The Washington Post - Dec 9 2021

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Clues Answers
'Breaking Bad' bad guys CARTEL
'I can help' USEME
'Time spent with __ is never wasted': Colette ACAT
'__ chic!' TRES
1969 film remade in 2010 with Jeff Bridges in John Wayne's role TRUEGRIT
Alternatively ELSE
Axis foes ALLIES
Bat wood ASH
Betray RATON
Black card, maybe CLUB
Buster Brown's dog TIGE
Buzz-creating promo TEASERAD
Confidently say AVER
Cream additive ALOE
Cue preceder? PEE
Digital media brand ROKU
Dish from which paella evolved PILAF
Duel tool EPEE
Earned MADE
Flat sign TOLET
Former Romanian president ILIESCU
Future doc's exam MCAT
Genesis son SETH
Guffaw sound HAR
Guttural interruption AHEM
Hercules' dozen LABORS
Historic time ERA
Hook or Kirk: Abbr CAPT
Hospital cry NURSE
Hustle, quaintly HIE
I-5 state ORE
Inland Asian sea ARAL
Iraqi neighbor SYRIAN
It may be wild RICE
Jenny's offspring ASS
Just plain folks MIDDLEAMERICA
Kid-lit poet Silverstein SHEL
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Kosher LEGIT
Latin 'in other words' IDEST
Liberia neighbor GUINEA
Logician's 'E' ERAT
Manhattan attraction CENTRALPARK
Midday refreshers NAPS
Mosaic piece TESSERA
New Hampshire state flower LILAC
No longer working: Abbr RET
Often euphemistic words for lacking employment INBETWEENJOBS
P.D. ranks DETS
Parkinson's treatment LDOPA
Petri dish gels AGARS
Plains people OTOS
Pricing word that rhymes with its opposite STEEP
Range name AMANA
Rope fiber SISAL
Rounding third base after starting at second, say HALFWAYHOME
Shoo relative SCAT
Short dog, for short PEKE
Sierra Nevada, e.g ALE
Slangy alternative to walking WHEELS
Smiley face with hearts for eyes, e.g EMOJI
Suffix for the rich AIRE
Sun-dried brick ADOBE
Swear AVOW
Swiss river AAR
Thai money BAHT
The 'her' in Shakespeare's 'Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale / Her infinite variety' CLEOPATRA
The NBA's Magic ORL
Thompson of 'Westworld' TESSA
Threat to national security ESPIONAGE
Union station? ALTAR
Vintage hue on a photo app SEPIA
Water __ MAIN
Zap NUKE
__-pitch softball SLO