The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2021 05 30

crossword answers
Clue Answer
DENSELY PACKED CROWD THRONG
SCRUFFS NAPES
Isolate on an atoll, say ENISLE
Filmmaker Sofia, Eleanor or Francis Ford COPPOLA
Ski ___ (group of mountainside rescue workers) PATROL
'Sounds about right' GUESSSO
Ceremonial pitcher EWER
On high alert VIGILANT
Apt rhyme of 'conk' BONK
Crystal violet, e.g DYE
Heidi Gardner's sketch show, briefly SNL
BALTIMORE PRO ORIOLE
Cornea site EYE
Mani-pedi venue SPA
K-12 support grp PTA
Dragon's habitat LAIR
Bird's perch in a city LEDGE
Former wireless provider ALLTEL
Hoofed hybrids FAUNS
Openings for quarters COINSLOTS
'Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is: Never try' speaker on 'The Simpsons' HOMER
1996 Broadway premiere RENT
'Open Your Box' musician Yoko ONO
MAGAZINE SUBSCRIBER READER
Skipper's post HELM
Potential flower girl at an aunt's wedding NIECE
Former MLB boss Bud SELIG
See 81 Down POLICE
Robert De Niro's role in 'Taxi Driver' TRAVISBICKLE
102 Across seller CAFE
Material melted to make glass SAND
'If Beale Street Could Talk' star KiKi LAYNE
DUDE FELLA
'Chess' team, e.g.? CAST
'Guys and Dolls' composer Frank LOESSER
Hires employees of a rival company POACHES
GRAVITATE (TOWARD) TEND
Decepticon in 'Transformers,' e.g ROBOT
EMMY-WINNING FALCO EDIE
SLIP AWAY ELAPSE
Moves briskly like a Clydesdale TROTS
Dirty martini garnish GREENOLIVE
AREA OF AGREEMENT OVERLAP
Like someone who's clapping back SASSY
Get one's ankles wet WADE
Cold mass FLOE
Like Captain Marvel HEROIC
COLLECTIVELY ASONE
ONLY SLIGHTLY ATAD
Payment before getting a raise? ANTE
1994 Van Damme film partially set in 2004 TIMECOP
Photo-sharing website acquired by SmugMug in 2018 FLICKR
A matter of discourse TOPIC
MASSIVE AMOUNT TON
PET COLLAR ATTACHMENT IDTAG
'It's hopeless!' ICANT
Cosmic snowball COMET
FAIRWAY CHOICE NINEIRON
___-FRY STIR
Cardiovascular concern HEART
Knowledge of alchemy, say ARCANA
___-State Area TRI
TOOK PART IN A FEAST ATE
'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine' changeling ODO
Line at a crime scene CORDON
ET born in 1756 ALF
'Ain't Misbehavin'' Tony winner Carter NELL
'This film is not ___ rated' YET
'___ to a Drum' (Yusef Komunyakaa poem) ODE
GAVE FALSE HOPE TO LEDON
Post-makeover self-description NEWME
Expressed grief loudly WAILED
Palindromic pal BUB
Brief, as a reply TERSE
Shows trepidation TREMBLES
Beastly noises ROARS
'Back so soon?' YOUAGAIN
Lake by Eastlake, Ohio ERIE
Blimp's locale SKY
MAKE MORE BEARABLE RELIEVE
COMMON LUNCH HOUR NOON
Human or beast, e.g BEING
Most tenors MEN
Sheet found in a door PANE
'Friendly' prefix ECO
'Fascinating' ISEE
'___ in Toyland' BABES
Not taking charge? FREE
Billion-year period EON
Single guys' dwellings BACHELORPADS
English form of 'ella' SHE
'This Old House' carpenter Norm ABRAM
Emmy-winning Rivers JOAN
'Wanna bet?' reply? IPASS
RADIO STUDIO SIGN ONAIR
Bridal gown feature LACE