The Washington Post Sunday 2022 01 16 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
Attempt to seize	GRABAT
ADDS MOISTURE TO	WETS
Academic assessments	TESTS
90-DEGREE SHAPE	ELL
1999 Ron Howard film often compared to 'The Truman Show'	EDTV
'___? If not, nobody will testify for me'	CANIGETAWITNESS
'Vikings' character played by Maude Hirst	HELGA
'Twilight' actress Ashley	GREENE
Baseball owner Moreno	ARTE
Big ___ (semis)	RIGS
Bit of barbecue fare	RIB
Brisk, steady pace	TROT
Broadway entrance	STAGEDOOR
Charlotte Brontë's Jane	EYRE
Code problem	ERROR
Deep-fried cylinder	TATERTOT
Demonstrated interest	CARED
Discharge, as a volcano	SPEW
D___ish	EVIL
Exchange for a price	SELL
Fall dropping	LEAF
Fantasy game backstory	LORE
Fixtures in clock towers	BELLS
Flipping gymnastics maneuver	AERIAL
Form of vitamin B3	NIACIN
Freedom Summer organizer Fannie ___ Hamer	LOU
Freeze ___ (variant of a playground game)	TAG
French word for 'king'	ROI
Get a fresh start	RESET
Greek letter in Margaret Atwood's name?	ETA
Guts, so to speak	SPINE
HBO show featuring a stickup man named Omar Little	THEWIRE
Healing wound's cover	SCAB
'That's terrifying!'	EEK
'Psst! This way!'	INHERE
'Part of Your World' singer in a Disney film	ARIEL
'Invisible Touch' band	GENESIS
'GOODNESS GRACIOUS!'	EGAD
'Good Times' singer Brickell	EDIE
'Ay yi yi'	OOF
EVERY LAST ONE	ALL
CONNOISSEURS	BUFFS
HIT HOME?	DOJO
BEFORE SURGERY, BRIEFLY	PREOP
FAMOUS ___ (RHYMING COOKIE BRAND)	AMOS
Hazardous situation	PERIL
Gigantic amount	SLEW
SQUIRRELED AWAY	HID
Hot Wheels car, e.g	TOY
Involve in a troublesome situation	ENTANGLE
Last word of SNL	LIVE
Low-quality publication	RAG
Marmalade holder	JAR
Marvel hero Cage	LUKE
Mischief-making pixie	ELF
Mulder and Scully of 'The X-Files,' e.g	FBIAGENTS
News teams' vehicles	VANS
One working for wages	EARNER
Opera house number	ARIA
Opinions on matters of Islamic law	FATWAS
Outer layer of barley	HUSK
Paper cup shape, at times	CONE
Potato dish topping	CHIVES
Potato prep utensil	RICER
Pugilistic Muhammad	ALI
Reminders of collisions	DENTS
Sandy area where a stingray might be concealed	SEABED
Sensitive about one's words	TACTFUL
Setting one's sights on	EYEING
Skeet shooting need	AMMO
Soc. Sec. cards, e.g	IDS
Soon, informally	INAFEW
State fruit of Georgia	PEACH
Sticker in a doctor's office	NEEDLE
Structure near a Shinto shrine	TORII
Tent-securing item	STAKE
They get dressed at a restaurant	SALADS
Totally wretched	SOBAD
Trebišnjica River setting	BOSNIA
Urgent request for a miracle, say	PRAYER
'That's interesting'	ISEE
'SOS!'	SAVEME
'No more!'	IVEHADIT
OPPOSITE OF WILD	TAME
MARVELOUS	SUPERB
COASTAL TOWN	PORT
CIRCUMVENT	EVADE
WHERE MANY RNS WORK	ERS
English or Spanish, e.g	MAJOR
Flag staff	POLE
NOT ORDINARY	ODD
TO A GREATER EXTENT	FURTHER
___ RICA	COSTA
ON ACCOUNT OF	DUETO
Like some coffee	ICED
NOT YET FULFILLED	UNMET
Impressionist?	COPYCAT
PART OF A FLOAT	ROOTBEER
LOUD, HARSH SOUND	BLARE
STADIUM SECTION	TIER
OLD EUROPEAN GOLD COIN	DUCAT
Use a patio swing	SIT
Venetian money, once	LIRA
Weapon wielded in a western	RIFLE
Wound up, like a hose	COILED

Attempt to seize

GRABAT

ADDS MOISTURE TO

WETS

Academic assessments

TESTS

90-DEGREE SHAPE

ELL

1999 Ron Howard film often compared to 'The Truman Show'

EDTV

'___? If not, nobody will testify for me'

CANIGETAWITNESS