The Washington Post Sunday - Dec 20 2020

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Clues Answers
'A few weeks ___ ...' AGO
'All These Things That ___ Done' (2004 song by the Killers) IVE
'And heaven and ___ sing' (lyric in 'Joy to the World') NATURE
'Attack,' as the fridge RAID
'Carpe ___!' DIEM
'Drop it!' LETGO
'Let's see ...' HMM
'Malcolm in the Middle' actress Kaczmarek JANE
'Mixed-ish' network ABC
'On the Beach' author Nevil SHUTE
'Same with me' ASAMI
'That grosses me out!' ICK
'The Book of ___' (Denzel Washington film) ELI
'Why' musician Yoko ONO
'Young and Beautiful' singer ___ Del Rey LANA
*'It will be our little secret' KEEPTHATTOYOURS{ELF}
*Archipelago divided between Argentina and Chile whose name means 'Land of Fire' TIERRAD{ELF}UEGO
*Author of the 1931 novel 'The Brontës Went to Woolworths' RACH{ELF}ERGUSON
*Auto executive for whom an infamous failed car was named EDS{ELF}ORD
*Receiving financial aid from the state ONW{ELF}ARE
*Scientist who invented the first electric generator in 1831 MICHA{ELF}ARADAY
*Spongy desserts ANG{ELF}OODCAKES
*Wilco album whose title consists of three letters from the NATO phonetic alphabet YANKEEHOT{ELF}OXTROT
200-meter race, e.g DASH
30 percent of X III
Achieve great things, say EXCEL
Ancient region that encompasses Athens ATTICA
Bit of ThirdLove lingerie BRA
Boggy Louisiana area BAYOU
Bookcase section SH{ELF}
Bring litigation against SUE
Business abbr INC
Capital of Northern Ireland B{ELF}AST
Carpentry item NAIL
Cartoonist Bil KEANE
CEO or CFO's degree, perhaps MBA
Chasers in a saloon? POSSE
Christmas ___ (seasonal drink from Great Lakes Brewing Co.) ALE
City where many Dutch monarchs were buried D{ELF}T
Coal transporter TRAM
Coat rack piece PEG
Comedian Costello LOU
Completely ALL
Composer Thomas whose surname is an anagram of 94 Across ARNE
Contents of tables DATA
Coppertop battery brand DURACELL
Decapod's leg count TEN
Dinosaur of Pixar films REX
Easygoing LAX
Edge CUSP
Electronic dance music setting RAVE
Empathize with FE{ELF}OR
Environmentalist with a mustache in kid lit LORAX
Exercise power GOVERN
Fabricator's product? LIE
Fairy tale behemoth OGRE
False name ALIAS
Figure standing outside the ballpark, maybe STATUE
Film hero who battles in the Thunderdome MADMAX
Forgot-you-had-an-exam-today emotion TERROR
Frequent hiking site for Calvin and Hobbes WOODS
Genre for many mystery films NOIR
George of 'O Brother, Where Art Thou?' CLOONEY
Grass-covered surface SOD
Green pool target SIXBALL
Greets cordially SAYSHI
Guevara seen in 'Evita' CHE
Has a deep desire (for) YEARNS
Imminent NEAR
Informal complaints BEEFS
It sprouts from an acorn OAK
Letters you can't read SCRAWL
Clues Answers
Like December, among all months TW{ELF}TH
Like Santa's little helpers {ELF}IN
Like sharp images on TV INHD
Like tennis legend Margaret Court's last name APT
Like the biblical son who wasted his fortune PRODIGAL
Like the Who's opening lyric 'The song is over' IRONIC
Lorde song with the lyric 'Let me be your ruler' ROYALS
Lozenge, for a cough REMEDY
Manage, as exhibits CURATE
Meadow beast EWE
Medicare section that covers inpatient hospital stays PARTA
Medium's alleged skill ESP
Megaphone sound BLARE
Mesh under a trapeze NET
Minor opposite GROWNUP
Misstep, as on a wet floor SLIP
Mix, as in a soup bowl STIR
Mole digging through one's property? SPY
Moral obligation DUTY
Most devious SLYEST
Moved on in one's life? AGED
Musical Garfunkel ART
Mystical sphere, maybe ORB
Of whom an art patron said, 'He is a loathsome, offensive brute, yet I can't look away' when viewing a painting of him on 'Seinfeld' KRAMER
Oingo Boingo singer-songwriter Danny {ELF}MAN
One a-leaping in a Christmas carol LORD
Ones a-milking in a Christmas carol MAIDS
Oolong, e.g TEA
Org. planning Take Your Family to School Week PTA
Parish officer who sounds like an insect BEADLE
Pave the way for ENABLE
Performer wearing geta GEISHA
Period divided into eras EON
Places STEADS
Poet's palindrome ERE
Portion of butter PAT
Prefix with technology NANO
Ready to graduate, say? ROBED
Really wretched ABJECT
Remove a curse word CENSOR
Ringing steeple section B{ELF}RY
Romanian's neighbor SERB
Santa ___ (Christmas accessory) HAT
Second sound ECHO
Sees if one can TRIESTO
Sends high overhead LOBS
Service after a breakdown TOW
Site of rods and cones EYE
Small coral island CAY
Snacks that one should give to Santa rather than cookies? HOHOS
Software-testing phase BETA
Some weapons in the game 'Skyrim' AXES
Song sung in pews HYMN
Sparkling crown TIARA
Spice used in some Christmas cookies GINGER
Squalid shelter HOVEL
Stereotypical outdoor spaces for frolicking FIELDS
Stuck at some boring job INARUT
Sunken treasure sites SEAS
Surgery sites, briefly ORS
The S of ASL SIGN
Theoretical evolutionary intermediates APEMEN
Trailblazing stage actor Aldridge IRA
Union general George MEADE
Ventilate AIROUT
Vessels for fried rice WOKS
Watch gear's tooth, e.g COG
___ Rabbit (trickster in African American folklore) BRER
___ Tomé and Príncipe SAO
___ Tuesday FAT
___ Wednesday ASH