The Washington Post - Jul 24 2020

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Clues Answers
'D'oh!' SILLYME
'Hang in there' KEEPITUP
'Just watch me' LIKESO
Basic card game WAR
Busyness symbol BEE
Camaro __-Z IROC
Capital south of Beirut AMMAN
Caviar ROE
Chaotic situation, in slang CARNAGE
City on Utah Lake OREM
Coffee hr TENAM
Coffee mate? DONUT
Coffee shop order MOCHA
Color TV pioneer RCA
Compact item ROUGE
Consents YESES
Cordial relations AMITY
Epidemic-fighting agcy CDC
Eurasian divide URALS
Exploit MILK
Falcon-finding sleuth Sam SPADE
Feint on the ice DEKE
Former senator Specter ARLEN
FYI cousin BTW
Gaming biggie ATARI
German finale ENDE
Given to overacting HAMMY
Guadalajara gold ORO
Gulf of Aqaba city EILAT
Hard-boiled sleuth Mike HAMMER
Having a calm temperament NODRAMA
Honey drinks MEADS
Identity-concealing attire, in a Dumas novel IRONMASK
Indian yogurt dip RAITA
It ends rather spookily: Abbr OCT
It's a fact DATUM
Left on a sloop EMBARKED
Medieval Asian leader KHAN
Clues Answers
Metaphor for youthful indiscretion WILDOATS
More ticked off SORER
Mural opening INTRA
Navel type OUTIE
Need in many outdoor games BALL
Northern sky sight AURORA
One of many on a phone these days PHOTO
Pain in the neck, e.g ACHE
Perfume compound ESTER
Positive pole, perhaps ANODE
Rickman role in Harry Potter films SNAPE
Rod in Cooperstown CAREW
Roman fiddler NERO
Saltpetre NITRE
Samoan port APIA
San Francisco's __ Valley NOE
Sashimi selection AHI
See 17-Across (and see circles for the solution to the mystery) COCKROBIN
Sheltered side LEE
Smidge TAD
Sound from a spa AHH
Spammer, e.g EMAILER
Star-Lord portrayer Chris PRATT
Takeout option THAI
Theme park staple RIDE
They may be crumbled in ice cream OREOS
Tick off IRK
Took the sloop BOATED
Twinkly-eyed sleuth Jane MARPLE
Twosomes in the news ITEMS
Vientiane native LAO
Watchdog org.? ASPCA
Wealthy TV sleuth Matt HOUSTON
Where Charlie 'may ride forever,' in a 1959 hit MTA
Wisecracking sleuth Philip MARLOWE
With 59-Across, old English nursery rhyme being investigated by the detectives in this puzzle WHOKILLED
__ ballerina PRIMA
__ Joy ALMOND