The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2020 12 27

crossword answers
Clue Answer
METALLIC WASTE SLAG
CHICKEN ___ KING ALA
SIMPLIFY EASE
Fairy ___ TALE
TALL GROVE SPECIMEN OAK
Boxer's low target GUT
1982 Disney film set in cyberspace TRON
Ace's value, maybe ONE
Alligator ___ (fish) GAR
Amorphous organisms AMOEBAS
Animated underwater Disney character NEMO
Arm storage spaces ARSENALS
Army-style attire, for short CAMO
Art producer Yoko ONO
At half price, say ONSALE
Ba Dinh Square capital HANOI
Baby who hoots OWLET
Be penitent over ATONEFOR
'... ___ he drove out of sight' (holiday poem line) ERE
'Erie News ___' (Pennsylvania news program) NOW
'ha ha' LOL
'It's going down!' SOS
'It's outta here!' GONE
'Land of Confusion' band GENESIS
'My Bloody Valentine 3D' actress King JAIME
'The Blue ___' (Strauss waltz inspired by a river) DANUBE
'They won' WELOST
'You're full of it!' LIAR
Beast in a pen PIG
Begin to smell bad, say ROT
Biker bars? SPOKES
Check out secretly PEEPAT
Chicken korma of Indian cuisine, e.g ENTREE
Half of a gendered dispute HESAID
Having absorbed many kinds of books WELLREAD
Highlight for a drummer SOLO
Hymn-singing site PEW
Important parts of many a metapuzzle CLUES
Impress enormously AWE
Insult comic's specialty SNARK
It's half 62 Down MULE
Laughably dumb ASININE
Like a laptop when you don't touch it for a while IDLE
Like Dracula's victims BITTEN
Meadow creature COW
Middle Ages lands FIEFS
Money spent in Milan EURO
Mr. Bean of film SEAN
Musical Ives BURL
News bombshell EXPOSE
Notable quintet (Row A) GREATLAKES
Watson's colleague HOLMES
What apps are written in CODE
___ Price, dentist in 'The Hangover' STU
BOOTY HEINIE
HASTY ESCAPE LAM
RELY ON TRUSTIN
UPSTATE NEW YORK CITY OLEAN
FUEL GAS ETHANE
THAT GUY'S HIS
MAKESHIFT SHELTER HUT
FOLLOWER OF PI RHO
CASUAL DINING SPOTS BISTROS
Oreo, e.g COOKIE
'Crocodile Hunter' Steve IRWIN
Scary street in film ELM
BIOCHEM STRAND RNA
PASSIONATE ABOUT INTO
DEGREE HOLDER, BRIEFLY ALUM
GROUP OF REINDEER HERD
JUST KNEW FELT
___ AND VOID NULL
GLIDED SLID
ABSORB, AS GRAVY SOPUP
MONOPOLY ROLLER DIE
BOWLING TECHNIQUE SPIN
FILM DIRECTOR SPIKE LEE
WORKING HOURS UPTIME
Nickname preceder AKA
Thin bit of smoke WISP
EWOKS' FOREST MOON ENDOR
HEARING AID? AMP
Commit a blunder ERR
AUTO RACER BOBBY UNSER
PACIFIC SALMON COHO
HIDDEN SUPPLY CACHE
SIGNS, AS A CHECK ENDORSES
DIVING BIRD LOON
ARCTIC BIRDS TERNS
LOCATES FINDS
ARCHITECT MAYA LIN
'Arrivederci!' CIAO
'Ask someone else' NOTME
See 75 Across LETTERS
Situated over ATOP
Film director Craven WES
BECOME DROOPY SAG
Hot water holder KETTLE
POKER PLAYER'S WORDS IMIN
INFAMOUS ROMAN EMPEROR NERO
BLT INGREDIENT TOMATO
ON A CRUISE ATSEA
EXPEL, AS LAVA SPEW
ORDER (AROUND) BOSS
DECEMBER TEMPS SANTAS
NEW YEAR'S ___ EVE
Bride's words before putting on a ring, perhaps IDO
Busy locale HUB
Coins in Coventry PENCE
Commercial flop DUD
Comprehend, informally GROK
Decide, as in court RULEON
Duel setting WILDWEST
Eisenhower-era child, say BOOMER
Enterprise captain ___-Luc Picard JEAN
Equestrian's need HORSE
Expand, as a lead WIDEN
Ginger ale, e.g SODA
Grouping on Noah's Ark PAIR
Guest's sleeping spot SOFA
Had ambitious goals ASPIRED
Notable quintet (Row B) SENSES
Notable quintet (Row C) FINGERS
Notable quintet (Row D) OCEANS
Notable quintet (Row E) SPICEGIRLS
One lending assistance HELPER
One living in a convent NUN
Ontario-born Shania TWAIN
Pinkie Pie, to Marble Pie, on 'My Little Pony' SIS
Poetic lamentations ELEGIES
Posh ride to a film premiere LIMO
Powerful impulses URGES
Punkie Johnson's show, for short SNL
Quite avid GUNGHO
Ready, like a doctor ONCALL
Recharging station? SPA
Rich political donor FATCAT
Served, as at a bar POURED
Set off an alarm? STARTLE
She campaigned in Michigan on Nov. 3, 2020 HARRIS
Short Wiki page STUB
Some academic hurdles ORALS
Sow bug, e.g ISOPOD
Sporty Toyota model SOLARA
Stop on a train route DEPOT
Stormy condition IRE
Superior of a co CEO
Taste toast, say EAT
They're spread by sneezing GERMS
Thing shown in an X-ray BONE
Tiny, in Tours PETIT
To-be-released apps BETAS
Trainee in uniform CADET
Treat served in a tin PIE
Underground extraction ORE
Use crayons, say DRAW
Utopia rocker Rundgren TODD
Video game creator ___ Kojima HIDEO
What a golfer may save PAR