The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2020 12 20

crossword answers
Clue Answer
The S of ASL SIGN
Carpentry item NAIL
MORAL OBLIGATION DUTY
Electronic dance music setting RAVE
BRING LITIGATION AGAINST SUE
Guevara seen in 'Evita' CHE
SURGERY SITES, BRIEFLY ORS
'A few weeks ___ ...' AGO
CARTOONIST BIL KEANE
'Let's see ...' HMM
Boggy Louisiana area BAYOU
It sprouts from an acorn OAK
*'It will be our little secret' KEEPTHATTOYOURS{ELF}
Oingo Boingo singer-songwriter Danny {ELF}MAN
Trailblazing stage actor Aldridge IRA
Santa ___ (Christmas accessory) HAT
'Mixed-ish' network ABC
___ WEDNESDAY ASH
Lozenge, for a cough REMEDY
Grass-covered surface SOD
EDGE CUSP
Period divided into eras EON
Vessels for fried rice WOKS
Mystical sphere, maybe ORB
'Young and Beautiful' singer ___ Del Rey LANA
Sunken treasure sites SEAS
CEO or CFO's degree, perhaps MBA
Software-testing phase BETA
'The Book of ___' (Denzel Washington film) ELI
COMEDIAN COSTELLO LOU
Sends high overhead LOBS
EASYGOING LAX
Christmas ___ (seasonal drink from Great Lakes Brewing Co.) ALE
IMMINENT NEAR
Meadow beast EWE
Stereotypical outdoor spaces for frolicking FIELDS
One a-leaping in a Christmas carol LORD
Mesh under a trapeze NET
Like sharp images on TV INHD
Business abbr INC
Frequent hiking site for Calvin and Hobbes WOODS
Theoretical evolutionary intermediates APEMEN
*Archipelago divided between Argentina and Chile whose name means 'Land of Fire' TIERRAD{ELF}UEGO
Like tennis legend Margaret Court's last name APT
Chasers in a saloon? POSSE
SITE OF RODS AND CONES EYE
Mix, as in a soup bowl STIR
POET'S PALINDROME ERE
Remove a curse word CENSOR
Like Santa's little helpers {ELF}IN
*Auto executive for whom an infamous failed car was named EDS{ELF}ORD
MOST DEVIOUS SLYEST
Composer Thomas whose surname is an anagram of 94 Across ARNE
'Drop it!' LETGO
Stuck at some boring job INARUT
Forgot-you-had-an-exam-today emotion TERROR
City where many Dutch monarchs were buried D{ELF}T
Musical Garfunkel ART
Megaphone sound BLARE
Decapod's leg count TEN
FALSE NAME ALIAS
PORTION OF BUTTER PAT
Service after a breakdown TOW
___ Tomé and Príncipe SAO
Ones a-milking in a Christmas carol MAIDS
SMALL CORAL ISLAND CAY
Bookcase section SH{ELF}
Dinosaur of Pixar films REX
'Why' musician Yoko ONO
Informal complaints BEEFS
Org. planning Take Your Family to School Week PTA
Medium's alleged skill ESP
Has a deep desire (for) YEARNS
'That grosses me out!' ICK
PLACES STEADS
Misstep, as on a wet floor SLIP
'Carpe ___!' DIEM
Letters you can't read SCRAWL
Fabricator's product? LIE
Ringing steeple section B{ELF}RY
Bit of ThirdLove lingerie BRA
Coppertop battery brand DURACELL
200-meter race, e.g DASH
Really wretched ABJECT
COMPLETELY ALL
*Spongy desserts ANG{ELF}OODCAKES
Genre for many mystery films NOIR
___ TUESDAY FAT
Coal transporter TRAM
Moved on in one's life? AGED
Squalid shelter HOVEL
Ready to graduate, say? ROBED
Spice used in some Christmas cookies GINGER
Sees if one can TRIESTO
Performer wearing geta GEISHA
Minor opposite GROWNUP
Parish officer who sounds like an insect BEADLE
SECOND SOUND ECHO
Coat rack piece PEG
Oolong, e.g TEA
Contents of tables DATA
EXERCISE POWER GOVERN
ROMANIAN'S NEIGHBOR SERB
Green pool target SIXBALL
Manage, as exhibits CURATE
___ Rabbit (trickster in African American folklore) BRER
VENTILATE AIROUT
Greets cordially SAYSHI
Sparkling crown TIARA
Song sung in pews HYMN
30 percent of X III
UNION GENERAL GEORGE MEADE