The Washington Post Sunday - Feb 6 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 The Washington Post Sunday - Feb 6 2022 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
'Absofrigginlutely!'	HELLSYEAH
'Catch my drift?'	GETME
'Curse of the Mutants' mutants	XMEN
'For the ___ time ...'	LAST
'Shutter Island' actor Kingsley	BEN
'Sorta'	ISH
'The Love Guru' actress Jessica	ALBA
'The Punisher' on the tennis court	AGASSI
'___ and ___' ('No problem')	DONE
'___ to meet you'	NICE
1950s French president Coty	RENE
6, in dates	JUNE
65 Across's atomic número	OCHO
Aerobic step exercise	TOETAP
Albertville Olympics skater Midori	ITO
Auto repair chain	MEINEKE
Baby powder material	TALC
Basketball star Elena ___ Donne	DELLE
Bear who says 'Oh, bother'	POOH
Becomes aware	WISESUP
Behind in an English class?	ARSE
Big river barrier	DAM
Biological pouch	SAC
Brought back to life	REBORN
Bryan's opponent in the 1908 election	TAFT
Cartoon characters wearing Phrygian caps	SMURFS
Characters in Naguib Mahfouz's 'Cairo Trilogy'	ARABS
Cleated item in soccer	SHOE
Colorado slopes locale	ASPEN
Component of an assist, in basketball	PASS
Computer running Mojave or Monterey	MAC
Consoling touches	PATS
Contradiction opener	BUT
Contribution to a pot	ANTE
Contribution to a pot	SEED
Creature causing water to ripple in a famous 'Jurassic Park' scene	TREX
Creeps like a crab	SIDLES
Daly of 'Rabbit Hole'	TYNE
Defensive tactic that serves as an alternate title for this puzzle	DOUBLETEAM
Finals preceders, for short	SEMIS
Foments	INCITES
French ___ (hairstyle)	TWIST
Get ready, briefly	PREP
God who dueled with Percy in 'Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief'	ARES
Grind one's molars	GNASH
Groom, as feathers	PREEN
Hairstyles for Earth, Wind & Fire members in the 1970s	AFROS
He has exercise equipment, a pool table and a TV inside his doghouse	SNOOPY
Hefty amount	TON
Holiday party servings	NOGS
Home of D.C. and NYC	USA
Hook's assistant	SMEE
House rejections	NAYS
Hurt, like a headache	THROB
Ignoramus	MEATHEAD
In a ___ (sort of)	SENSE
Inspirational group of Greek myth	MUSES
It takes courage to face them	FEARS
It's often locked in an escape room	DOOR
Journalist's approach	SLANT
Large tank	VAT
Like a dagger	SHARP
Like daredevilry	RISKY
Long or short follower	TERM
Lyft competitor	UBER
M, on forms	MALE
Manage, with 'out' ... and a word seen at the end of 12 Down	EKE
March Hare's companion	MADHATTER
Massage technique popularized by Tokujiro Namikoshi	SHIATSU
Mexican state bordering Chihuahua	SONORA
Middle child on 'The Simpsons'	LISA
Midwesterner living by Creighton University	OMAHAN
Mind reader's purported ability, for short	ESP
MLB franchise that won a World Series during the 2010s	KANSASCITYROYALS
Model Campbell or singer Judd	NAOMI
Money made of metal	SPECIE
Moseys along	AMBLES
Mythical hybrid with hoofs	FAUN
NBA franchise that Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Kyrie Irving have all played for	BOSTONCELTICS
Nerf blaster darts, e.g	AMMO
New York Times critic-at-large Amanda	HESS
NFL franchise that plays in its conference's South division	CAROLINAPANTHERS
NHL franchise that hasn't yet won a Stanley Cup	COLUMBUSBLUEJACKETS
Night light gas	NEON
Not at all chaotic	SERENE
On the mark	EXACT
One taking cat X-rays	VET
Opposed from the left of the 'establishment'?	ANTI
Opposite of hard times	EASE
Overalls worn while going downhill	SKIBIB
Pain-in-the-neck site	NAPE
Palindromic French pronoun	ELLE
Past word	AGO
People doing flips in the business world?	RESELLERS
Performs like Ella	SCATS
Photosynthesis element	OXYGEN
Playing card that serves as an alternate title for this puzzle	TWOOFCLUBS
Pledge drive bag	TOTE
Programs that can win Webby Awards	APPS
Pugsley's cousin once removed	ITT
Purée ___ Crécy (French carrot soup)	ALA
Records with a few tracks, briefly	EPS
Revitalizing drink	PICKMEUP
Road trip lodgings	INNS
Scottish folk tune figures	LASSES
Select, with 'for'	OPT
Shape of this answer's third letter	ARC
Shield wielded by Athena	AEGIS
Singsong syllables	TRALALA
Site of foliage	TREE
Site-seer?	USER
Small colony worker	ANT
Softball scoring stat	RBI
Some in vitro fertilization participants	EGGDONORS
Southwestern brick houses	ADOBES
Spire's position on a tower	TOP
Staff sgt., e.g	NCO
Strip on a Christmas present	TAPE
Surreptitious summons	PSST
Survey collection	DATA
Takes hold of	GRABS
The A of LAN	AREA
Thoracic cage bones	RIBS
Tract of land	ACRE
Treat similar to a rock cake	SCONE
Unkempt condition	MESS
Unsafe results?	OUTS
Vain one's big thing	EGO
Very deep hole	ABYSS
Warm-weather counterpart to the sled in 'Calvin and Hobbes'	WAGON
Warning from a canine	SNARL
Wastewater-monitoring org	EPA
Water, in Tijuana	AGUA
When repeated, 'What a pity!'	TSK
Where some save seats for those who want to be saved	PEWS
WNBA franchise that was originally founded in 1998	WASHINGTONMYSTICS
___ and turn	TOSS
___ Fields (snack brand)	MRS
___'s Daughters (activist organization named after Black Liberation Army member Shakur)	ASSATA