The Washington Post - Dec 5 2021

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Clues Answers
'And the people bowed and prayed / To the __ god they made': Paul Simon, 'The Sound of Silence' NEON
'If so ... ' THEN
'Terrible' czar IVAN
17th-century privateer KIDD
1999 ATP Player of the Year AGASSI
2002 Soderbergh sci-fi film SOLARIS
Actor Quinn AIDAN
Almost-ready products BETAS
Amazing PHENOMENAL
Amos at the piano TORI
Angle iron LBAR
Architect Jones INIGO
Author Binchy MAEVE
Baden-Powell who co-founded the Girl Guide movement AGNES
Berry, for one ACTRESS
Besides Mo., the only state that borders eight others TENN
Blood system letters ABO
Bout decision TKO
Boxer Laila ALI
Burn lightly SINGE
Chips partner SALSA
Comic actor Bert LAHR
Commander of primitive fish? STURGEONGENERAL
Connection letters DSL
Contrary to popular belief, throwing it won't endanger birds RICE
Crucifix letters INRI
Crustacean seller? PRAWNBROKER
Danson of TV TED
Degree of uncommonness, in some games SEMIRARE
Demonstrate SHOW
Disaster response gp FEMA
Discoverer of the first ocean route to India DAGAMA
Disney's '__ and the Detectives' EMIL
Disney's vision of tomorrow EPCOT
Dispensed, with 'out' METED
Early hrs AMS
Earth tones OCHRES
Eco-friendly certification letters LEED
Festival for dugong relatives? MANATEEFAIR
Folklore fiend OGRE
Former Yugoslav leader TITO
Ginseng and rooibos HERBALTEAS
Goes (through) carefully COMBS
Got a goal against SCOREDON
Gradually impart INSTILL
Hang on to KEEP
Help for little fish? HERRINGAIDS
High pt MTN
How big dogs may travel INCARGO
Indicate POINTTO
Informal clothes CASUALS
It's often an attic LOFT
Italian wine region ASTI
Jazzy James ETTA
Jumping, as a joint ALIVE
Key next to D CSHARP
Lang. of about 200,000 Americans HEBR
Leave out OMIT
Letters in old dates BCE
Like some goods DAMAGED
Longings DESIRES
Look parents caution children about STARE
Looking up to ADMIRING
Lose it ERUPT
Magician who is a two-time 'America's Got Talent' winner SHINLIM
Make up (for) ATONE
Many a Prado painting GOYA
Marginal moves INDENTS
Marine mammal in the air? AHIGHERPORPOISE
Clues Answers
Minimal LEAST
More jungly VINIER
Most developed RIPEST
Most stylish TONIEST
Muslim judge HAKIM
Nails the final ACESIT
Name near Uzbekistan, on maps ARAL
Natural light refractor CORNEA
Nautical pronoun HER
Neighborhood AREA
New Age musician John TESH
NFC West team ARI
NFL commentator Michael IRVIN
NHL Flames' home ATL
Not warranted UNDUE
NYSE, e.g MKT
Off-road vehicle JEEP
Old Mideast org UAR
One reading signs SEER
Open-__ shoes TOED
Opposite of retro- ANTERO
Origin GERM
Peace, in Russian MIR
Pirate's cry YAR
Pittsburgh's __ Park PNC
Power source: Abbr ELEC
Pre-storm state CALM
Prof.'s degree PHD
QBs' targets TES
Rage IRE
React to falling prices, perhaps SELL
Reason to go to a seafood restaurant? JUSTFORTHEHALIBUT
Reduced-speed road sign symbol SCURVE
Roughly ORSO
Seat of New York's Nassau County MINEOLA
Shampoo brand TGEL
Silly joke response, perhaps SNORT
Simile words ASA
Sink SUBMERGE
Skin, e.g ORGAN
Solo's opposite, in music TUTTI
Status car PORSCHE
Stopped ENDED
Stupefies AWES
Suggestion for a sprain ICEIT
Sukiyaki ingredient ENOKI
Symbol of love REDROSE
Talk out of, with 'from' DISSUADE
Tennis error MISHIT
Term of endearment HON
The Phillie Phanatic and Bernie Brewer MASCOTS
Those, to José ESAS
Tiny crustacean herald? KRILLTHEMESSENGER
To boot NOLESS
Toi et moi NOUS
Tons SLEWS
Twill fabric CHINO
Union __, Dow Chemical subdivision CARBIDE
Unsurpassed ALLTIME
Urge forward IMPEL
Vader creator LUCAS
Warrior prefix ECO
Went for the worm BIT
What sweeps sweep SOOT
Without value USELESS
Word with whiskey or wolfhound IRISH
Words with a hand up, maybe ICAN
Yet to happen UPCOMING
__ on the dollar CENTS