The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2021 08 15

crossword answers
Clue Answer
'Platoon' war zone, briefly NAM
Female 94 Down DOE
RELIEVES (OF) RIDS
Vaccine research org NIH
PRECIPICE EDGE
DOUBLE-REED WOODWIND OBOE
Abbr. on a street sign AVE
Digits on an IRS form SSN
Diplomat Kofi ANNAN
Aware of, as a secret INON
MAKE A DECISION SELECT
WOOL COAT FLEECE
Hair treatment PERM
Hair treatment TINT
Hair treatment RINSE
SINGER SANDS EVIE
Film director DuVernay AVA
'Fun Home' has one ACT
'Hacksaw Ridge' actress Palmer TERESA
Beginning of history? PRE
Peter Gabriel's band, once GENESIS
Plants bearing grapes VINES
Some deciduous trees ELMS
Tale in a tome, perhaps SAGA
Victory lap pace TROT
Male 94 Down STAGS
Ride or die, e.g NOUN
Intriguing piece of info TIDBIT
Genre for Ma Rainey and Papa Charlie McCoy BLUES
'Yes ___, Bob!' SIREE
Noise from a pigeon COO
Scan in which a patient may wear headphones MRI
Ring-tailed creature COATI
BY ___ OF (DUE TO) DINT
Crystalline collectible GEODE
Obvious (Ed Sheeran) EVIDENT
Italian salami variety (U2) GENOA
Like some engineers NAVAL
'The African Queen' co-screenwriter James AGEE
Crazy Horse and Red Cloud's people OGLALA
Oceanography subject SEA
'The French Dispatch' director Anderson WES
SOCCER FAN'S CHANT OLE
THE NIGHT BEFORE EVE
REMAINS UNDECIDED PENDS
ILLUSTRIOUS NOTED
INSECT ON A BOX OF HONEY NUT CHEERIOS BEE
NEVER, IN GERMAN NIE
ROWER'S PROPELLER OAR
___-IN-LAW SON
IN NEED OF NOURISHMENT UNFED
'Per my last email ...' ASISAID
Certain campus partner SUITEMATE
Energy, or a drink JUICE
Ex-MLB commish Bud SELIG
Handle one may not want to be attached to EPITHET
Hollywood spectacles EPICS
Insurance giant's spokeslizard (Beyoncé) GEICOGECKO
Language spoken in Chiang Mai THAI
Like TV shows watched by night owls ONLATE
Many awards for Audra McDonald TONYS
Mixed martial artist Anderson ___ SILVA
Move like a crane SOAR
Plane's landing hr ETA
Primary fight MAINEVENT
Stuff on a Q-tip's tip COTTON
Way too drawn-out OVERLONG
What TSA agents check IDS
HINDER DETER
PENN STATION? DORM
AIRPORT QUEUE VEHICLE TAXI
KAZAN OF FILM ELIA
'___ got your back' IVE
Anvil brand in cartoons ACME
Fields Medal field MATH
Oregon neighbor, briefly CALI
Spotted lanternfly, e.g PEST
Viciously sarcastic SNIDE
Fragrant shrubs (Pink) MYRTLES
Cultural sites? (Florida Georgia Line) PETRIDISHES
'Why, yes!' INDEEDIDO
SOME SORORITY LETTERS XIS
Channel showing MVPs ESPN
New ___ (music genre) AGE
Vexed greatly ATEAT
Create on-screen characters? TYPE
LearnedLeague content TRIVIA
SLEIGHT-OF-HAND SCAM MONTE
PRO VOTE YEA
Rocker King ELLE
Nutritionists' concerns DIETS
Wide receiver's org NFL
The band Phantogram, e.g DUO
___ nodes LYMPH
Aria performers DIVAS
Tool placed in a bucket MOP
'How could you ___?' TELL
Swimmers' competition MEET
Warty pond swimmer TOAD
Spread, as seeds SOW
A cappella group voice TENOR
Grossed out NAUSEATED
'Nature' channel PBS
Bones' connection site JOINT
Gala at 8 p.m., say (Duran Duran) SOIREE
Legal case's substance MERITS
Service period, often? SUNDAY
Existed (Interpol) LIVED
Co. founders, often CEOS
Occasion to geek out NERDFEST
Castilian conqueror ELCID
U.S. citizen-to-be's subj ESL