The Washington Post Sunday – Dec 5 2021 Crossword Solution
The Washington Post Sunday – Dec 5 2021
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| ‘… for richer, for ___, in sickness and in health …’ | POORER |
| ‘Blueberries for ___’ (children’s book) | SAL |
| ‘Der Hölle Rache’ from ‘The Magic Flute,’ e.g | ARIA |
| ‘Family Affair’ singer ___ J. Blige | MARY |
| ‘Have You Seen ___?’ (hit by the Chi-Lites) | HER |
| ‘Icicles,’ on a Christmas tree | TINSEL |
| ‘July’ singer ___ Cyrus | NOAH |
| ‘Millionaire ___’ (‘The Jetsons’ episode) | ASTRO |
| ‘ng’ sounds, e.g | NASALS |
| ‘Spun’ yarns | TALES |
| ‘Star Trek Beyond’ director Justin | LIN |
| ‘That’s nice to hear!’ | IMGLAD |
| ‘This Bitter Earth’ singer Washington | DINAH |
| ‘Victoria & Abdul’ actor Fazal | ALI |
| Abundant in plant life | LUSH |
| Advocate for the accused | DEFENSEATTORNEY |
| Alley-___ (‘NBA Jam’ play) | OOP |
| Alter, as one’s thinking | RESHAPE |
| Apt to be persuaded | PLIABLE |
| Area often shaved by a barber | NAPE |
| Artisan who may repair a Stradivarius | VIOLINMAKER |
| Become genetically altered | MUTATE |
| Big tree climber | APE |
| Brand of salsa and taco meal kits | ORTEGA |
| Business org | CORP |
| Call things off | ENDIT |
| Cause for cramming | TEST |
| Cause great surprise | STUN |
| Cell terminal that sounds like 53 Down’s counterpart | ANODE |
| Connecting point | NODE |
| Creator of visual advertising content | GRAPHICDESIGNER |
| Dec. hrs. in D.C | EST |
| Demi Moore, ___ Guynes | NEE |
| Demonstrate moxie | DARE |
| Distracting background noise | DIN |
| Emulates an archer | AIMS |
| Ernie who won the 2012 Open Championship | ELS |
| Factors to be considered, in a case | MERITS |
| Female zebra | MARE |
| First name that means ‘my God’ | ELI |
| Fish eggs | ROE |
| Flaming ___ (temporary name for a TV tavern where Aerosmith played) | MOES |
| Fly a fighter jet | AVIATE |
| Four-time Oscar-nominated actress Moorehead | AGNES |
| Game with 1 cards, aptly | UNO |
| Genre for Alexisonfire | EMO |
| George H.W. Bush’s chief of staff John | SUNUNU |
| Get into again | REENTER |
| Ginormous amount | TON |
| Got some brunch | ATE |
| Govt. org. that submits FISA court requests | NSA |
| Half of IT, briefly | INFO |
| Handled bar | SOAP |
| Harvester brand | DEERE |
| Hilarious sorts | RIOTS |
| Hold ___ (cherish) | DEAR |
| Initial step | ATOB |
| It’s used by students at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, briefly | ASL |
| Joint that can be affected by gout | ANKLE |
| Kagan who was dean of Harvard Law | ELENA |
| La città con il Colosseo | ROMA |
| Landlocked state with the island city Sabula | IOWA |
| Left Opposition leader Trotsky | LEON |
| Light dressing specification | NOOIL |
| Like certain wolves | LONE |
| Lost firmness | SAGGED |
| Magazine with a Best Workplaces list | INC |
| Many miles off | AFAR |
| Minor demons | IMPS |
| Mobile program writer | APPDEVELOPER |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Mononymous ‘Chimera’ musician | HANA |
| Muscat Daily readers | OMANIS |
| Not be precisely vertical | LEAN |
| One doing inspections or maintenance work beneath the surface | DEEPSEADIVER |
| One is equivalent to about 0.028 kilograms | OUNCE |
| One who might rob vaqueros in a western | BANDITO |
| One-named comedian on ‘Good Girls’ | RETTA |
| Packing more punch | STRONGER |
| Phishing trap? | EMAILSCAM |
| Pinterest poster, e.g | USER |
| Plotting party | CABAL |
| Poetry book section | VERSE |
| Pour choice? | EWER |
| Prudish one’s concern | SMUT |
| Psychology topic from the Latin for ‘I’ | EGO |
| Put right on the page? | INDENT |
| Reacted with umbrage | BRISTLED |
| Reaper’s descriptor | GRIM |
| Reporter of health-related news and research | MEDICALJOURNALIST |
| Rewards from work, and a hint to this puzzle’s theme | FRUITSOFONESLABOR |
| Roger who co-hosted ‘Sneak Previews’ | EBERT |
| Rudd named Sexiest Man Alive by People magazine in 2021 | PAUL |
| Run-of-the-mill | SOSO |
| Salt Lake City residents | UTAHNS |
| Second-in-command under Lyndon | HUBERT |
| See 120 Down | SKATES |
| Setting of Rainbow Rowell’s novel ‘Eleanor & Park’ | OMAHA |
| Settings for IVs | ERS |
| Shipmate of Data | TROI |
| Short slumber | NAP |
| Short slumber | SIESTA |
| Shown to many | AIRED |
| Single part of a whole | UNIT |
| Smashing Pumpkins song whose name is a Hindu god without its H | SIVA |
| Soaks (up) | SOPS |
| Something taken by Dora the Explorer | TRIP |
| Sound during milking | MOO |
| Spanish ‘good’ | BUENO |
| Speech that may have bleeped-out words | TIRADE |
| Splinter group | SECT |
| Sports team supporter, of a sort | SPONSOR |
| Spread site that rhymes with ‘spread’ | BREAD |
| Start | BEGIN |
| Starting point for 127 Across | TEE |
| Striped aquatic predator | TIGERSHARK |
| Subtle variation | NUANCE |
| Sum of production | TOTALCOST |
| Target audience for HBO shows | ADULTS |
| Teller’s supervisor | BANKMANAGER |
| Temple statue, e.g | IDOL |
| Terse online reply that means ‘deal with it’ | COPE |
| Three of clubs? | TRIO |
| Track competition | MEET |
| Track numbers | ODDS |
| TV writer Mike who co-created ‘The Critic’ | REISS |
| U.S. senators, e.g | VIPS |
| Vague, large amount | OODLES |
| Video game where you wield an ax and slay? | GUITARHERO |
| Watch party? | SENTRY |
| Went back, as the tide | EBBED |
| What a frustrated person might throw | TANTRUM |
| What a topiarist may clip | SHRUB |
| With 99 Down, some Winter Olympics gear | ICE |
| With levity | INJEST |
| Word after special, black or photo | OPS |
| Words you just heard | ECHO |
| ___ a one (nobody) | NARY |
| ___ beef (Japanese meat) | KOBE |
| ___ versa | VICE |
| ___-surrealism (artistic genre) | AFRO |