The Washington Post - Mar 24 2021

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Clues Answers
'... or __!' ELSE
'La Bohème' role MIMI
'Now __ me down to sleep ... ' ILAY
*Fast-food alternatives to burgers FISHFILETS
*Like half a chance FIFTYFIFTY
*Matches with known outcomes FIXEDFIGHTS
*Music group's lead violinist, casually FIRSTFIDDLE
33-Down demand, perhaps ASAP
Actress Witherspoon REESE
Afternoon snooze NAP
Ancient mystic ESSENE
Anger IRE
APR-reducing loan REFI
Aussie parrot, briefly BUDGIE
Banana covering PEEL
Bee, to Opie AUNT
Being severely criticized UNDERFIRE
Beloved DEAR
Biblical boater NOAH
Black and blue? BERRIES
Canyon namesake of dry California winds SANTAANA
Cartoon mermaid ARIEL
Concerning ASFOR
Contrasting ornaments SETOFFS
County on the English Channel SUSSEX
Cultural setting MILIEU
Dennis the Menace, for one IMP
Diner check TAB
Fair-hiring letters EOE
Flair STYLE
General on a menu TSO
Give voice to SAY
H or O, in H2O ELEMENT
Hi-__ TV DEF
Hunk's pride ABS
Imagining IDEATING
Jazz trumpeter Jones THAD
Kvetching sounds OYS
Clues Answers
Leave EXIT
Letters replacing a list ETC
License plates TAGS
Luncheon end? ETTE
Map line: Abbr LAT
March time IDES
Marine Corps motto, briefly, and a hint to the answers to starred clues SEMPERFI
Marked on a ballot XED
Meeting group CONFEREES
Monk's title FRA
Mournful SAD
Music center? ESS
Name seen on one's way to the penthouse? OTIS
Nighttime party SOIREE
Novelist Jaffe RONA
Numbered rds RTES
Office notice MEMO
Partner in a 2020 peace agreement with Isr UAE
Photo taken backwards? SELFIE
Pt. of AAA ASSN
Punch deliverer FIST
Quite a ways away FAR
Recon target INFO
RN workplaces ORS
Roald Dahl title heroine MATILDA
Sailing danger REEF
San __: Italian resort REMO
School orgs PTAS
Sniggler's catch EELS
Soccer tiebreaker, perhaps SHOOTOUT
Submitted, as a manuscript SENTIN
Syrian leader ASSAD
Thrills ELATES
Tree with elastic wood ASH
W.C. Fields persona SOUSE
Weakens EBBS
What 'X' may mean TEN
__ Lingus AER