The Washington Post - Dec 7 2021

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Clues Answers
'Whatever you say, honey' YESDEAR
'__ on my watch!' NOT
*Spends time in the gym WORKSOUT
*Times Square New Year's Eve custom BALLDROP
*Upscale eatery service for topper wearers HATCHECK
*When employment ends, formally EXITDATE
Aardvark's morsel ANT
ACLU issues RTS
Actor Stephen REA
Annual hoops player selection event NBADRAFT
Antiquated OLD
Appearance ASPECT
Asian priests LAMAS
Balance scale container PAN
Balanced conditions STASES
Biblical disciple APOSTLE
Big-time celeb ALISTER
Bloodshot RED
Blowup on the highway ROADRAGE
Broadway's Ethel MERMAN
Buck's partner DOE
Calf-length skirts MIDIS
CD follower ROM
Chaney of horror films LON
Cheese in some bagels ASIAGO
Cinque times due DIECI
Common flag symbol STAR
Courtroom figs DAS
Crosses (out) XES
Dispatched SENT
Driveway material TAR
Focus of modern-day surfing EGO
Freight weight TON
James Taylor classic ... or, respectively, what can precede the two words in each answer to a starred clue FIREANDRAIN
Least cooked RAREST
Like new MINT
Like rosebushes THORNY
Like the sea when waves are crashing AROAR
Clues Answers
Lodge member ELK
Make into law ENACT
Menial laborer PEON
Michelangelo masterwork PIETA
Milky white gem OPAL
Most achy SOREST
NBC weekend show SNL
Neural transmitter AXON
New Hampshire prep school town EXETER
NFL Dolphins' home MIAMI
Nonprofit URL ending ORG
Océano filler AGUA
Old Spice competitor AFTA
One driving the wrong way? CARTHIEF
One of the Coen brothers ETHAN
Ophthalmologist's field EYECARE
P-like Greek letter RHO
Pack animal ASS
Pepsi rival COCACOLA
Plays the role of ACTSAS
Prime meridian std GST
Quaking tree ASPEN
Radiate EMIT
Short operatic solo ARIETTA
Shrimp entrée SCAMPI
Smell really bad REEK
Smells really bad STINKS
Sneaker feature LACE
Start of the Marines' motto SEMPER
Transmission choice for steep ascents LOWGEAR
Trumps' White House predecessors OBAMAS
Turndowns NOS
V-shaped slit NOTCH
Vandalize TRASH
Vocalist Estefan GLORIA
Welcome to one's home ASKIN
Where some surfers shop EBAY
__ Lingus AER