The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2020 10 25

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