The Washington Post Sunday Mar 21 2021 Crossword Solutions

 The Washington Post Sunday - Mar 21 2021 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
'1984' worker	PROLE
'24' actress Mary ___ Rajskub	LYNN
'By Jove, dear chap!'	ISAY
'Dimes,' in Texas hold 'em lingo	TENS
'Great blue' bird	HERON
'I'm sick of this!'	THATSIT
'Is there anything to ___?'	EAT
'Let's kick some ___!' (pun from Mr. Freeze in 'Batman & Robin')	ICE
'Not with you on that' (Oregon)	DISAGREED
'The Apu Trilogy' music composer Shankar	RAVI
'The promise of ___ is truth' (line from the Koran)	ALLAH
'Toodle-oo!'	TATA
'Water for Elephants' author Gruen	SARA
'Whatever the cost, I'll pay that' (Texas)	NAMEYOURPRICE
'Where the Crawdads Sing' author Owens	DELIA
'Where ___ Went' (Gayle Forman novel)	SHE
'___ chance!'	FAT
100 Year Starship project leader Jemison	MAE
1980 film featuring sideshow performers	CARNY
2011, 2014 and 2020 NFL MVP Aaron	RODGERS
Abolished	ENDED
Actress who co-starred on the series 'Let's Stay Together' (New York)	ERICAHUBBARD
Admit, with 'to'	COP
Angle symbol	THETA
Animated arguments over the issues (Maine)	SPIRITEDDEBATES
Apt rhyme of 'cake'	BAKE
Article of clothing not worn during an undie run	PANTS
Bamboo forest critters	PANDAS
Base phrase	ATEASE
Basketball player who averages 30 points per game, e.g	SCORER
Bath room?	LOO
Bears' burrows	DENS
Big bird of the past	DODO
Book of Genesis woman	EVE
Brooding animal's noise	CLUCK
Build something that can be cracked, say?	ENCODE
Cellphones not finding any service and mirror-based jump scares, e.g., in horror films	TROPES
Cherished recollection (Georgia)	TREASUREDMEMORY
Chicken-serving bar?	ROOST
Chung who launched her own fashion label	ALEXA
Cinco menos uno	CUATRO
City where the Asahi Shimbun is published	OSAKA
Cold season outburst	ACHOO
Comes down outside	RAINS
Cookie in cream pies	OREO
Croat's neighbor	SERB
Cry to flamenco dancers	OLE
Depend	RELY
Derbies' edges	BRIMS
Dickensian character	WAIF
Dishonest practice	SCAM
Drew into a trap	ENSNARED
Egyptian president from 1970 to 1981	SADAT
Emmy-winning Reiner	CARL
Emulated theater majors	ACTED
Enthusiastic reply to a preacher	TELLIT
Excitement from hype	HOOPLA
Existing (New York)	TAKINGUPSPACE
Expressive and poetic	LYRICAL
Far from moist	ARID
Fell back into bad habits, say	RELAPSED
First word of FWIW	FOR
Floor installation worker	TILER
Florida city where the Triple Crown winner Affirmed was bred	OCALA
Forte for Agnes Martin, aptly contained in AGNES MARTIN	ART
Fraternal order with an antlered beast in its logo	ELKS
Frozen treat with a Major Mango flavor	OTTERPOP
Future draft picks' org	NCAA
Game summary	RECAP
Gmail button	SEND
Greyhounds' track event	DOGRACE
Hairy swinger	APE
Higher level (North Carolina)	UPPERECHELON
Highest setting, briefly	MAX
Hole-in-one	ACE
Horse's brisk gait	TROT
Hot, like a basketball player	ONFIRE
House vote broadcaster	CSPAN
How some paleo diet foods are consumed	RAW
Hydromassage locale	SPA
In a few minutes or so	SOON
Incur charges from shots	RUNATAB
Indoor sunbather	PETCAT
Insignificant amount	TAD
Institutions found in this puzzle's circled squares	SCHOOLS
Journalist Jacob	RIIS
Language from which 'sofa' is derived	ARABIC
Last word spoken by Romeo and Juliet	DIE
Lets the tears flow	WEEPS
Like 24-hour pharmacies	OPEN
Like desolate landscapes	BARREN
Like many games available for play at the Internet Archive	RETRO
Like one showing moxie	BRAVE
Like Tom Waits's voice	RASPY
Meat appetizer on a stick	SATAY
Metal for an alchemist	LEAD
Microorganism's hairlike organelles	CILIA
Mutual ___ (community-powered form of assistance)	AID
Mysterious and scary	EERIE
Nasty	MEAN
Needle with insults	TEASE
Network providing fantasy football updates	ESPN
Observatory discovery of 1930, or an animated pooch created in 1930	PLUTO
Onboard distress call	SOS
One having bed time during the day?	BEE
One who may be far from campus while distance-learning, spelled out in the first letters of this puzzle's theme answers	STUDENT
Ones assigning stars	RATERS
Pale violet shade	LILAC
Paradise for 115 Down	EDEN
Parks depicted in a sculpture at the National Statuary Hall	ROSA
Part of a robe	SLEEVE
Peaceful and quiet	SERENE
Posse member Wyatt	EARP
Put on a show, say	ENTERTAIN
Python pro's field, briefly	TECH
Ready to breed, as a thoroughbred	ATSTUD
Remaining at home	Stayingin
RN's body piercings?	IVS
Seeing red	IRATE
Show joy in a show, say	EMOTE
Show somebody?	TVIDOL
Sinuous sea creature	EEL
SoCal publication that puts on the annual Festival of Books	LATIMES
Soup with dashi stock	MISO
Sources of sass	BRATS
Specialty for Lil Uzi Vert	RAP
Start to become furious	GETMAD
Sweeten the deal?	BET
Taste ___	BUD
Theater districts	RIALTOS
They may be examined on slides	BACTERIA
Tint, as an Easter egg	DYE
Tons	ALOT
Translation of 20 Across from 69 Down	GOD
Typed (in)	KEYED
Verb in many a chemistry lab manual	STIR
Wade's 1973 opponent	ROE
Wander (about)	GAD
Whimper like a kitten	MEWL
Wind-up toys?	YOYOS
Window shade	BLIND
With 'the,' slang description of one's parents	OLDS
___ freak (cleanly sort)	NEAT
___ Penh, Cambodia	PHNOM