The Washington Post Sunday - Nov 21 2021 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 The Washington Post Sunday - Nov 21 2021 Crossword Solution

Clues	Answers
'123 Count With Me' Muppet	ERNIE
'Beginners' Oscar winner Christopher	PLUMMER
'Checkered' periods for troubled individuals	PASTS
'Dino' actor Mineo	SAL
'Gangster Squad' actor Nick	NOLTE
'Hang on a ___!'	SEC
'Heavens to Betsy!'	EGAD
'I can see right through you'	DONTLIE
'I don't think so'	NOPE
'I don't think so'	NAH
'I Know ___ So Well' (song from 'Chess')	HIM
'I'd be up for that'	SURE
'Me, Myself & ___'	IRENE
'Russian Doll' actress Natasha	LYONNE
'Semi-Charmed Life' band Third ___ Blind	EYE
'Strange Fruit' author Smith	LILLIAN
'___ the Greek'	ZORBA
'___ ___ hooray!'	HIP
14th-century English rebellion led by rural workers	{PEAS}ANTSREVOLT
18th-century queen	ANNE
1970s rock subgenre that features strong and catchy melodies	POWERPOP
2021 World Series runner-up	ASTRO
500-mile race, briefly	INDY
Adore	CHERISH
Amount given to a teller	DEPOSIT
Anime voice actress Cristina	VEE
B-flat sound-alike	ASHARP
Beachcomber's acquisitions	SHELLS
Beast that preys on penguins	ORCA
Beasts beneath bridges, in folklore	T{ROLL}S
Becomes droopy	SAGS
Between, in France	ENTRE
Black Prince's ___ (Imperial State Crown jewel)	RUBY
Boardwalk town in Maryland	OCEANCITY
Brand of golf shirts and tees	IZOD
Braying creatures	ASSES
Bridge frameworks	TRUSSES
Bright light element	NEON
Casually took part (in)	DABBLED
Cause of sleep interruption	ALARM
Causes harm to	DAMAGES
Certain high-rise apartment	LOFT
Cheshire Cat's creator	LEWISCAR{ROLL}
College in Berkshire	ETON
Cologne characteristic	SCENT
Component of inflation	P{RICE}INCREASE
Confuse	ADDLE
Consulting payment	FEE
Courts with gifts, say	WOOS
Crime committed in the 1998 film 'Firestorm'	ARSON
Crunchy lunch letters	BLT
Desert condition	ARIDITY
Detach, as a twig from a branch	SNAPOFF
Disreputable guy	CAD
Drinks such as Arctic Blasts	ICEES
Emulating a pirate	LOOTING
ESPN.com writer Zach	LOWE
Feature of the series 'Squid Game'	GORE
Feeling from one who's famished	PANG
Fishing trip hopes	BITES
Flower named after the Greek goddess of the rainbow	IRIS
Food ___ (reactions after Thanksgiving feasts)	COMAS
Forbidden thing	NONO
Gets ready, in a kitchen	PREPS
Global defense?	OZONE
Half of a course	NINEHOLES
Having the resources	ABLE
He won the 2002 U.S. Open in the final match of his career	PETESAMPRAS
Is visibly disconsolate	SOBS
It needs to be done	TASK
Jack squat	ZIPPO
Java server	COFFEEURN
Jenner of 'Keeping Up With the Kardashians'	KENDALL
Like blue locks, usually	DYED
Like muscles after lifting weights	TENSE
Like the universe	HUGE
Medicare Advantage plan, for short	HMO
Members of the so-called 'Jarhead clan,' in 'Avatar'	MARINES
Mesmerized	RAPT
Microscope pieces	LENSES
Molokai welcome	ALOHA
Movies presenting the same old story	RETREADS
Moving expenses, for some	UHAULS
Muscles strengthened by dip exercises	T{RICE}PS
New Mexico setting of several memoirs by Mabel Dodge Luhan	TAOS
Noodle soup served in Hanoi	PHO
Norse goddess of love	FREYA
Noteworthy period	ERA
Obstruct	DAMUP
One belonging to the House of Nyabinghi	RASTA
One of Pooh's friends	ROO
One of Pooh's friends	OWL
One of the Rescue Ranger chipmunks	DALE
One visiting Howard for a weekend, say	ALUM
Org. that fills in the blanks in 'sui_ca_e sc_nners'	TSA
Pacifies	AP{PEAS}ES
Part of a foot	TOE
Part of a yodeler's singing range?	ALP
Part of the way up?	RUNG
Partake in a Thanksgiving feast	EAT
Party for a princess	ROYALBALL
Passes out in Vegas?	DEALS
Playwright Levin	IRA
Poverty, chastity and obedience, to 76 Across	VOWS
Pretentiously expressive	ARTY
Recurring habit	TIC
Released more recently	NEWER
Restricts, as one's freedom	TIESDOWN
Risque	RACY
Safe havens	ASYLUMS
Safe, as a meal	EDIBLE
Sch. support org	PTA
Secretion from sadness	TEAR
Short ___ of the stick	END
Show featuring traditional Irish music and fancy footwork	RIVERDANCE
Showed disdain for	S{CORN}ED
Simone Biles or Katie Ledecky, e.g	OLYMPIAN
Sit on, as a motorcycle	STRADDLE
Site of a leaning tower	PISA
Sites of electron clouds	ATOMS
Socially detached	ALOOF
Something pulled to open a theater curtain	ROPE
Sound cues, e.g	SIGNALS
Spelling ___	BEE
Start of a boxing announcer's intro	INTHIS{CORN}ER
Starting point	DAYONE
Tailless simian	APE
Takes up, as a hobby	GETSINTO
Technical deets	SPECS
Thanksgiving serving, and a hint to four special squares in this puzzle	STUFFING
Thanksgiving serving, and a hint to the circled squares in this puzzle	SIDEDISH
Those in a convent	NUNS
Took four strokes as expected, perhaps	MADEPAR
Wade's opponent in a Supreme Court case	ROE
Wash. Post staffers	EDS
What literary critics likely wouldn't write?	ODES
When repeated, an expression of rebuke	TUT
WiFi access point	HOTSPOT
Word before enemy or Kombat	MORTAL
Work party?	LABORER
___ an egg (fail)	LAY
___ Twins (online comedy duo)	DOLAN
___-cleaning	DRY
___-wrenching	GUT