The Washington Post - Oct 17 2021

Tired of your current crossword puzzle? Try solving our daily crossword puzzles. GO TO DAILY PUZZLES!
Clues Answers
'60s White House daughter LUCI
'Cool, dude!' IDIGIT
'Day __': 1965 hit TRIPPER
'Keep dreaming' ASIF
'Little Birds' author Anaïs NIN
'National Velvet' author Bagnold ENID
'Nothing lived in him but fear and hatred' HYDE
'Republic' philosopher PLATO
'Smarter than the average bear' bear YOGI
'__ Fideles' ADESTE
Abhor DETEST
African capital CAIRO
Alphabetically first U.S. national park ACADIA
Ancient German TEUTON
Apple offering IPAD
Arrange in sequence RANK
Ashen PALE
At lunch, say NOTIN
Attorneys' firm offering LEGALSERVICES
Auspices AEGIS
Backtalk LIP
Bird voiced by Rowan Atkinson in 'The Lion King' ZAZU
Bit of checkpoint deception ALIAS
Bit of stoneware CROCK
Brand similar to Spam TREET
Buckeyes of the Big Ten OSU
California state bird QUAIL
Calls at home BALLS
Calvin's spaceman alter ego, in comics SPIFF
Came down ALIT
Capital NW of Boston OTTAWA
Catholic devotion NOVENA
Charge FEE
Chatty Cathy is one TALKINGDOLL
Check alternative PAYPAL
Church recess APSE
Coal train component HOPPERCAR
Cocktail party snacks CANAPES
Common cleaning supply MOP
Common cleaning supply RAG
Common word in a novel's dialogue SAID
Complete TOTAL
Cracker-__: homespun BARREL
Creed in Rocky films APOLLO
Curly-haired pet POODLE
Dabble in PLAYAT
Deli choice RYE
Deliver a stem-winder, say ORATE
Drumstick CHICKENLEG
Estrada of 'CHiPs' ERIK
Everlasting ETERNAL
Explorer Amundsen ROALD
Exxon, once ESSO
Family nickname NANA
Feels bad about RUES
Fencing maneuver LUNGE
Flair ELAN
Focus of some committees ETHICS
Footnote abbr IBID
Force to leave EXILE
Former Japanese prime minister ABE
Genesis brother CAIN
Govt. securities TNOTES
Green Bay Packers coach LaFleur MATT
Handy sack COT
Hard to grasp EELY
Helix-shaped pasta ROTINI
High point APEX
Hold back INHIBIT
Homer, in baseball lingo GODEEP
In hot water UPATREE
In __ daylight BROAD
Clues Answers
Infant suffix ILE
It can be natural GAS
La Brea attraction TARPIT
Lad CHAP
Library sect BIOG
List member ITEM
Lizard feature DEWLAP
Lubricate OIL
Maker of iComfort mattresses SERTA
Many opera highlights SOLI
Mid-20th-century First and Second Lady PATNIXON
Mingo portrayer on 'Daniel Boone' EDAMES
Motrin alternative ALEVE
MPG-testing org EPA
Multivolume set in the reference sect OED
N.W.A's debut single PANICZONE
Navy NCOs CPOS
Off-the-wall SCREWY
Oodles ALOT
OTC drug agency FDA
Overtake GOPAST
Part of OWN OPRAH
Pooch in pictures ASTA
Pool tool CUE
Potential soldier ARMYRECRUIT
Prefix with gender TRANS
Pricey delicacy CAVIAR
Provider of much change COINRETURN
Put on a pedestal DEIFY
Queen's '__ One Bites the Dust' ANOTHER
Retire at home, say? TAGOUT
Risqué RACY
Road annoyances BUMPS
Running behind LATE
Sacred beetle SCARAB
Scrapyard commodity ... and what's hidden in the nine other longest puzzle answers RECYCLEDMETAL
Seasoning in Indian cuisine CUMIN
Secure at the pier LASH
Sham sawbones QUACK
Shoulder wrap SHAWL
Site of a major part of the Bible? REDSEA
Snake oil, allegedly PANACEA
Snippet of dialogue LINE
Solemn sound KNELL
Sorento or Soul KIA
Sounded like the wind MOANED
Spanish article LOS
Storage unit BYTE
Storybook fiend OGRE
Symbol of a year, perhaps CANDLE
Target of a cheek swab DNA
Tarzan, e.g APEMAN
Tech news site CNET
Tennis great Gibson ALTHEA
Thor Heyerdahl craft RAI
Tijuana pair DOS
TLX autos ACURAS
Tommy who teamed with Cheech CHONG
Tourism opening ECO
Veteran on the briny OLDSALT
Vintage video game name ATARI
Way out EXIT
Western writer Grey ZANE
Where many speeches come from DAIS
Whole bunch SCAD
Winter melon CASABA
With no one behind you DEADLAST
Word with caps or clear ALL
Wordsworth work ODE
__ Mansion, NYC mayor's residence GRACIE
__ Plaines: Chicago suburb DES
__-relief BAS