The Washington Post Tuesday - Crossword Answers | 2020 10 03

crossword answers
Clue Answer
MERGE MELD
__ HAMMER CLAW
__ PAINT WET
HOGWASH ROT
ON THE LEVEL LEGIT
BRANCHES SECTS
AREA OF INFLUENCE SPHERE
'DANG!' CONSARNIT
LONG BEGINNING? ERE
HIGH PAIR ACES
SOAKS STEEPS
LIGHT-FOOTED SPRY
PANDEMONIUM CHAOS
AMERICAN __ SAMOA
BEHIND PRO
OBVIOUS EASYTOSEE
LARGE AMOUNTS LOADS
CHASE FIELD TEAM, ON SCOREBOARDS ARI
STANDINGS COLUMN WINS
REALLY BAD DISMAL
HEAVY WEIGHT ONUS
TEE CHOICES VNECKS
TWO FOR DINNER? ENS
'SKYFALL' SINGER ADELE
Ad come-on LOWPRICE
'Relativity' artist ESCHER
GOES BY ELAPSES
NETS MAKES
Arkansan's neighbor OKIE
Briskly depart SCAMPERAWAY
Disney princess voiced by Kristen Bell ANNA
Dove headfirst, maybe SLID
Flakes in boxes CEREALS
Genre in a battle, perhaps RAP
Highlights? AURORA
Increases in desirability ENHANCES
Kids' sandwich ingredient JELLY
Like most residents of Nunavut INUIT
Like zeroes OVAL
Request while extending a glass ILLHAVESOME
'The Suburbs' Grammy-winning indie rock band __ Fire ARCADE
Lecturer's 'My bad' IMISSPOKE
Add some contrast to TINT
Jet Ski maker KAWASAKI
Ones who rarely skip class NERDS
Boss-pleasing guy YESMAN
Before digging deeper ATFIRST
Org. created in 2001 TSA
Alma mater of about half the Supreme Court YALELAW
'Quo Vadis' director Mervyn __ LEROY
Nice place for a cap? TETE
Showing 'tude SASSY
Ironic lead-in to stating the obvious NEWSFLASH
Illustrations without shades and hues LINEART
'... to name one' SAY
Handle the roasting TAKEAJOKE
Toy with curly hair POODLE
Territory from 1861 to 1889 DAKOTA
Surreptitious sip source FLASK
Slowly consume NURSE
Doesn't do seriously PLAYSAT
Movie villain that reads lips HAL
Nepali wrap SARI
Media with narrow tracks CDS
Measures of current events? AMPS
Secret source LEAKER
'Die Young' singer KESHA
'Cool Hand Luke' restraints Legirons
Words of exasperation ICANTEVEN
SLOPESIDE SIGHT AFRAME