The Washington Post Tuesday - Crossword Answers | 2021 09 05

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Rice and wheat GRASSES
COURAGE SPINE
THEY MAY BE RESERVED TABLES
THIRD OF EIGHT EARTH
MODEL SASTRE INES
LUANDA'S LAND ANGOLA
NOTE TAKER STENO
'50S PREZ IKE
__ LANE HOV
'THE SIMPSONS' CREATOR GROENING MATT
MARDI GRAS CITY, INFORMALLY NOLA
Asteroids producer ATARI
Blowup aid TNT
It's often made up in advance MIND
Messi's uniform number TEN
Yankee quipper? BERRA
SOLDIER'S HELMET TINHAT
THEORETICALLY ONPAPER
Physical exam letters LDL
FLORENCE'S RIVER ARNO
Original Dungeons & Dragons co TSR
Jaye's 'The Crying Game' role DIL
Pip's love interest in 'Great Expectations' ESTELLA
MOST FAVORABLE OPTIMAL
Direct approach BEELINE
Core values IDEALS
Novel category ROMANCE
Common stained glass element LEAD
UP TO UNTIL
Byzantine architecture features DOMES
Santa signal [Sidekick 2] SLEIGHBELL
Script writer PEN
Ineffective pitcher's fate, in baseball lingo [Villain 2] GETTINGTHEHOOK
Rapper Stanley Burrell, familiarly HAMMER
LIKE A FEW HOURS AFTER MIDNIGHT WEE
OKTOBERFEST QUAFF BIER
NBAer-cum-rap star ONEAL
TYPES MODES
'Knives Out' filmmaker Johnson RIAN
Old AT&T rival GTE
PIECE OF WORK TASK
Kids' building materials [Sidekick 1] TINKERTOYS
OLD TOKYO EDO
Place for a slam dunk MIDAIR
TOUCHED DOWN ALIT
FREAKING OUT STRESSING
Food wrapped in silk CORN
Yeshiva grad JEW
Reef formation ATOLL
REGIONAL FLORA AND FAUNA BIOTA
Biblical bloomer [Princess 2] EASTERLILY
GOT UNDER CONTROL TAMED
Metro stop: Abbr STA
H.S. bigwigs SRS
__ libre: poetry form VERS
WANDERS ABOUT ROVES
Lorelei et al NYMPHS
CHINESE CULINARY GENERAL TSO
SLANTED PAGE OPED
Violinist __ Frank PAMELA
One-hit wonder [Hero 2] FLASHINTHEPAN
Last Oscars host KIMMEL
Groups of problem-solving specialists [Princess 1] TIGERTEAMS
Nuts seen in bars CASHEWS
FINAL FOUR GAME SEMI
53-Across, to Merkel ERDE
One of eight Yankee World Series victories SWEEP
INVITE TO ONE'S HOME ASKOVER
'Boy, am I dumb!' DUH
Union member? SPOUSE
Convenient, like some winter resorts SKIIN
Julep garnish SPRIG
Economic divisions SECTORS
KNICKKNACK TCHOTCHKE
Terpsichore : dance :: __ : love poetry ERATO
BROWN SHADE UMBER
OFF-ROAD VEHICLE TRAILBIKE
John Irving's 'A Prayer for __ Meany' OWEN
OLD DAGGER SNEE
NASTASE OF TENNIS ILIE
Oscar winner Redmayne EDDIE
GUITARIST PAUL LES
'Ready Player One' hero Wade __ WATTS
Lost for now MISLAID
ATTRIBUTE ASCRIBE
NUTMEG SPICE MACE
Blue __: Dory's species TANG
SOON, TO A BARD ANON
P.O. BOX ITEM LTR
ROBIN ROBERTS' SHOW, INITIALLY GMA
Longtime ABC News anchor [Hero, 1] PETERJENNINGS
Renaissance artist __ Angelico FRA
TOAST STARTER HERES
TAKE __: SNOOZE ANAP
NOSE WRINKLERS ODORS
ENERGETIC TYPE PISTOL
ENCOURAGING WORD? ATTA
LOOK FORWARD TO AWAIT
Like talent, many say INNATE
Matching pair SET
PUT BACK RESTORE
Immortal football coach Amos Alonzo __ STAGG
INFURIATE RILE
HINDU PRINCESS RANI
COLA __ WARS
Budding star's big moment DEBUT
FORMER LABOR SECRETARY ELAINE CHAO
Basic bruise treatment ICEPACK
Menu selections ENTREES
READY TO DRIVE TEED
PER __ ANNUM
FRIENDLY OPENING? ECO
CONG. MEETING SESS
Result of a drip, at times ICICLE
WASTED PLASTERED
__ PERPETUA: IDAHO MOTTO ESTO
Film noir plot device AMNESIA
ORG. FOR NETMEN ATP
OLD CEREAL BOX STATS RDAS
Marvel supersoldier [Villain, 1] CAPTAINAMERICA
El Al's home: Abbr ISR
MYSTIQUES AURAS
Too big for one's own good OBESE
'The Odd Couple' couple, e.g ROOMIES