The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2021 12 12

crossword answers
Clue Answer
'What ___ is new?' ELSE
10 or 40 preceder TOP
CRUSOE'S CREATOR DEFOE
Arctic bird performance? (inhale) PUFFINCONCERT
'About Me' blurb BIO
'Just a ___' TAD
Bug bugging you, say PEST
Chess player's friends? MATES
Contents of 86 Across LOAVES
BOWLS OVER AWES
Coop creature HEN
CHARGED TOWARD RANAT
Deceptive quality GUILE
Devices used for hurling? (exhale) SLINGMACHINES
Diligent critter ANT
Actress Gunn who played Skyler White on 'Breaking Bad' ANNA
'There's a lot to unpack here' ISEE
'You Can Call Me Al' musician Simon PAUL
Does a Hollywood job ACTS
Expressway section LANE
Extracted material ORE
Getting-in initials ETA
'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs' composer Henryk GORECKI
Hairstylist's tool COMB
Imprints, as on glass ETCHES
India's prime minister from 1947 to 1964 NEHRU
Alexander I, e.g TSAR
'Sherlock' network BBC
Arises, as in conversation Comesup
'OBVIOUSLY, EINSTEIN!' DUH
Big group of vessels ARMADA
'Let's go for a walk!' ARF
Cookie one might dunk OREO
'I forgot what to say!' LINE
D.C.-born queen NOOR
'Follow your ___!' (phrase in Froot Loops ads) NOSE
DOB displayers, often IDS
Had a soft spot for LIKED
'Shining Through' novelist Susan ISAACS
Ludwigshafen's river RHINE
Eerie graveyard sounds MOANS
Emulates a pigeon COOS
'Rudy' star Sean ASTIN
Needing a sick day ILL
One whose happiness stems from suffering SADIST
Open mic night performer's seat, maybe STOOL
Over and over, in odes OFT
Plum discard PIT
Pondering outcomes IDEAS
Portable stove fuel BUTANE
Potato ___ (kitchen tool) PEELER
Lightbulb moment cry AHA
Maximally low SADDEST
Quick horn blast TOOT
Moved like a cat burglar, perhaps CREPT
Reduce in duration CURTAIL
Result of a bedbug bite ITCH
Rijeka Carnival nation CROATIA
Romance writer Pollock IDA
Royal title for a big cat? (inhale) PANTHERHIGHNESS
MRI scan reviewer DOC
She was given a tribble aboard Deep Space Station K-7 UHURA
Ship's escape craft LIFEBOAT
Simon of 'The World's End' PEGG
'Lorna ___' (Blackmore novel) DOONE
'Just got back from work!' IMHOME
Star shortstop Francisco LINDOR
'Gonna need a hint' IMLOST
'AND HOW!' DOI
Sunken ship site SEA
HAD A MEAL ATE
Green space LEA
Filling station? DINER
INUNDATE DROWN
AFTERWARD THEN
HUSTLE SCOOT
BUNYANESQUE LARGE
Prepares for surgery SEDATES
Prepared to play, as a track CUEDUP
Rectangular bakery containers, frequently BREADPANS
MANAGED FARED
RULE DOMINANCE
SIMPLICITY EASE
LIGHT-FOOTED AGILE
SIGNIFICANT PERIOD ERA
WHITTLE (DOWN) PARE
Score after each team scores a goal ONEALL
Parapsychology subj ESP
PUNK ROCK SUBGENRE EMO
Slide from hydroplaning SKID
Table tennis barriers NETS
Takes away somebody's Soul, say? TOWS
Tears, as fabric RIPS
The only characters to appear in 'Glengarry Glen Ross' MEN
Tote bag feature STRAP
Twitch, for one SPASM
Video call program for iOS users FACETIME
What a rose stems from SEED
What you may shout when you find a burning copy of a 1997 Jim Carrey comedy? (exhale) LIARLIARSONFIRE
Xperi recording device TIVO
___ Lamont Hill, host of 'UpFront' on Al Jazeera English MARC
Australian mine finds OPALS
Quaint shop adjective OLDE
___ HASHANAH (JEWISH NEW YEAR) ROSH
Some e-signed files PDFS
Star shortstop Jeter DEREK
Summits' agreements PACTS
Buy for, as a meal TREATTO
Surprise a film director, in a way ADLIB
PART OF A FOOT ARCH