The Washington Post Sunday Feb 21 2021 Crossword Solutions

 The Washington Post Sunday - Feb 21 2021 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
''Deed I Do' singer Lena	HORNE
'A Sunday Kind of Love' singer James	ETTA
'Confound it!'	DRAT
'Dolemite Is My Name' hairstyle	AFRO
'Hard ___' ('Absolutely not')	PASS
'I could do both'	EITHER
'Invisible Cities' writer Calvino	ITALO
'Once and Again' actress Ward	SELA
'Quit stalling!'	DOIT
'Spider of the Evening' painter	DALI
'The 'Relativity' artist is my date this evening'?	IMWITHESCHER
'The Devil's Advocate' actor Keanu	REEVES
'The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up' author Kondo	MARIE
'This is the focal point / Above a seismic source / Where an earthquake proceeds / With devastating force,' e.g.?	EPICENTERPOEM
'___ the dirt!'	HIT
'___ the Unknown' (song sung by Elsa in 'Frozen II')	INTO
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue office shape	OVAL
2020 thriller and title role for Jessica Chastain	AVA
5th-century ruler who sacked Philippopolis	ATTILA
Adjusts the volume?	EDITS
Apex	ACME
Apollo who fought 53 Across in 'Rocky'	CREED
Apoplectic	IRATE
Apt rhyme of 'jaw'	MAW
Attempts to tempt	ENTICES
Automotive shaft	AXLE
Avalanche's and Hurricanes' org	NHL
Backspace neighbor for many PC users ... or, when interpreted as a command, a hint to this puzzle's theme	INSERTKEY
Bale's makeup	HAY
Barrel ___ (aerial maneuver)	ROLL
Baseball catcher, at times	FAN
Baseball legend Pete went deep?	ROSEHOMERED
Battery consisting of the same three letters	AAA
Beams of light	RAYS
Blemish	MAR
Braces (oneself)	STEELS
Breadmaker's output	LOAF
Breakfast treat baked by actor Fraser or Gleeson?	BRENDANMUFFIN
Broker's business	REALTY
Business patronized before a wedding, often	SALON
Busy med. workplaces	ERS
Byproduct of the carbonization of coal	TAR
Collectors of badges	SCOUTS
Comedian Richter	ANDY
Command to TV detective Monk that he sing an Alpine song?	YODELADRIAN
Comparatively pint-size	TEENIER
Dangerous downloads	MALWARE
Death ___ (venomous Australian snake)	ADDER
Declare assuredly	AVOW
Decreased in intensity	ABATED
Design plans, briefly	SPECS
Egg-frying vessel	PAN
Elizabeth I et al	TUDORS
Emulate a kangaroo	LEAP
Encountered	MET
Expression of doubt	IBET
Feathery wrap worn by Hulk Hogan	BOA
Fix, as a pet dog	SPAY
Gives takes	OPINES
Gnawing critter	RAT
Go off without a ringtone	VIBRATE
Gospel of Mark dancer	SALOME
Greek symbol for the density parameter in cosmological physics	OMEGA
Greta of 'Ninotchka'	GARBO
Guy who's on deck	SEAMAN
H	ETA
Had some brunch	ATE
Hairy character originally performed by Felix Silla	ITT
Hella cool	ALLTHAT
Hinged convenience for a bus rider	DROPSEAT
Hushed 'Hey!'	PSST
Immediately, in a hospital	STAT
Inaugural recitations	OATHS
Informal term for a World War I-era metal helmet	TINHAT
Inspecting visually	EYING
Instructional book category	HOWTO
Island locale of the Minotaur's labyrinth	CRETE
Joint used in jostling	ELBOW
Julianne of 'The Hours'	MOORE
Lake near the Cave Rock Tunnel	TAHOE
Lakefront property perk	VIEW
Large cut of beef	TBONE
Lessen in severity	EASE
Like the dialogue in Austin Powers films	RACY
Like the top of the Himalayas	SNOWY
Major	BIG
McShane of 'Deadwood'	IAN
Mellow, as a personality	TYPEB
Mercury and Mars, e.g	POPSTARS
Mercury and Mars, e.g	PLANETS
Michelle, to Malia and Sasha	MOM
Minn. metropolis	STPAUL
Model X and Model Y of the auto industry	TESLAS
Moving at breakneck speed	RAPID
Nocturnal bird working from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m.?	NIGHTSHIFTOWL
Ooh and ___	AAH
Opposite of posh	SEEDY
Ore stores	LODES
Outer limits	EDGES
Oxygen administrator, for short	EMT
Participated in a gazing contest	STARED
Patent's basis	IDEA
Peruse prose	READ
Play date item	TOY
Plus-column thing	ASSET
Returns policy?	TAXCODE
Rhythmic pulse	BEAT
Rocky who fought 63 Across in 'Rocky'	BALBOA
See 73 Across	ALAMODE
Send forth	EMIT
Settle from pressure	SAG
Shrimp-catching tool	NET
Sinister smile	SNEER
Situation with a runner at first (but not second or third)	ONEON
Small nest builder	ANT
Some altimeter checkers	COPILOTS
Some noblewomen	RANIS
Some sap producers	ELMS
Soup cracker surges?	SALTINEWAVES
Spike, as punch	LACE
Spots where mother cats pick up their kittens	NAPES
Stashed in a safe place	HID
Striped cat when it's up on its hind legs?	STANDINGTABBY
Subject for Jane Goodall	PRIMATE
Suggest	POSIT
Teased	RAGGEDON
Terminated	AXED
They're nonnegotiable	NEEDS
They're what you'd expect	NORMS
Topped	BESTED
Vice President Harris	KAMALA
Voices	SAYS
Vortex seen while kayaking	EDDY
Walk-walk connector	THE
Weapon guided by a flight control system	MISSILE
What a doc performs	EXAM
What a tanker carries	OIL
When repeated, highly enthusiastic	RAH
With 24 Across, dessert served with ice cream	PIE
Zilch	NADA
___ beans	LIMA
___ Octavius, a.k.a. Doctor Octopus in Spider-Man comics	OTTO
___ tai bo vien (Vietnamese beef soup)	PHO
___ the Impaler	VLAD