The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2021 12 19

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