The Washington Post Sunday - Feb 20 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 The Washington Post Sunday - Feb 20 2022 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
'Bon appetit!'	DIGIN
'Fireproof' author Wilson	ERIC
'Garfield' diner owner	IRMA
'I'm afraid not'	NOCANDO
'I'm all ___!'	EARS
'I'm done for!'	OHNO
'It's hard to explain the fun to be found in seeing the right kind of bad movie' writer	EBERT
'John ___ Jingleheimer Schmidt'	JACOB
'Pondering My ___' (meme showing a wizard staring into a crystal ball)	ORB
'Roots' actor John	AMOS
'The loss we carry, ___ we must wade': Amanda Gorman	ASEA
'The Squad' congresswoman Ilhan	OMAR
'Whatever It Takes' singer Baker	ANITA
'___ Man's Party' (Oingo Boingo song)	DEAD
'___ of New York' (2002 film)	GANGS
'___ the Explorer'	DORA
1845 work with an 'ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling'	THERAVEN
Accessory frequently worn by Moira Rose on 'Schitt's Creek'	WIG
Actor Jack's fish dish?	BLACKBASS
Actor Martin's meat dish?	SHORTRIBS
Actress Betty's sliced dish?	WHITEPIZZA
Actress Eva's lettuce dish?	GREENSALAD
Ambulance noise	SIREN
Animated anchorman Brockman	KENT
Antlered herbivore	ELK
Archipelago in Oceania	TONGA
Author of 4 Down	POE
Avian peace symbol	DOVE
Balls with lit fuses, in comics	BOMBS
Beckoning cry	INHERE
Beginning of a trilogy, perhaps	PARTI
Big auction corporation	EBAY
Bluesman B.B.'s fish dish?	KINGSALMON
Bread or Cake, e.g	BAND
Caramel candy color	TAN
CBS News reporter Doane	SETH
Certain park rompers	DOGS
Cheap cabernet, e.g	HOUSERED
Chromatic scale's dozen	NOTES
Collection of an author's works	OMNIBUS
Comedian Chris's crustacean dish?	ROCKLOBSTER
Complaint about having too many degrees?	IMHOT
Completely surround	ENWRAP
Country estates' units	ACRES
Deciduous tree, or an iris color	HAZEL
Deigned (to)	STOOPED
Disconnect	DETACH
Eaglet's home	AERIE
Emphasized, as in type	BOLDED
Fancy shoulder wear	STOLES
Fangorn Forest beings	ENTS
Forms a curve, as with one's back	ARCHES
Georgetown address ender	EDU
Gets going	SETSOUT
Having more wealth than anyone	RICHEST
Horizontal punctuation mark	DASH
Huggies product carrier	DIAPERBAG
Ideally	ATBEST
In case	LEST
In the style of, in recipes	ALA
Indonesia includes thousands of them	ISLES
It may be queen-size	BED
Its Turkish name means 'mountain of pain'	ARARAT
Knitting item	NEEDLE
Königswinter's river	RHINE
Last word of the 'Lacrimosa' movement in Mozart's 'Requiem'	AMEN
Latin Grammy winner Fonsi	LUIS
Like parking that's not in a parking lot	ONSTREET
Like Proxima Centauri, among all stars, to the sun	CLOSEST
Little gent	LAD
Lodging establishment	INN
Magmatic deposits, at times	ORES
Make less confident	ABASH
Medical records	CHARTS
Medieval Times wear	ARMOR
Metric units of weight	TONNES
Michael played by Ashton Kutcher on 'That '70s Show'	KELSO
Milk ___ (dark beer brewed with lactose)	STOUT
Moon ___ (sci-fi site)	BASE
More achy	SORER
Muffin makeup	BRAN
Mules' dads	ASSES
Negotiation objective	DEAL
Number of balls needed for a full count	THREE
Ode composer	POET
Only	SOLE
Play the storyteller	NARRATE
Prom garments	GOWNS
Public artwork by Lady Pink, e.g	MURAL
Purchases the whole supply of	BUYSUP
Rapper Foxy's fish dish?	BROWNTROUT
Receive due to effort	EARN
Region	AREA
Rental car agency	ALAMO
Reunion invitees	ALUMS
Sadistic one	SICKO
Saltpeter	NITER
Score finale	CODA
Searing kitchen tool	FRYPAN
Setting of Peggy Rathmann's book 'Good Night, Gorilla'	ZOO
Shed like a bird	MOLT
Sincere in one's beliefs	EARNEST
Singer Fiona's pastry dish?	APPLESTRUDEL
Singer John's egg dish?	DENVEROMELET
Solemn recitation	OATH
Speaks before a crowd	ORATES
Spots for painted nails	TOES
Square pattern	GRID
Staffer for a prime minister	AIDE
Stats for Laila Ali	TKOS
Super Nintendo controller button	START
Symphonic tuners	OBOES
T/I/N/A turner	VANNA
Take acid and write letters, say	ETCH
Teddy bear, to Teddy Roosevelt	NAMESAKE
Tests, at a winery	SIPS
Theater balcony box	LOGE
They may have it at the Capitol	AYES
Throwdowns?	BODYSLAMS
Tips for solvers	HINTS
Titans, or an NFL team that might play against the Titans	GIANTS
Tree that's Spanish for 'raft'	BALSA
Try out with, as a joke	USEON
Tykes' track vehicles	GOKARTS
Ultracycling vehicle	BIKE
Unit of gold fineness	KARAT
Unmotivated state	APATHY
Vault	LEAP
Victor's boast	IRULE
Waffling over something	TORN
What a passive-aggressive person 'throws'	SHADE
Where one cube face meets another	EDGE
Word after private or public	SECTOR
Word after private or public	EYE
Worry (over)	STEW
Young cow or whale	CALF
Zero	NONE
___ Grissom, role for William Petersen on 'CSI'	GIL
___ jacket (sailor's coat)	PEA
___ National Park (Alberta attraction)	JASPER
___ one's time (wait)	BIDE
___-bitty	ITTY