The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2022 02 27

crossword answers
Clue Answer
___ victory (gain in spite of a loss) MORAL
Nickname of Kaitlin Olson's character on 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' SWEETDEE
Sword fight selection SABER
Didn't just believe KNEW
Bits of glue DABS
INDICATES AGREEMENT NODS
Spot in an auditorium SEAT
Filly's male counterpart COLT
Silence, as on Zoom MUTE
Jack Kerouac book about how musician Yoko is totally gnarly? ONOTHERAD
'___ your engines!' START
Like intricate artwork DETAILED
'___-la-la!' OOH
Palindrome meaning 'small' LIL
Geometric knitting pattern ARGYLE
Being from Orgrimmar in 'World of Warcraft' ORC
PARTICULARLY PERSNICKETY FUSSY
'You're distracting me!' SHH
'Positions' singer Grande, informally ARI
Synonym of 34 Down DAD
Data figs NOS
Risk analyst's subjects? PERILS
They provide a view EYES
PLAYWRIGHT BURROWS ABE
Bird appearing in a 'Whatever Froots Your Loops' ad campaign TOUCANSAM
Horseshoes relative RINGTOSS
UNTIL UPTO
Preschooler's vehicle TRIKE
Ingredient in some sriracha sauces HONEY
Disingenuous INSINCERE
DRIVE BACK REPEL
Oboes, clarinets, etc WINDS
Word following status QUO
Last word of IPA ALE
GRUB CHOW
E.M. Forster book about director Ron's TV room? HOWARDSDEN
Cause collisions at a concert MOSH
'The Brady ___' BUNCH
Summer or winter gourds SQUASHES
Gollum's original name in Tolkien stories SMEAGOL
SIBLING NICKNAME SIS
Metal bar, perhaps ROD
Artistic Rockwell NORMAN
Wood used in expensive chess sets EBONY
BARELY BEAT EDGED
ANONYMOUS JANE DOE
Animal kingdom partner MATE
'Don't worry, it'll be OK' RELAX
SIMOLEONS DINERO
Stephen King book about parking places in Oregon's capital? SALEMLOTS
MUSE OF LYRIC POETRY ERATO
'Feel Good' star ___ Martin MAE
Circular saw, e.g TOOL
Enjoy a water park SWIM
WNBA star Cambage LIZ
Ancient scroll character RUNE
Collect, as a fortune AMASS
TV critic's posting RECAP
PHI BETA ___ KAPPA
Rain delay sheet TARP
'And we'll tak' a cup o' kindness yet / For auld lang ___' SYNE
How World Cup Final matches never end INATIE
Cuyahoga River city AKRON
'Lonely' singer whose name is 65 Across minus its middle letter AKON
Batted around, kitten-style PAWEDAT
DIVULGES LETSON
Dance class instruction STEP
Kitchen nightmare, maybe MESS
Shedding friend, maybe PET
Bennett on records TONY
TATER ___ TOT
Dashboard initialism MPH
The 'Iron Chancellor' ___ von Bismarck OTTO
One in a fairy tale duo GRETEL
Glittering accessory TIARA
Short opening? INTRO
Kurt Vonnegut book about a bed for jazz-singing babies? SCATCRADLE
Oral defamation SLANDER
Ancient period YORE
NASCAR CIRCUITS LAPS
Base levels RANKS
80 Across image ICON
ANCHOR'S PLACE SHIP
'50/50' actor Rogen SETH
Commotion from promotion HYPE
Freedom to maneuver LEEWAY
Keelung's country TAIWAN
Captain Hook's bosun SMEE
Countryside measures ACRES
Oaf, in Canadian slang HOSER
Sirloin specification RARE
Zebra seen near Lions REF
Foreigner frontman Lou GRAMM
TROUBLED VEXED
Oratorio tune ARIA
Uno card color RED
Silverstein music genre EMO
Oscar winner David NIVEN
Leopardus genus feline OCELOT
John Steinbeck book about afternoon parties in paradise? TEASOFEDEN
THEATER PRODUCTION STAGESHOW
Quincy Jones, to Rashida Jones FATHER
Sword fight injury GASH
'Good Times ___ Times' (opening track on Led Zeppelin's debut album) BAD
Item for fixing locks? BRUSH
Ignored a driving limit SPED
Megalomaniac's issue EGO
Tablet program APP
Narrow crest of a hill RIDGE
FREQUENCY RATE
Winged harpist ANGEL
Poet paying homage ODIST
NECESSITIES MUSTS
Dozer developer DEERE