The Washington Post Sunday - Dec 12 2021

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Clues Answers
'About Me' blurb BIO
'And how!' DOI
'Follow your ___!' (phrase in Froot Loops ads) NOSE
'Gonna need a hint' IMLOST
'I forgot what to say!' LINE
'Just a ___' TAD
'Just got back from work!' IMHOME
'Let's go for a walk!' ARF
'Lorna ___' (Blackmore novel) DOONE
'Obviously, Einstein!' DUH
'Rudy' star Sean ASTIN
'Sherlock' network BBC
'Shining Through' novelist Susan ISAACS
'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs' composer Henryk GORECKI
'There's a lot to unpack here' ISEE
'What ___ is new?' ELSE
'Without delay' letters ASAP
'You Can Call Me Al' musician Simon PAUL
10 or 40 preceder TOP
Actress Gunn who played Skyler White on 'Breaking Bad' ANNA
Afterward THEN
Alexander I, e.g TSAR
Arctic bird performance? (inhale) PUFFINCONCERT
Arises, as in conversation Comesup
Athlete who may be saved by the bell BOXER
Australian mine finds OPALS
Big group of vessels ARMADA
Bowls over AWES
Bug bugging you, say PEST
Bunyanesque LARGE
Buy for, as a meal TREATTO
Centuries in the past AGESAGO
Charged toward RANAT
Chess player's friends? MATES
Contents of 86 Across LOAVES
Cookie one might dunk OREO
Coop creature HEN
Crusoe's creator DEFOE
D.C.-born queen NOOR
Deceptive quality GUILE
Devices used for hurling? (exhale) SLINGMACHINES
Diligent critter ANT
DOB displayers, often IDS
Does a Hollywood job ACTS
Eerie graveyard sounds MOANS
Emulates a pigeon COOS
English village that's said to have been the birthplace of the friar William (known for his 38 Across) OCKHAM
Exam that's not always required of MFA program applicants GRE
Expressway section LANE
Extracted material ORE
Filling station? DINER
Getting-in initials ETA
Gives a thumbs-up to OKS
Golden fruits that distracted Atalanta in a race with Hippomenes APPLES
Green space LEA
Had a meal ATE
Had a soft spot for LIKED
Hairstylist's tool COMB
Hold together COHERE
Hustle SCOOT
Imprints, as on glass ETCHES
India's prime minister from 1947 to 1964 NEHRU
International ___ Museum (attraction in D.C. with a 'Stealing Secrets' gallery) SPY
Inundate DROWN
Its nickname is Pulau Dewata, meaning 'Island of the Gods' BALI
Jim who was part of the Pro Football Hall of Fame's inaugural class THORPE
Knight who stormed Swamp Castle in 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail' LANCELOT
Lacking ethical concern AMORAL
Laughing gas and others OXIDES
Light-footed AGILE
Clues Answers
Lightbulb moment cry AHA
Like the comedy in 'Airplane' ZANY
Like the Hydra, eventually, during the battle with Hercules SLAIN
Ludwigshafen's river RHINE
Managed FARED
Marketing firm executive J.D.'s daughters, when they were kids? (exhale) THEPOWERGIRLS
Maximally low SADDEST
Moved like a cat burglar, perhaps CREPT
MRI scan reviewer DOC
Needing a sick day ILL
Neo-___ (genre for the film 'Memento') NOIR
Of the mouth ORAL
One whose happiness stems from suffering SADIST
Open mic night performer's seat, maybe STOOL
Over and over, in odes OFT
Parapsychology subj ESP
Part of a foot ARCH
Philosophical rule that allows you to eliminate unlikely explanations RAZOR
Plum discard PIT
Pondering outcomes IDEAS
Portable stove fuel BUTANE
Potato ___ (kitchen tool) PEELER
Praises enthusiastically ACCLAIMS
Prepared to play, as a track CUEDUP
Prepares for surgery SEDATES
Punk rock subgenre EMO
Quaint shop adjective OLDE
Quick horn blast TOOT
Rectangular bakery containers, frequently BREADPANS
Reduce in duration CURTAIL
Relaxation exercise instruction, and a hint to this puzzle's theme BREATHEINBREATHEOUT
Result of a bedbug bite ITCH
Rijeka Carnival nation CROATIA
Romance writer Pollock IDA
Royal title for a big cat? (inhale) PANTHERHIGHNESS
Rule DOMINANCE
Score after each team scores a goal ONEALL
Shaped like this answer's second letter ROUND
She was given a tribble aboard Deep Space Station K-7 UHURA
Ship's escape craft LIFEBOAT
Significant period ERA
Simon of 'The World's End' PEGG
Simplicity EASE
Slide from hydroplaning SKID
Some e-signed files PDFS
Speed with which a BuzzFeed-owned news company publishes articles? (inhale) HUFFPOSTHASTE
Star shortstop Francisco LINDOR
Star shortstop Jeter DEREK
Style for the Onion SATIRE
Summits' agreements PACTS
Sunken ship site SEA
Surprise a film director, in a way ADLIB
Table tennis barriers NETS
Takes away somebody's Soul, say? TOWS
Tears, as fabric RIPS
Tennis star Arthur who wrote 'Days of Grace' ASHE
The E of the flex fuel E85 ETHANOL
The only characters to appear in 'Glengarry Glen Ross' MEN
Those on the take? PUNDITS
Tote bag feature STRAP
Twitch, for one SPASM
Video call program for iOS users FACETIME
What a rose stems from SEED
What you may shout when you find a burning copy of a 1997 Jim Carrey comedy? (exhale) LIARLIARSONFIRE
Whittle (down) PARE
Widen with eyedrops DILATE
Xperi recording device TIVO
Zodiac sign associated with the Nemean lion LEO
___ Hashanah (Jewish New Year) ROSH
___ Lamont Hill, host of 'UpFront' on Al Jazeera English MARC