The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2021 12 26

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Form of sunscreen GEL
Summer Games blade EPEE
Many ousted leaders EXILES
Roller coaster track RAIL
Faked out, in hockey DEKED
ATTACH ADJOIN
POLI ___ SCI
Christmas feast, e.g REPAST
'I Want to Come Home for Christmas' singer Gaye MARVIN
PUPPETEER BAIRD BIL
'Wintersong' musician McLachlan SARAH
Homering Sammy SOSA
Emulated crows CAWED
Greek series finale? OMEGA
Number two? DUO
MINIMAL AMOUNT LEAST
How some bread tastes YEASTY
'Home ___' ALONE
Closefitting head cover DURAG
Feature of rotten eggs ODOR
Fiddles' kin VIOLAS
Greek symbol of density RHO
Having a cold, say ILL
Links starting point TEE
Little, informally ITSY
Not as easily solved HARDER
Repeated bit of music LOOP
Storied gift wrapper ELF
Farmer's site, in a song DELL
Ornamental lace mat DOILY
Far from terse WORDY
HUSTLE RUSH
Sonic, e.g HEDGEHOG
C feature CURVE
Wassailing drink ALE
DOWNCAST SAD
Make a sincere appeal PLEAD
Power-ful scientist? WATT
Held for questioning DETAINED
'I'll be home for Christmas / If ___ in my dreams' ONLY
'Who wants to take a crack at it?' ANYBODY
Gold medal-winning runner Sebastian COE
Chem class charges LABFEES
JEWELRY FASTENER CLASP
Wet floor cleaner MOP
One checking text messages? EDITOR
Adjusts, as shoelaces RETIES
Move like Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce SPRINT
GO SWIFTLY SPEED
Maker of 4K Ultra HD TVs RCA
Get into a pizza, say BITE
AVOID EVADE
WORK PERIOD STINT
Inaugural statements OATHS
Two, in poker DEUCE
Discreet email initials BCC
Shelters securely ENSCONCES
How bills may be paid INCASH
Former Firebird maker PONTIAC
Wicked spirit FIEND
Molly of an Irish folk song MALONE
___ GRASS OAT
Idiomatically reinvented device WHEEL
'Archer' voice actress Judy GREER
Crime drama genre NOIR
*'Doesn't affect me' ITSNOSWEATOFFMYBACK
ATLAS BOX INSET
Small unit of vol TSP
'We ___ a miracle!' NEED
Band around a joint ANKLET
'Sun's out, guns out' muscles BICEPS
Uses falsetto, in a way YODELS
FALSE FRONTS GUISES
MAKE TRACKS HURRY
Common Christmas ornament ORB
Figure skater Brian who performed in 'Carmen on Ice' ORSER
Silken net WEB
Unfair preference, maybe BIAS
Hearing order ALLRISE
Patronize, as for lunch DINEAT
Bistro reading MENU
Winged ___ (tree) ELM
Eagle ___ (source of nest broadcasts) CAM
'The Café-Concert' painter, 1879 MANET
'Things ___ looking up!' ARE
Supervised reentry into society PAROLE
BOLT SKEDADDLE
Standing by, as a doctor ONCALL
Dodgeball balls, essentially AMMO
Band or toy preceder BOY
Protozoan on a slide AMOEBA
Gave, as a hand LENT
ALLSTATE COMPETITOR AFLAC
Membranous structure attached to an embryo YOLKSAC
CONSIDERED TO BE SEENAS
OkCupid users' activity DATING
___ PRESSURE PEER
BE ABUNDANT TEEM
See 118 Across LEE
Glazed Christmas dish, perhaps HAM
Abbr. on office mail STE
River vortexes EDDIES
Like blizzards, in part WINDY
National Film Award winner Kapoor RAJ
What many apps run on IOS
Delegate from Can. or Mex., e.g., who assembles in NYC UNREP
Willie of Giants fame MAYS
Star pitcher's low no ERA
'Zing!' HIYO
Reference showing local attractions AREAMAP
Flavor enhancer inits MSG
Cute source of pants? DOG
Synonym of 7 Across ARC
PARTS OF FEET TOES
Swamp hopper TOAD
Lines of celebration ODE
'We did it!' YEAH
World records, e.g BESTS
Serpents on pharaohs' headdresses ASPS
COMPLETELY ABSORBED ENRAPT
NOT JOKING SERIOUS
*1979 film whose final line is a quotation from 'Heart of Darkness' APOCALYPSENOW
Lupino of 'Devotion' IDA
Neat assortments ARRAYS
Winter wraps SHAWLS
'Citizen Kane' locale XANADU