The Washington Post - Dec 25 2015

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Clues Answers
#2 on a dentist's chart MOLAR
'Buddenbrooks' author Thomas MANN
'Gnarly, dude!' RAD
'Home' key for a beginning piano student MIDDLEC
'Skyfall' singer ADELE
'That's ___-brainer!' ANO
Airline whose name means 'To the Skies' ELAL
Alaskan products that must be cracked to be enjoyed KINGCRABCLAWS
Andean pack animals LLAMAS
Athlete who's not contractually bound to a team FREEAGENT
Character in 'I, Claudius'? COMMA
Collegian whose school mascot is Handsome Dan YALIE
Communication form that's eaten into Postal Service revenues EMAIL
Confrère of Porthos and Aramis ATHOS
Cookie that debuted a 'Thins' line in 2015 OREO
Couleur of the glaze atop a traditional éclair au chocolat BRUN
Deluge TORRENT
Dictatorship, e.g AUTOCRACY
Draft-eligible ONEA
Engaged in some ecotourism, maybe SNORKELED
Famed Roman censor CATO
Favor-asker's ingratiating lead-in BEADEAR
Filleted BONED
Follows a lob's path ARCS
Frittata cousins OMELETS
Garbage hauler SCOW
Garfield's slobbering canine pal ODIE
Gentle persuasion SOFTSELL
Happy hour locale BAR
Hard work, metaphorically SWEAT
Hushed 'hey!' PSST
Hyper MANIC
Indecisive syllables ERS
It's lifted to 'burp' Tupperware LID
Ivan of '80s tennis LENDL
Lang. that's a popular night school subject ENG
Largest of the US Virgin Islands STCROIX
Clues Answers
Moe, Larry, Curly, and Shemp STOOGES
Move, in a real estate ad RELO
One of Captain Hook's band SMEE
Organize, as laundry SORT
Pick up, in a way SENSE
Piece of animation art CEL
Placid CALM
Plied commodity WARE
Priestly vestment ALB
Proceeding per expectations ONTHEBEAM
Put forth EXERT
Pyschoanalytically speaking, it may be just what it is CIGAR
React to something unpleasant, perhaps WINCE
Richard Gere's title role in a 2000 rom-com DRT
Sci-fi show that costarred Hayden Panettiere and Zachary Quinto HEROES
See 36-Across CLAUS
Shakespearean character who laments the pain of having a thankless child LEAR
Singer with the album 'Unrepentant Geraldines' TORIAMOS
Snoozer's interruption ALARM
Some HP purchases PCS
Speed-of-sound ratio MACH
Splinter group SECT
Sports contract provision abolished in 1975 RESERVECLAUSE
Standoffish ALOOF
Takes in holy matrimony WEDS
Telephonic 6 MNO
The entirety ALL
They're often exchanged at an Italian swap meet CIAOS
Tiger-in-your-tank company ESSO
TiVo precursor VCR
Ugandan city where a daring hostage rescue occurred ENTEBBE
Unit of work (abbr.) FTLB
Watchful awareness TABS
Way to describe some old dates (abbr.) BCE
Wine-based beverages also called alcopops COOLERS
With 38-Across, fellow who dropped by last night SANTA
Word that can follow shooting or gas RANGE