The Washington Post Tuesday - Crossword Answers | 2020 09 29

crossword answers
Clue Answer
DOWN UNDER GEM OPAL
Flaring star NOVA
BLACK OR CASPIAN SEA
PERFECT IDEAL
SHABBY TATTY
2,000 POUNDS TON
PANTS PART SEAT
GARLIC UNIT CLOVE
TNT COMPONENT NITRO
BUDDIES PALS
SCHEDULED TO LAND DUEIN
__ CODE AREA
GEORGE ORWELL'S ALMA MATER ETON
DYE TYPE AZO
BUSTLE ADO
LESS COMMON RARER
DEMOLISH RAZE
DVR BUTTON REW
LIP SOOTHER BALM
POETIC TRIBUTES ODES
BAD TO THE CORE ROTTEN
PD ALERTS APBS
FERN LEAF FROND
TAKE CARE OF SEETO
Danish birthplace of Hans Christian Andersen ODENSE
MEADOW SOUND MOO
EGGY CAKES TORTES
LOP OFF SEVER
OPPOSITE OF NNW SSE
*Dinner guest's gift BOTTLEOFWINE
*Orthopedist's concerns ... and what you'll find in two parts in the answers to the starred clues BROKENBONES
H.S. challenge SAT
Laugh at a joke, say REACT
Like trumpeting trumpets ABLARE
Lolled on a beach BASKED
Off to the side, at sea ABEAM
Outdated tennis racket material WOOD
Take to lunch, say TREAT
Tennis court essential NET
Tim who played pro football and pro baseball TEBOW
Transmission delay LAG
URL ending for MoMA ORG
Whac-A-Mole setting ARCADE
Yanks' crosstown rivals METS
'Madam Secretary' star Téa LEONI
Stand lookout for, as a heist ABET
Spammers, often BOTS
Sky-supporting Titan ATLAS
Shoulder-shrugging syllable MEH
Sales rep's customer: Abbr ACCT
Feature of higher-numbered pool balls STRIPE
1944 law for returning vets GIBILL
100-meter freestyle, e.g EVENT
1,760-yard runner MILER
MISHMASH OLIO
CUT SHORT CROP
GARBAGE CAN EMANATION ODOR
GOOD FOR NOTHING MERITLESS
LIKE BREAD DOUGH YEASTY
PANACHE ECLAT
BEFORE, IN VERSE ERE
TOLKIEN CREATURE ENT
*Where a strike usually isn't lucky BOWLINGLANE
Blacks' foes in checkers REDS
Even __: 72, often, in golf PAR
Early film legend Greta GARBO
Comes out on top in WINSAT
'Reward' for poor service NOTIP
MAN AT THE ALTAR GROOMTOBE
BOND CREATOR FLEMING IAN
*Fencing may mark it BOUNDARYLINE
BUSY HOSP. AREAS ERS
SLIP UP ERR
PIE CRUST FAT LARD
HULA OR HORA DANCE
WIDE SHOE SIZES EES
SMALL BILLS ONES
OPTIMISM HOPE