The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2021 12 19

crossword answers
Clue Answer
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Chaotic row MELEE
Scoffing smile SNEER
Orioles might sit atop it, briefly ALEAST
SINGSONG SYLLABLES TRALALA
Orgs. participating in School of Excellence programs PTAS
___ Labaki, first female Arab director to be nominated for an Oscar for best foreign language film NADINE
Animal tending to pups OTTER
Gaits at a horse track TROTS
Card game where cheating is expected MONTE
Maker of Perfect Portions cat food IAMS
Garden mentioned in certain verses EDEN
TORMENT PERSISTENTLY HARASS
TORMENT PERSISTENTLY EATAT
Parallel planes in science fiction ALTERNATEUNIVERSES
FAR FROM LAX ANAL
'Hello?' AREYOUTHERE
'The Beguiled' director Coppola SOFIA
Bar order in a 20-ounce glass, say TALLONE
Bob's business? SALON
Former Apple instant-messaging program ICHAT
Gold medal-winning ice dancing partner of Tessa Virtue SCOTTMOIR
Making an impression, in a way STAMPING
Setting of Lene Gammelgaard's book 'Climbing High' EVEREST
Shinto structures near torii gates SHRINES
Miss Trueheart played by Glenne Headly in 'Dick Tracy' TESS
Small business bigwig OWNER
'The Kiss' composer SMETANA
Imperial ___ (strong, dark beer) STOUT
Flash ___ (sudden public performances) MOBS
It's 10 spaces before Free Parking JAIL
Issuer of phone lines? SIRI
Draw on squares STALEMATE
Principal Skinner's first name SEYMOUR
Brings back to reality WAKES
Obeys a yellow light SLOWS
Source of ancient dialogues PLATO
Tissue-taker's noise ACHOO
What's produced on scoreboards during shutouts GOOSEEGGS
___/HER PRONOUNS SHE
Hardship antonym EASE
Crash remedy, perhaps RESTART
Sources of hits RADIOS
'Downton Abbey' Emmy winner Maggie SMITH
MAKE FIZZY AERATE
Rainforest greenery VINES
Buffoonish sort TWIT
'Pass' NOTINTERESTED
Covered area in a monastery CLOISTER
Medieval copiers SCRIBES
People who attended rituals performed by nonbinary shamans known as quariwarmi INCAS
Zero-to-hero character, in film tropes DWEEB
___ MANAGEMENT WASTE
Fu ___ (mustache) MANCHU
___ Dog Museum (attraction in Odate, Japan) AKITA
Component of world-building, in fantasy fiction LORE
Like some lower regions NETHER
Out at night, maybe? INBED
Relief during hard times SOLACE
In your face UPCLOSEANDPERSONAL
___ YOGA HATHA
Tennis star whose name is a homophone of a gray shade ASHE
Old coin-op restaurant AUTOMAT
'The X-Files' star Duchovny DAVID
1998 Wimbledon champion Jana NOVOTNA
Spooky synonym for a manta ray SEADEVIL
Aperture providing a discreet view of who's outside your door SPYHOLE
Typical AP exam taker TEEN
Old device for watching 'JFK' or 'UHF,' say VCR
___ Luís, Brazil SAO
Curfew setter, maybe MOM
What Michael Darling wears in 'Peter Pan' PAJAMAS
Instrument played by Anoushka Shankar SITAR
Starting a new life? GIVINGBIRTH
Like drakes and drones MALE
'Oh. My. God.' IMSTUNNED
Black rings, often TIRES
Rupert who played Ron Weasley GRINT
App setting? MENU
Negates a deletion, in proofreading STETS
SEE 41 ACROSS SALES
Warning sign in a studio ONAIR
Some wedding reception accessories TIES
Pitch-tracking device RADAR
ARRIVALS ADVENTS
NOT RECOGNIZABLE BY ALIENTO
Upper-arm muscles, briefly BIS
Some bread roll shapes OVALS
Prescription for treating sleep deprivation AMBIEN
ABOUT, ON A MEMO INRE
'Drive' band, aptly THECARS
It may have many laps RACE
Seriously funny show? DRAMEDY
They can be caused by submarine landslides TSUNAMIS
Oft-scaled rock formation at Yosemite ELCAPITAN
Account holder? STORYTELLER
Feeling for a poor soul PITY
2012 Paul Thomas Anderson film about a cult leader THEMASTER