The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2021 06 06

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Acquiesce (to) ASSENT
Burn, at a barbecue CHAR
Big part of a big personality's personality, perhaps EGO
Bust figure, informally NARCO
Cardinal numbers? STATS
Buildup from pressure STRESS
Brief bit of brightness GLINT
Debate presentations IDEAS
Delivery from a herald MESSAGE
Did some interrogating ASKED
Bit of company attire? TUTU
*Semis TR{ACT}ORTRAILERS
Actress Issa, and a homophone of 39 Down RAE
Distort, as polling data SKEW
Astatine, e.g HALOGEN
End up behind LOSE
Band whose name is a potential answer to its song title 'Why Can't We Be Friends?' WAR
Exfoliating spa offering PEEL
Export from Bordeaux CLARET
Bedeviled PESTERED
Feeling after a series of unfortunate events, often RE{GRE}T
Capital near Paradise Island NASSAU
Civic's test developer? HONDA
Hard to figure out, like some puzzles ENI{GMAT}IC
Hot body STAR
Husked grain OAT
*Native American talismans suspended over cradles and beds DREA{MCAT}CHERS
*Moon, e.g NATURA{LSAT}ELLITE
*Gymnastics surfaces TUMBLIN{GMAT}S
*Got somewhere during a task MADEPRO{GRE}SS
Company seeking hits LABEL
'The ___ Holmes Mysteries' (series of detective novels by Nancy Springer) ENOLA
'The Tempest' spirit ARIEL
Disappeared gradually DIEDAWAY
Disconfirm DENY
Disney Junior's royal detective MIRA
DEMAND NEED
Earlier, in a sonnet ERENOW
Express scorn visually SNEER
BIG PICTURE POSTER
FILL TO CAPACITY SATE
'Who's next?' reply from whoever is next IAM
BONUS PLUS
Join privately? ENLIST
'Straight up ...' REALTALK
Large, hairy beast YAK
Large, hairy beast APE
'Borders' singer MIA
'Birdman' actress Riseborough ANDREA
Like medals and prizes AWARDED
Like some writing devices IRONIC
1997 Mattel acquisition TYCO
Load-bearing creatures OXEN
STERN REBUKE EARFUL
Magical D&D foe HAG
European site of a contemporary music festival called Ultima OSLO
Marsupial hunted by a Tasmanian devil WOMBAT
Focus of a newspaper's culture beat THEARTS
Hairy hollow, perhaps ARMPIT
Not amateurish ADEPT
Lansbury of 'Bedknobs and Broomsticks' ANGELA
One watching a race VOTER
Letters on some Duracell packs AAA
Particles generated from heterolytic fission IONS
Pledge to an officiant IDO
Ran, as in a laundromat BLED
Reflected line in optics RAY
Roll-call refusal NAY
Round rim surrounder TIRE
Semiaquatic creature SEAL
Sharp-ended fastener NAIL
Some govt. issuances IDS
Superlatively snarky SNIDEST
Take a closer look in a book, say PARSE
Tank's contents AIR
HAVE ACHES AND PAINS AIL
Circled by AMID
Honeydew, e.g MELON
REACH ATTAIN
Like an online 90 Down EMAILED
WATCHED EYED
PERCEPTIBLE BY TOUCH T{ACT}ILE
WRITTEN COMMUNICATION MISSIVE
SCRUB ABORT
MINERAL SOURCES ORES
SPLIT UP APART
VOCAL OUTSPOKEN
Lily pad visitor FROG
SOME DISTILLERY PRODUCTS GINS
___ FORCES ENEMY
March Madness locale ARENA
MOUNTAIN EVERGREEN FIR
SHIRK WORK LAZE
Political mover? EMIGRE
Tank's contents OIL
Temporary plunge DIP
Tennis pro Vesnina ELENA
The Bard's kerfuffle ADO
HDTV BRAND RCA
Ottawa-born crooner ANKA
Use flawed reasoning, say ERR
Verification of a businessman's statements? AUDIT
Word before your words EAT
Z as in Zografou ZETA
___ hygiene (dental concern) ORAL
___ Yuanzi, activist during China's Cultural Revolution NIE
TERRA ___ FIRMA
PATRONIZES, AS A HOTEL STAYSAT
Nautical weapon SEAMINE
Mag discussing CEOs INC
Mohawk Island's lake ERIE
Most alert READIEST
Ocean snapper? LOBSTER
Things one can check on Eventbrite RSVPS
Traps, as in a web ENMESHES