The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2022 03 06

crossword answers
Clue Answer
'L-O-V-E' singer ___ King Cole NAT
'Let's get ready to rumble!' GAMEON
'Warlords' maker ATARI
'___ made up my mind' IVE
55 Down blades GRASS
EXTREMELY EVERSO
HAD BEEN WERE
COMMENCEMENT ONSET
Aces of Aces and kings of Kings, e.g ALLSTARS
Also-ran in 1988 DUKAKIS
Alter ___ (superhero's second self) EGO
AOC : Ocasio :: RBG : ___ BADER
Attorney's document BRIEF
Barbecue portion SPARERIB
Big part of Chad SAHARA
Burns' remedies BALMS
Change color slightly TINT
Contraction eliding 'un' TIL
Cookware brand based in France STAUB
Cowardly / Sellers of fabric and knitting supplies CRAFTSTORES
Crew locale SHIP
Dishonorable fellows CADS
Ears full of sugar SWEETCORN
Egyptian god of war and chaos SET
Enter undetected SNEAKIN
Everyday explosions SNEEZES
Exam prep expert TUTOR
Extract, in metallurgy SMELT
Fabric often worn torn DENIM
Galway's country: Abbr IRE
Ganesha or Krishna, in Hinduism DEITY
Have a banquet meal DINE
Laudatory stanzas ODE
FLABBERGASTS STUNS
BRING ABOUT GENERATE
'That goes for me, too' SOAMI
'Score!' GOAL
'I'm here' ITSME
'I like ___' (1950s presidential campaign slogan) IKE
'Heat' actor Kilmer VAL
'God ...!' SONOFA
'Elysium' actor Matt DAMON
'DIG IN!' EAT
'Be on your guard' STAYALERT
'Atlanta,' 'Dallas' or 'Nashville,' e.g SERIES
GOOSE
Law of ___ (trigonometry equation) SINES
Lead-in to a big event EVE
Like one going on a tirade IRATE
Like vintage Gouda AGED
May day event, usually PROM
Negation of 'dele,' in editing STET
Nurturing man DAD
Objective of pollution reduction CLEANAIR
Org. profiled in James Bamford's book 'Body of Secrets' NSA
Painting perimeter FRAME
Person who is hard-working and successful while 'high' ACHIEVER
Peter, Ray and Winston's fellow Ghostbuster EGON
Place where caddies hold bags TEAROOM
Preposition in a sonnet ERE
Prized flower in 'The Little Prince' ROSE
Proposition accepted as true AXIOM
Qatar royal EMIR
Reason for tripping LSD
Record label found in 'remixes' EMI
Relative of a meerkat / Citizens of Ulaanbaatar MONGOLIANS
Restriction at some apartments NOPETS
Rock bottom moment? BASSSOLO
Sandra Bullock film involving Web surfing THENET
Sch. application nos GPAS
Sheep noise BLEAT
Sly summons PSST
Snoopy, e.g. / Stout vessel BEERBARREL
Stage during an insect's metamorphosis LARVA
The F of AFAIK FAR
The Red Bear Brewing Co. drink Skookum, e.g ALE
Tiger noises ROARS
Tool for making piles RAKE
DEPLETES SAPS
BE HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL THRIVE
BRAN SOURCE OAT
RAVEN
EAGLE
SHOUTS CRIESOUT
WRITER UMBERTO ECO
UNIQUE ALONE
BUNTING
EGRET
SUFFICIENTLY SKILLED ABLE
'NO ___ TRAFFIC' THRU
SCIENCE EDUCATOR BILL NYE
RELUCTANT (TO) AVERSE
SUBJECT FOR DIAN FOSSEY APE
___ stateswoman ELDER
Performance check TESTRUN
Linguistics topic SLANG
ROLE MODEL EXEMPLAR
Works really hard TOILS
Reminds over and over NAGS
Tornado warning noisemaker SIREN
Tree used to build King David's house CEDAR
Try out a bouquet SMELL
Verb used in cooking STIR
Where Maria sings 'The Hills Are Alive' in 'The Sound of Music' MEADOW
Wish list recipient? GENIE
Word before Major or Minor, in astronomy URSA
Wrong letter in a crossword, e.g ERROR
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