The Washington Post Sunday - Mar 27 2022

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Clues Answers
'Battle of the Sexes' actress Riseborough ANDREA
'Cast Away' locale ISLE
'Divergent' series actor ___ James THEO
'Do it ... or ___!' ELSE
'Don't even go there!' UHUH
'Election' actress Witherspoon or 'Harlem Nights' actress Della REESE
'Exodus' director Preminger OTTO
'Hair' clips? SCENES
'Hey! Come over here!' PSST
'Hold That Ghost' co-star Costello LOU
'Juice' actor Omar EPPS
'Mamma Mia!' quartet ABBA
'Mass' actress Dowd ANN
'No need to panic' FEARNOT
'Spare' barbecue item RIB
'The Magnificent Seven' actor Brynner YUL
'Underworld' director Wiseman LEN
'We've got some big problems here' ITSBAD
'What's your ___?' (text to one en route) ETA
'___ being said ...' THAT
'___ Misérables' LES
'___ the Dragon' (classic Bruce Lee film) ENTER
'___ you next week!' SEE
'¡Muchas ___!' GRACIAS
114 Across and others TIES
1980 thriller starring Michael Caine and Angie Dickinson that surprisingly didn't win an Oscar for best costume design? DRESSEDTOKILL
2004 sci-fi thriller starring Robin Williams that surprisingly didn't win an Oscar for best film editing? THEFINALCUT
2005 comedy starring Queen Latifah that surprisingly didn't win an Oscar for best makeup and hairstyling? BEAUTYSHOP
2006 romantic mystery starring Edward Norton, Paul Giamatti and Jessica Biel that surprisingly didn't win an Oscar for best visual effects? THEILLUSIONIST
2012 musical comedy starring Anna Kendrick and Rebel Wilson that surprisingly didn't win an Oscar for best sound? PITCHPERFECT
A.I. villain in '2001: A Space Odyssey' HAL
Arise unexpectedly CROPUP
Barley wine, e.g., despite its name ALE
Bear hugged by a child TEDDY
Beginning ONSET
Beginning from ASOF
Biden's secretary of the interior Haaland DEB
Bonfire detritus ASH
Bottom line of film? SUBTITLE
Breaks things off ENDSIT
Broad neck scarf ASCOT
Captain Marvel or Wonder Woman, e.g HEROINE
Commedia dell'___ ARTE
Con's counterpart PRO
Contend (for) VIE
Cookie eaten in 'Rounders' OREO
Coral biomes REEFS
Cracker added to soup SALTINE
Crude body? OPEC
Delicate with words TACTFUL
Discuss, with 'out' HASH
Distribute equitably RATION
Every once in a while ATTIMES
Express disapproval of CHIDE
Fades out, with 'down' DIES
Familiarize (oneself) ORIENT
Farm receptacles TROUGHS
Find for Indiana Jones RELIC
Fit for the task ABLE
Foolish one, in London PRAT
Gal Gadot or Natalie Portman, by birth ISRAELI
Geological intervals EPOCHS
Geological intervals EONS
Gets to a parking space PULLSIN
Hang, as a wet shirt AIRDRY
Hanks, Hardy, Hiddleston or Holland of Hollywood TOM
Have a fixation, with 'over' OBSESS
Have a night meal SUP
Heat in a microwave NUKE
High-five call before 'down low' UPTOP
Clues Answers
Holistic massage practice SHIATSU
Infinitely complex geometric shape FRACTAL
It's on the syllabus TEST
Japanese city with a beer museum SAPPORO
Kayaker's whirlpool EDDY
Lack of difficulty EASE
Lead weapon in 'Clue' PIPE
Like knowledge that's not based on previous experience APRIORI
Like the feathered serpent god Kukulcán MAYAN
Like this clue number ODD
Mary Poppins or Mrs. Doubtfire, e.g NANNY
Mass. setting USA
Moray ___ EEL
Museum vase URN
Music genre at a rave TECHNO
Nation where the film 'Taste of Cherry' is set IRAN
Need antibiotics, say AIL
NFL helmet opening EARHOLE
Nicholas who directed 'Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan' MEYER
Noble rank EARL
Not yet unionized? UNWED
Number of fingers on Count Rugen's right hand, in 'The Princess Bride' SIX
Olive ___ ('Popeye' character once played by Shelley Duvall) OYL
One of many pack animals carried by Luisa in 'Encanto' ASS
Palindromic flour ATTA
Passed on a racetrack, maybe LAPPED
Percentage imposed by the state TAXRATE
Place with toys for toys PETSTORE
Plant bearing almonds or pecans, say NUTTREE
Polyunsaturated ___ FAT
Post-workout massage RUBDOWN
Protected like a chef APRONED
Puts money down for BETSON
Ready to ride, as a horse SADDLED
Restaurant servings DISHES
Ride a breaking wave SURF
Rowing blade OAR
Rubber ducks' settings TUBS
Salary maximum CAP
Santa's helper played by Will Ferrell in 2003 ELF
Savings plan letters IRA
Sch. where Regina Hall received a master's degree in journalism NYU
See 11 Down STORYEVERTOLD
Share a secret BLAB
Short argument SPAT
Sigh after a good effort ITRIED
Singer Franklin ERMA
Singer who won three Grammys for her song 'Rolling in the Deep' ADELE
Small softball margin ONERUN
Some Liszt pieces ETUDES
Spot for ChapStick LIP
Stratovolcano in Sicily ETNA
Subculture with many clad in black GOTH
Sucker, or a word that can precede 'sucker' to make a bird SAP
Suppose to be true PRESUME
Swanky POSH
Swimming pool facility SPA
Tenor of a Wagner opera TRISTAN
Tightly stretched TAUT
Train in a classroom TEACH
Turn into an edible paste PUREE
Unsafe, as some roads ICY
Valuable casino cards ACES
West Bank grp PLO
What fans provide SUPPORT
Winner of two World Golf Championship tournaments (in 2004 and 2010) ERNIEELS
With 16 Down, 1965 epic starring Max von Sydow that surprisingly didn't win an Oscar for best original screenplay? THEGREATEST
XX percent of XV III
___ off (quite upset) TEED