The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2021 02 21

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Walk-walk connector THE
Dangerous downloads MALWARE
See 73 Across ALAMODE
Barrel ___ (aerial maneuver) ROLL
Nocturnal bird working from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m.? NIGHTSHIFTOWL
'A Sunday Kind of Love' singer James ETTA
Shrimp-catching tool NET
SPIKE, AS PUNCH LACE
Settle from pressure SAG
Vortex seen while kayaking EDDY
Gnawing critter RAT
APOPLECTIC IRATE
Informal term for a World War I-era metal helmet TINHAT
Business patronized before a wedding, often SALON
They're nonnegotiable NEEDS
OUTER LIMITS EDGES
EXPRESSION OF DOUBT IBET
ZILCH NADA
DECREASED IN INTENSITY ABATED
VOICES SAYS
Instructional book category HOWTO
Apt rhyme of 'jaw' MAW
Attempts to tempt ENTICES
Busy med. workplaces ERS
Ore stores LODES
Some altimeter checkers COPILOTS
Striped cat when it's up on its hind legs? STANDINGTABBY
Design plans, briefly SPECS
Oxygen administrator, for short EMT
Inspecting visually EYING
Comparatively pint-size TEENIER
Baseball catcher, at times FAN
DECLARE ASSUREDLY AVOW
BRACES (ONESELF) STEELS
Mercury and Mars, e.g PLANETS
Mercury and Mars, e.g POPSTARS
Automotive shaft AXLE
Mellow, as a personality TYPEB
Fix, as a pet dog SPAY
They're what you'd expect NORMS
'Quit stalling!' DOIT
EMULATE A KANGAROO LEAP
ENCOUNTERED MET
SOME SAP PRODUCERS ELMS
OOH AND ___ AAH
MAJOR BIG
LESSEN IN SEVERITY EASE
'Dolemite Is My Name' hairstyle AFRO
Apollo who fought 53 Across in 'Rocky' CREED
Bale's makeup HAY
Breadmaker's output LOAF
Collectors of badges SCOUTS
Hairy character originally performed by Felix Silla ITT
Minn. metropolis STPAUL
Play date item TOY
Returns policy? TAXCODE
Rocky who fought 63 Across in 'Rocky' BALBOA
Vice President Harris KAMALA
What a tanker carries OIL
APEX ACME
Lakefront property perk VIEW
McShane of 'Deadwood' IAN
Stashed in a safe place HID
Egg-frying vessel PAN
Patent's basis IDEA
Comedian Richter ANDY
Guy who's on deck SEAMAN
Sinister smile SNEER
Peruse prose READ
BLEMISH MAR
Avalanche's and Hurricanes' org NHL
'Once and Again' actress Ward SELA
Greta of 'Ninotchka' GARBO
BEAMS OF LIGHT RAYS
Large cut of beef TBONE
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue office shape OVAL
Gospel of Mark dancer SALOME
___ Octavius, a.k.a. Doctor Octopus in Spider-Man comics OTTO
Had some brunch ATE
Julianne of 'The Hours' MOORE
Broker's business REALTY
Some noblewomen RANIS
TEASED RAGGEDON
SUBJECT FOR JANE GOODALL PRIMATE
TOPPED BESTED
''Deed I Do' singer Lena HORNE
Participated in a gazing contest STARED
Weapon guided by a flight control system MISSILE
'Invisible Cities' writer Calvino ITALO
Michelle, to Malia and Sasha MOM
Immediately, in a hospital STAT
Joint used in jostling ELBOW
Baseball legend Pete went deep? ROSEHOMERED
'Hard ___' ('Absolutely not') PASS
TERMINATED AXED
___ tai bo vien (Vietnamese beef soup) PHO
Hushed 'hey!' PSST
Soup cracker surges? SALTINEWAVES
Small nest builder ANT
'CONFOUND IT!' DRAT
'The Devil's Advocate' actor Keanu REEVES
H ETA
What a doc performs EXAM
Breakfast treat baked by actor Fraser or Gleeson? BRENDANMUFFIN
Hinged convenience for a bus rider DROPSEAT
Moving at breakneck speed RAPID
HELLA COOL ALLTHAT
SUGGEST POSIT
___ BEANS LIMA
Opposite of posh SEEDY
Gives takes OPINES
Inaugural recitations OATHS