The Washington Post - Feb 21 2022

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Clues Answers
'And your reason?' WHYSO
'Any day now' SOON
'Cry Macho' (2021) star Eastwood CLINT
'The dog ate my homework' is a sad one EXCUSE
'The guy over there' HIM
'You betcha' YEP
'__ boy!' ATTA
'__ Talkin'': Bee Gees #1 hit JIVE
1984 De Palma film, and a hint to five puzzle answers BODYDOUBLE
Abbr. at the end of a list ETAL
Agreement PACT
Arm bone ULNA
Assumed name ALIAS
Bates __: 'Psycho' setting MOTEL
Beethoven's Ninth is written in one MINORKEY
Birch relative ALDER
Black gemstone ONYX
Bleacher feature TIER
Busting agent NARC
Cake decorator ICER
Camera named for a Greek goddess EOS
Camera or eye part IRIS
Chew the fat CHAT
Christmas song CAROL
Conductor Ozawa SEIJI
Conversations TALKS
Cosecant's reciprocal SINE
Division in a church SCHISM
Dr. of hip-hop DRE
Drain swirl EDDY
Egg yellow YOLK
Fishing rod attachment REEL
Fond du __, Wisconsin LAC
Food thickener AGAR
Frees (of) RIDS
Furnish with a fund ENDOW
Generous slice SLAB
Going __: bickering ATIT
Clues Answers
How a boat may rock SIDETOSIDE
How BFFs converse HEARTTOHEART
How boxers square off TOETOTOE
How Fred and Ginger sometimes danced CHEEKTOCHEEK
How people may agreeably see EYETOEYE
Kiss from Consuela BESO
Kuwaiti ruler EMIR
Learns via word of mouth HEARS
Lotus position discipline YOGA
Macho VIRILE
Managed care gp HMO
Mozart's 'Il mio tesoro,' e.g ARIA
Muslim holy man IMAM
Not fer AGIN
One of Nolan Ryan's seven NOHITTER
One-celled pond dwellers AMEBAS
Passing words? OBIT
Pepsi, for one COLA
Pessimist CYNIC
Place to hide a metaphorical ace SLEEVE
Pulsate THROB
Riot spray MACE
Roast host EMCEE
Scary African fly TSETSE
Second effort REDO
Set out for, as a destination HEADTO
Skin growth WART
Sports show rundown RECAP
Stadium attendance counter STILE
Stradivari's tutor AMATI
Take __ the waist: alter INAT
Thin trail of smoke WISP
Throw with effort HEAVE
Tipsy from wine, say HIGH
Use elbow grease on SCOUR
Video chat choice SKYPE
Water heater BOILER
Ziti or rigatoni PASTA