The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2021 09 05

crossword answers
Clue Answer
'___ deal!' BIG
A, in a deck of cards ACE
Aardvark's facial feature SNOUT
ADVANTAGES PROS
FORMAL PROMISE PLEDGE
BAMBI, FOR ONE DEER
Appreciative works ODES
Ambulance apparatus STRETCHER
23RD GREEK LETTER PSI
Cut of meat from Mork's home planet? ORKROAST
Dairy product from a hydroelectric facility? DAMCHEESE
Approach zero percent battery power, say RUNLOW
Delivery in a hospital? DOSE
Bert's buddy on TV ERNIE
Actor Tom providing cuts of holiday bird? HANKSGIVINGTURKEY
Best for apple-picking RIPEST
Elevated crest RIDGE
Chef's toque, e.g HAT
CPR-certified worker EMT
DC reporter Clark KENT
50 percent of diez CINCO
Descriptivists' topics USAGES
Fast-food sandwiches grilled by actress Grier? PAMBURGERS
Desert vegetation areas OASES
Detroit-born DJ Casey KASEM
Emulates interrogators ASKS
Capital of Ghana? HARDG
Essentials of learning ABCS
Chloe Fineman's sketch show, briefly SNL
European capital where part of 'Tenet' was filmed OSLO
Events at swim meets RELAYS
Expanse above SKY
Five-armed invertebrate SEASTAR
Gilpin who played Roz Doyle on 'Frasier' PERI
Grammy winner Hayes ISAAC
'The Queen's Gambit' actress Taylor-Joy ANYA
'WOE IS ME!' ALAS
'Up Late' singer Lennox ARI
'Tiny Dancer' rocker John ELTON
CONFUSE ADDLE
'The function of freedom is to free someone else' speaker Morrison TONI
CHESTNUT-COLORED HORSE ROAN
Greeting to a group of seared fish dishes? HITUNASTEAKS
'Please finish quickly,' in an office email NEEDASAP
'I get to go now' MYTURN
'Enter if you ___!' DARE
'Check, please'? IPASS
'At First Sight' actress Sorvino MIRA
CRAFTED MADE
SOURCE OF DANGER PERIL
AMISS AWRY
Group's core beliefs ETHOS
Guys on boards CHAIRMEN
Highly scrutinized TV episode, often FINALE
Hostel bed, perhaps BUNK
Jagged part of a cliff CRAG
Joint seen while wearing flip-flops ANKLE
ALL ALTERNATIVE ERA
Model-building box KIT
Non-biological parent STEPDAD
Latin footnote word abbreviated by deleting its last two letters IBIDEM
Military band, maybe? RIBBON
Phenomenon similar to a fog MIST
Organizes into a row ALIGNS
Ortiz of 'Love, Victor' ANA
Numbers on census forms AGES
Pool-testing digit TOE
Pre-U.S.S.R. leader TSAR
Obnoxious jerk, in British slang TOSSER
Oct. 31 exclamation BOO
Olympic team for Simone Biles and Suni Lee USA
Opposite of clumsy ADEPT
Overfastidious ANAL
Organize, as a playlist CURATE
Piece of a certain floral crown ROSEPETAL
Polynesian Disney character voiced by Auli'i Cravalho MOANA
Problem treated by a urologist HERNIA
Realm ruled by Xerxes PERSIA
Piano string adjuster TUNER
ENJOYED A SNACK ATE
Remain, as at a job STAYON
Scotty's portrayer James on 'Star Trek' DOOHAN
Sends on a detour REROUTES
ULTIMATUM WORD ELSE
FORMER ITALIAN MONEY LIRA
SEE 43 DOWN SINS
OXYGEN PRODUCER TREE
Biz abbr INC
SIT ALONGSIDE ABUT
PROBLEM FOR A COMB TANGLE
MAIDENFORM PRODUCT BRA
Reason to get well wishes from Facebook friends, briefly BDAY
OUT OF CONTROL AMOK
'GOTCHA' ISEE
Like lemonade ACIDIC
LOST DELIBERATELY TANKED
Novelist Charles READE
State Farm alternative GEICO
___ Mesa, Calif COSTA
Treats baked by a classic auto company? REOCOOKIES
MAKING A COMEBACK, SAY RETRO
Shade of a Tibetan Buddhist monk's robe MAROON
Verbal ___ TIC
___ AVIV, ISRAEL TEL
Shots posted on Insta PICS
SEE 9 DOWN IQUOTE
Xerox machine bundle REAM
Singaraja's island home BALI
Spirits from Smirnoff VODKAS
Sports org. shown in 'The Last Dance' NBA
Treat as exactly alike EQUATE
Ultrasound or X-ray, e.g SCAN
Vehicle in a chop shop HOTCAR
What Reuters provides NEWS
Whitlock Jr. who played Clay Davis on 'The Wire' ISIAH
Whiz ___ (prodigy) KID
___ Hannon, Ellie Kemper's role on 'The Office' ERIN
___-Missouria (people of Red Rock, Okla.) OTOE
___ Bora (rhyming region of Afghanistan) TORA