The Washington Post - Feb 17 2022

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Clues Answers
'Atlas Shrugged' hero John GALT
'Boo'd Up' Grammy winner __ Mai ELLA
'Bravo!' OLE
'I'm okay with it' SUITSME
'The Grapes of Wrath' migrants OKIES
'The __ the limit' SKYS
'Today' weatherman ALROKER
1972 Derby winner __ Ridge RIVA
Animal husbandry facilities PIGFARMS
Blow away STUN
Bowling unit FRAME
Boxer's remark? ARF
Call in poker SEE
Canasta play MELD
Castaway's shelter HUT
Caterpillar, say TRACTOR
Cheerio morsel OAT
Court responses PLEAS
Crosswalk users, briefly PEDS
Demi Moore military movie GIJANE
Do a farm job REAP
Do a plumbing job PLUGUPTHELEAK
Dull-sounding beast BOAR
Equine control REIN
Excel on the mound PITCHANOHITTER
Eye part IRIS
Fool on the ice DEKE
Go like the dickens TEAR
Golden __ GLOBE
High-end hotel chain OMNI
Increase the mobility of, as a checker PROMOTETOKING
Iris layer UVEA
Judicial garb ROBE
L.A. is on it in summer PDT
Like many a mechanic's rag OILY
Malevolent EVIL
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Many a techie GEEK
Mason's carrier HOD
Moldova currency LEU
Navy nuclear sub class SEAWOLF
Nobody TWERP
Not as well insulated DRAFTIER
Object DEMUR
Oktoberfest toast PROST
Patty Hearst alias TANIA
Pin expert? WRESTLER
Ready to draw ONTAP
Reclusive sort LONER
Recommend, with 'for,' and a hint to the start of 20-, 25- and 44-Across PUTINAGOODWORD
Related AKIN
Self-named 2000s sitcom set in Texas REBA
Sign PORTENT
Sign of crowd approval ROAR
Some gov't issues TBONDS
Split PART
Steam IRE
Store with Småland play areas IKEA
Strongly suggest, with 'of' REEK
Surge protector? LEVEE
Think DEEM
Thrashed (about) FLAILED
TV host with more than 300 vehicles LENO
Unpopular raises TAXHIKES
Verb in much written dialogue SAID
Walk tediously PLOD
Weasel cousin SABLE
Whammy JINX
What an accessory may do ABET
Wind in the reeds OBOE
__ bar: Polynesian-themed spot TIKI
__ loose: free TURN
__ pro nobis ORA