The Washington Post Sunday - Aug 30 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 The Washington Post Sunday Puzzle - August 30 2020 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
'A profound source of spirituality,' per Carl Sagan	SCIENCE
'Alas ...'	SADLY
'Arrested Development' actress with a side job amusing monarchs?	JESSICAWALTER
'Coming to America' protagonist	AKEEM
'Doctor Zhivago' actor Sharif	OMAR
'Guitar Hero' challenges	SOLOS
'In a moment'	SOON
'Long may ___ reign'	SHE
'Love in the Time of ___' (Márquez novel)	CHOLERA
'Short ___ to Screwball Women' (Rachel Wetzsteon poem)	ODE
'The Old Man and the Sea' actor with a side job gathering intel?	SPENCERTRACY
'The ___' (Mr. T series)	ATEAM
'Titans' and 'Vikings,' e.g	SHOWS
'Washington: A Life' biographer Chernow	RON
'___ we forget'	LEST
12 Down, e.g	ILLNESS
2004 film inspired by Rosalind Wiseman's book 'Queen Bees and Wannabes'	MEANGIRLS
2006 Woman of Courage Award recipient DiFranco	ANI
Actor ___ Arnaz Jr	DESI
Adviser to Barack Obama with a side job parking cars?	VALERIEJARRETT
Arthur's foster father in 'The Sword in the Stone'	ECTOR
Auto racer Bobby	RAHAL
Available, at a bar	ONTAP
Bejeweled accessories	TIARAS
Big bunch	PASSEL
Cadbury competitor	NESTLE
Cause of an explosion	TNT, IRE
Cheney played by Amy Adams in 'Vice'	LYNNE
Chicago-style hot dog topping	RELISH
Christmas concert tunes	NOELS
Coastal bodies of water	BAYS
Coaxes	CAJOLES
Comic-___ (big San Diego gathering)	CON
Courtroom recitals	OATHS
Cousins of coyotes	JACKALS
Crashing businesses?	INNS
Currency signified as €	EURO
Day on film sets, once	DORIS
Dead set against	ANTI
Deli bread selection	RYE
Deliberately ignore	SHUN
Did a great job on	ACED
Direct call number	HOTLINE
Diva's preparation	ARIA
Doctor textbooks, say	EDIT
Done to a ___	TEE
Drake, e.g	DUCK
Draw upon	USE
Equivalent of three feet	ONEYARD
Figure in many a Greek tragedy	ORACLE
Football game flipper	COIN
Ford flaw, say	DENT
Former Disney CEO with a side job collecting ore?	MICHAELEISNER
Free of troubles	SERENE
Freezes	HALTS
French utopian socialist with a side job delivering messages?	CHARLESFOURIER
G.H. ___ (name on champagne bottles)	MUMM
Gazillions	ATON
Getting the wrong idea	ERRING
Guitar relative	LUTE
Hangs around	LOITERS
Hardcore sects	CULTS
He 'cometh' on stage	ICEMAN
He keeps his brain sharp 'by eating a crossword puzzle every day,' per Garfield	ODIE
Healthy	HALE
High nesting space	AERIE
Humongous	OCEANIC
Hurried escapes	LAMS
In after a time out?	RETRO
In the center of	AMID
In the fashion of	ALA
Island nation where 'Gladiator' was filmed	MALTA
Knitting expert, e.g	CRAFTER
Language of Phuket	THAI
Left outside?	WEST
Li'l individuals	WEEUNS
Library fixtures	DESKS
Like Mel Brooks comedies	MADCAP
Looming	AHEAD
Make more valuable	ENRICH
Mandatory thing	NEED
Manga artist Junji	ITO
Material obtained from coal	TAR
Movie star, e.g	IDOL
Mysterious vibe	AURA
Nation whose flag depicts a Maasai shield	KENYA
NBA legend with a side job laying brick?	MAGICJOHNSON
Opened a tad	AJAR
Opera singer with a side job fighting in the armed forces?	MARILYNHORNE
Opulent	ORNATE
Overnight travel option	REDEYE
People of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation	UTE
Period in the geologic time scale	EON
Pertaining to vision	OCULAR
Philadelphia NHL pro	FLYER
Picked	CHOSE
Piece of fishing gear	REEL
Piece of music?	VERSE
Poke bowl tuna	AHI
Possesses, archaically	HATH
Press secretary for George W. Bush with a side job firing at circular targets?	ARIFLEISCHER
Promo cost	ADRATE
Provokes, at recess	DARES
Pureed meat spread	PATE
Purloined	STOLE
Put into motion	ACTUATE
Putrid stuff	FILTH
Quick snap?	PIC
Rankled relentlessly	ATEAT
Rap battle battler	EMCEE
Rapid troop movements	SORTIES
Rapids vehicle	CANOE
River obstruction	DAM
River through Uganda	NILE
Roosevelt played by Olivia Williams in 'Hyde Park on Hudson'	ELEANOR
Sandwich buns?	ARSE
Ship posts	MASTS
Small circus runners	FLEAS
Soup kitchen item	POT
Spruces (up)	TIDIES
Stampeder in 'The Lion King'	GNU
Staple of vocal jazz	SCAT
State where the band Slipknot formed	IOWA
Supernatural charm	MOJO
Sushi fish	EEL
Talk and talk and talk	GAB
Tapers off	LESSENS
Tasks in mystery novels	CASES
Tattoo parlor stock	INKS
Theme park since 1982	EPCOT
Third word of CPU	UNIT
Ticket buyer's leftover	STUB
Trouble	WOE
Turn, as a turnip	ROT
U.S. Davis Cup captain, 1981-1985	ASHE
Under consideration	INMIND
Video game bonus	EASTEREGG
Volcano whose name is spelled in street names?	ETNA
Volkswagen model that debuted in 1979	JETTA
Wheel-spinning rodent	GERBIL
___ vera juice	ALOE