The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2021 12 19

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