The Washington Post - Oct 8 2020

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Clues Answers
'Above the __': 1994 basketball film RIM
'Blue Ain't Your Color' country singer Keith URBAN
'Boo'd Up' Grammy winner __ Mai ELLA
'Comprende?' SEE
'Help!' on the briny SOS
'The Matrix' hero NEO
2008 Visa milestone, briefly IPO
Absurd INANE
African capital on the Gulf of Guinea ACCRA
Almost at hand NEAR
Alpha Centauri, for one STARSYSTEM
Anger IRE
Animal fat LARD
Arctic sight FLOE
Art Deco artist ERTE
Barren region in southern South America PATAGONIA
Belittle ABASE
Berlin address HERR
Big name in razors ATRA
Brian of ambient music ENO
Bring upon oneself INCUR
Clash of personalities, say EGOPROBLEM
Colleague ... and, when preceded by 'the,' what the end of 16-, 24-, 37- or 50-Across is WORKMATE
Colorful ring AREOLA
Curled-lip look SNEER
Figurative setting for many deals BACKROOM
Final word SAYSO
First name in linguistics NOAM
Fissile rocks SHALES
Fizzles out DIES
Florida host of the Outback Bowl TAMPA
Game with melds CANASTA
Givens of 'Riverdale' ROBIN
Gives forth EMITS
GPS suggestion RTE
Grimace MOUE
Groundbreaking invention TILLER
Hams it up EMOTES
Clues Answers
Hawaiian strings UKES
Ill-judged, as a plan INSANE
In a burdensome way ONEROUSLY
In __: awaiting delivery UTERO
Indian silk region ASSAM
Influence HEFT
Jeff Lynne rock gp ELO
Jerk SPASM
Like an untidy desk CLUTTERED
Locker hangers PINUPS
Mooed LOWED
Muslim holy city MECCA
Nostrils NARES
Over there YONDER
Passes on a lazy river FLOATSBY
Post-op area ICU
Quad building DORM
Recyclable item CAN
Rehab hurdle DTS
Russet, informally TATER
Samoan capital APIA
San Joaquin Valley haze SMOG
Scorch SEAR
SDI weapon ABM
Sore __ LOSER
Stand for REPRESENT
Story with symbolism ALLEGORY
Sushi-grade tuna AHI
Takes off the books REPEALS
Terra firma DRYLAND
They may be wild OATS
Tip jar bill ONE
Tolkien figure ELF
Turns to gold, perhaps DYES
Weatherproof, as a swimming pool INDOOR
Weho or Soho, in slang NABE
Western Asia native KURD
Zig when one should have zagged, say ERR