The Washington Post Sunday - Oct 17 2021

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Clues Answers
'A Young Lady's Adventure' painter KLEE
'Big-___ Rock' (song from 'The Full Monty') ASS
'Damn,' e.g OATH
'Despite that ...' EVENTHEN
'Flash in the pan,' e.g IDIOM
'Gossip Girl' actor Brown ELI
'I want you to!' DOIT
'I ___ realized ...' HADNT
'In the Rough With Phil Mickelson' ads marketed what drink? A) Mountain Dew | B) Irish coffee | C) Pinot grigio | D) Amstel Light AMSTELLIGHT
'It ___ all a dream' WAS
'Leave this to me!' ONIT
'Mindhorn' actress Davis ESSIE
'Not a clue' IDUNNO
'Right you ___!' ARE
'Wonderland' singer-songwriter Henley TESS
'___ Little Helper' (2004 comedic slasher film) SATANS
3 Down in a coop HEN
Adorns BEDECKS
Allow for purchase SELL
Apt rhyme of 'slap' WHAP
Areca palm nut BETEL
Baker's appliance OVEN
Bar fee COVER
Bass ___ (instrument) OBOE
Be of help AVAIL
Be silently moody SULK
Bishops' council SYNOD
Blathers PRATTLES
Blinking signal intention TURN
Bonfire detritus ASHES
Charged, in a lab IONIZED
Chicago White ___ (MLB team) SOX
Colby College's state MAINE
Comedian Davies ALAN
Complete this quote by Sarah Churchwell: 'There is nothing that ___ can't teach you, if you let it.' A) 'Sesame Street' | B) Anthropology | C) The Holy Bible | D) The New Yorker SESAMESTREET
Confidence or creativity, e.g ASSET
Decide to join, with 'in' OPT
Designated driver's place? LANE
Did some decluttering TIDIEDUP
Discus champion Al OERTER
Down in the dumps BLUE
Driven before, say USED
Durable wood ELM
Dynasty's period, often ERA
E, on a nautical chart EAST
Educational program, perhaps SHOW
Energy from the sun HEAT
Equine coat color ROAN
Extensive piece of land ESTATE
Fades, like a stale joke DIES
Fashion designer Knowles TINA
Fear, in German ANGST
Filed or polished thing NAIL
Finish at ENDON
Fixes again, as an article REEDITS
Friendship bracelet component BEAD
Furniture store stock DESKS
Give out EMIT
Governmental rejection NAY
Grabbing sound popularized by 'The Simpsons' YOINK
Groom, as with a beak PREEN
Hammy introduction ITISI
Handle SEETO
Have a claim to fame, say? BRAG
Heineken product BEER
Impudent behavior SASS
In the thick of AMID
Investigate furtively SNOOP
It's a French season either way ETE
Item with Velcro straps, at times SHOE
Kept out of view HID
La Liga fan's cheer OLE
Clues Answers
Legal org. literally found in ALABAMA ABA
Legendary sucker DRACULA
Like Calvin and Hobbes DRAWN
Like the goal to achieve world peace NOBLE
List-shortening abbr ETC
Little fox KIT
Low-friction surface ICE
Make the wrong choice ERR
Marvel Comics figure HERO
Masonic order member SHRINER
Maximally warm, as memories FONDEST
McKellen of 'Cats' IAN
Mechanical watch spinner GEAR
Mindful (of) AWARE
Model Evans ELLE
Monks' garments ROBES
Mountain beast of lore YETI
Musical Stravinsky IGOR
Mystery figure SLEUTH
Name rhyming with Chet RHETT
Nation with a khanjar dagger on its flag OMAN
Needlessly kvetched to CARPEDAT
Nemegt Basin's region GOBI
Niagara Falls vapor MIST
Nintendo offering GAME
O'Donnell who received the GLAAD Vito Russo Award in 2003 ROSIE
Odorless cellar hazard RADON
Ornithologist's subject BIRD
Park place CAMP
Partner of void NULL
Populous area in a territorial department CITY
Potter's 70 Down KILN
Put up, as a monument ERECTED
Quick time out? SIESTA
Quiet call PSST
Rainforest specimens TREES
Religious school? THEISM
Remove, as old paint STRIP
Response to getting a present in Paris MERCI
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee BAND
Room full of clutter STY
Sales record LEDGER
Seasoning in Japanese cuisine MISO
Series of local talks TEDX
Sharp brand GINSU
Signs with political messages, perhaps PLACARDS
Soak up, with 'up' SOP
Solo homer's run count ONE
Source of milk COW
Steeped beverages used in detox diets HERBTEAS
The S of OS: Abbr SYS
They might be shockers EELS
To be, en français ETRE
Train service since 2000 ACELA
Triple Crown of Motorsport race, briefly INDY
Ucayali River's country PERU
Under discussion ATISSUE
Vessel bottom KEEL
Wednesday's hairy relative ITT
What billions browse WEB
What did Shigeru Miyamoto and Gunpei Yokoi design in 1983? A) Honda Logo | B) Magnetron | C) 'Mario Bros.' | D) Tokyo Dome MARIOBROS
What is another term for a bit of strong language (seven of which in the puzzle will help you solve one of the meta answers)? A) Figure of speech | B) Five-dollar word | C) Four-letter word | D) Four-word phrase FOURLETTERWORD
What is the subject of the film 'The Song Remains the Same'? A) Bette Midler | B) Led Zeppelin | C) OneRepublic | D) Electronica LEDZEPPELIN
When some rights are legal ONRED
Where is the Orange Vélodrome located? A) Barcelona | B) Rotterdam | C) Amsterdam | D) Marseille MARSEILLE
Which fictional character holds a PhD from Oxford University? A) Indiana Jones | B) Black Panther | C) Dr. John Watson | D) Green Lantern BLACKPANTHER
Zero AUGHT
___ bag (type of purse) HOBO
___ out a win (wins by a nose) EKES
___ vera gel ALOE
___-imperialism ANTI