The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2022 01 23

crossword answers
Clue Answer
PROTECTIVE GEAR PADS
Target of many a fan's complaints REF
Fired off, as a text SENT
MINISTER'S ASSISTANT BEADLE
Annoyance for Elmer, aptly BUGS
Believing, so to speak BUOYING
Co. leader's deg., often MBA
Highly urgent DIRE
Ring out, like a bell PEAL
Some pub drinks ALOES
Tennessee NFL pro TITAN
___ punch (devastating blow) GUT
APPROACHED RAPIDLY RANAT
High point of real estate? ATTIC
Like a pangolin's skin SCALY
Be down in competition TRAIL
Developer's creation APOP
'I'm downstairs,' to a friend living in a high-rise apartment ITSME
Slop(py) space STY
'Horrible Bosses' director ___ Gordon SETH
BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL TAMED
___ down (subsided) DIED
OBLITERATE ERASE
JOINING LIONKING
Diamond experts? SKIERS
What SPF 50 sunscreen blocks UVRAYS
Taking down, in a forest FELLING
Pair in a Double Quarter Pounder PATOOTIES
Cause delays, maybe HINDER
DISCERN VISUALLY SEE
Procedure used in a search for one's genetic ancestors DONATESTO
LIKE AN EXPERT ADEPT
OBJECTIVES AIMS
INTERLACE ENTWINE
Event for everyone BIRTH
Invent a 62 Across, say LIE
Not in right now AWAY
Not in right now PASSE
Start of an encouraging phrase ATTA
Study manuals, say READ
CARTOON CHIHUAHUA RENO
Standards of decorum MANNERS
Posting insulting messages online FLAMINGO
Harpsichord family instruments SPINETS
Light source traditionally given to a first-year student at Bryn Mawr College LANTERN
Tight people PALS
GREEN FIELD? FINANCE
Tastes, as 3 Down SIPS
2024 Summer Games city PARIS
Deposits, as to an account PAYSIN
LOW EUCHRE CARDS TENS
TACK ON ADD
Unbleached linen hue ECRU
Promising quality UPSIDE
Educational basics ABCS
Artificial radioactivity co-discoverer Joliot-Curie IRENE
MARINE FORMATION REEF
RESIST DEFY
Liturgical book MISSAL
'Finding Nemo' giant WHALE
'The most astonishing activity of mankind born out of struggle between wisdom and madness,' per Magdalena Abakanowicz ART
'___ Land' (2010 film about a vampire hunter) STAKE
Aardwolves' kin HYENAS
Appointed leader? SELF
Blended brews, maybe TEAS
Bocas del Toro nation PANAMA
Credibility, as for an argument HEFT
Emmy winner Shore DINAH
Emulate a kangaroo rat LEAP
Fanning on a film set ELLE
Jorts makeup DENIM
Lake by Lorain, Ohio ERIE
Maker of LCD projectors RCA
Org. opposing dealers ... or leading 'dealers'? DEA
Polyhedron feature EDGE
Reactions to a series of unfortunate events, say TIRADES
Spot for a wet blanket DRYER
Tibias' spots SHINS
What YouTube tracks VIEWS
'Up Late' singer Lennox ARI
Mimicking passerine bird MYNA
Mare : filly :: ___ : pullet HEN
Items stuck in cakes CANOODLES
Phil, to Will, on 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air' UNCLE
Like many fitness trainers INSHAPE
Fronded green specimen FERN
Extraordinary success EPICWIN
Knowing what's going on AWARE
NAUTICAL CHARTS SEAMAPS
DISTRACTING NOISE ODIN
'___ looking at you, kid' HEROES
Improv comedy tenet YESAND
Do some pickpocketing THIEVE
Tabernacle table ALTAR
Promo profession ADBIZ
Offshore platform RIG
Sweater ___ (knit garments) VESTS
'Concrete Cowboy' actor Idris ELBA
Where an epilogue appears ATTHEEND
Maki or uramaki dish SUSHI
EXPRESSIONIST NOLDE EMIL
ONE-MAN SHOW ABOUT CAPOTE TROU
Indiana director? STEVEN
Causes of irritation PEEVES
Black-and-white photoengraving LINECUT
'AC360' broadcaster CNN
NOT UNIFORM UNEVEN
Owner's record DEED
Soda bottle measurements LOITERS
Disc mower maker DEERE
Tax Day sign ARIES
Harold who played Egon in 'Ghostbusters' RAMIS
Awards show sounds CLAPS
'Keep your balance!' STEADY
Late actress, animal welfare advocate and self-described 'avid crossword puzzle addict' White BETTY
SEE 24 DOWN EAR
Paleontologists' workplaces DIGSITES
WALKING AIDS CANOES
Developed choppers TEETHED
Sale signifier REDTAG
Honey-colored resin AMBER
APPLE ___ CIDER