The Washington Post Sunday - Sep 5 2021

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Clues Answers
'At First Sight' actress Sorvino MIRA
'Check, please'? IPASS
'Enter if you ___!' DARE
'Gotcha' ISEE
'I get to go now' MYTURN
'Please finish quickly,' in an office email NEEDASAP
'The function of freedom is to free someone else' speaker Morrison TONI
'The Queen's Gambit' actress Taylor-Joy ANYA
'Tiny Dancer' rocker John ELTON
'Up Late' singer Lennox ARI
'Weird' author Khazan OLGA
'Woe is me!' ALAS
'___ deal!' BIG
'___ the long face?' WHY
23rd Greek letter PSI
50 percent of diez CINCO
A, in a deck of cards ACE
Aardvark's facial feature SNOUT
Actor Tom providing cuts of holiday bird? HANKSGIVINGTURKEY
Advantages PROS
All alternative ERA
Ambulance apparatus STRETCHER
Amiss AWRY
Animal with pants? DOG
Appreciative works ODES
Approach zero percent battery power, say RUNLOW
Bambi, for one DEER
Bert's buddy on TV ERNIE
Best for apple-picking RIPEST
Bestla's son in Norse myth ODIN
Biz abbr INC
Capital of Ghana? HARDG
Carb-rich side that may be cut, and what's spelled out by the letters cut from the starts of this puzzle's foods POTATOES
Catherine who played Moira on 'Schitt's Creek' OHARA
Cathy who wrote 'Weapons of Math Destruction' ONEIL
Chef's toque, e.g HAT
Chestnut-colored horse ROAN
Chloe Fineman's sketch show, briefly SNL
Combines in math class ADDS
Confuse ADDLE
Consistent with TRUETO
CPR-certified worker EMT
Crafted MADE
Cut of meat from Mork's home planet? ORKROAST
Dairy product from a hydroelectric facility? DAMCHEESE
DC reporter Clark KENT
Delivery in a hospital? DOSE
Descriptivists' topics USAGES
Desert vegetation areas OASES
Detroit-born DJ Casey KASEM
Develops survival methods, say ADAPTS
Elevated crest RIDGE
Emulates interrogators ASKS
Enjoyed a snack ATE
Essentials of learning ABCS
European capital where part of 'Tenet' was filmed OSLO
Events at swim meets RELAYS
Expanse above SKY
Fast-food sandwiches grilled by actress Grier? PAMBURGERS
Five-armed invertebrate SEASTAR
Formal promise PLEDGE
Former Italian money LIRA
Gas brand owned by Marathon ARCO
Gilpin who played Roz Doyle on 'Frasier' PERI
Gobble up, with 'down' SNARF
Grammy winner Hayes ISAAC
Greeting to a group of seared fish dishes? HITUNASTEAKS
Group's core beliefs ETHOS
Guys on boards CHAIRMEN
Have some down time during the day? TAKEANAP
He called competitive eating 'the only sport where marijuana is considered a performance-enhancing drug' LENO
Highly scrutinized TV episode, often FINALE
Clues Answers
Hope for the best, say PRAY
Hostel bed, perhaps BUNK
Jagged part of a cliff CRAG
Joint seen while wearing flip-flops ANKLE
Latin footnote word abbreviated by deleting its last two letters IBIDEM
Like lemonade ACIDIC
Lost deliberately TANKED
Maidenform product BRA
Making a comeback, say RETRO
Midwestern home of the World-Herald OMAHA
Military band, maybe? RIBBON
Model-building box KIT
Non-biological parent STEPDAD
Novelist Charles READE
Numbers on census forms AGES
Obnoxious jerk, in British slang TOSSER
Oct. 31 exclamation BOO
Olympic team for Simone Biles and Suni Lee USA
Opposite of clumsy ADEPT
Ordered, with 'around' BOSSED
Organize, as a playlist CURATE
Organizes into a row ALIGNS
Ortiz of 'Love, Victor' ANA
Out of control AMOK
Overfastidious ANAL
Oxygen producer TREE
Phenomenon similar to a fog MIST
Piano string adjuster TUNER
Piece of a certain floral crown ROSEPETAL
Polynesian Disney character voiced by Auli'i Cravalho MOANA
Pool-testing digit TOE
Poultry served in the mountains? RANGECHICKEN
Pre-U.S.S.R. leader TSAR
Problem for a comb TANGLE
Problem treated by a urologist HERNIA
Realm ruled by Xerxes PERSIA
Reason to get well wishes from Facebook friends, briefly BDAY
Red fruit that's painted or sculpted? ARTCHERRY
Remain, as at a job STAYON
Scotty's portrayer James on 'Star Trek' DOOHAN
See 43 Down SINS
See 9 Down IQUOTE
Sends on a detour REROUTES
Shade of a Tibetan Buddhist monk's robe MAROON
Shots posted on Insta PICS
Singaraja's island home BALI
Sit alongside ABUT
Something you may forget in the morning DREAM
Source of danger PERIL
Spanish word for 'mother' MADRE
Spirits from Smirnoff VODKAS
Sports org. shown in 'The Last Dance' NBA
State Farm alternative GEICO
To the ___ degree (as much as possible) NTH
Treat as exactly alike EQUATE
Treats baked by a classic auto company? REOCOOKIES
Ultimatum word ELSE
Ultrasound or X-ray, e.g SCAN
Vehicle in a chop shop HOTCAR
Vehicle in the president's motorcade LIMO
Verbal ___ TIC
What Reuters provides NEWS
Whitlock Jr. who played Clay Davis on 'The Wire' ISIAH
Whiz ___ (prodigy) KID
With 111 Down, septet of vices DEADLY
With 14 Down, 'Their exact words were ...' AND
Xerox machine bundle REAM
___ Aviv, Israel TEL
___ Bora (rhyming region of Afghanistan) TORA
___ Hannon, Ellie Kemper's role on 'The Office' ERIN
___ Mesa, Calif COSTA
___-Missouria (people of Red Rock, Okla.) OTOE