by Catwoman in 'Batman Returns' MEOW
Non-ovine flock's cry AMEN
Not merely crave NEED
Oh Henry! candy bar ingredient NUT
Peak position? RANGE
Processed rock ORE
Promote, as suspicion SOW
Pugsley and Wednesday, e.g SIBS
Rejoin a sports league after leaving it, say U{NR}ETIRE
Rooney of 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' MARA
Rosticciana meat PORK
Tint of some prints of 'Nosferatu' SEPIA
TT car manufacturer AUDI
Vehicles seen in 'Godzilla' TANKS
Wax art class item CRAYON
Wild West persona LON{ER}
Word before Lingus AER
Zrenjanin resident SERB