The Washington Post - Feb 20 2022

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Clues Answers
'... a grin without a cat!' thinker ALICE
'And Still I Rise' poet ANGELOU
'Don't play' music notation REST
'Fear Street' series author STINE
'Nixon in China' role MAO
'That __ it!' DOES
'The Kiss' sculptor RODIN
'The West Wing' Emmy winner, 2006 ALDA
100-year-old chip brand WISE
Advertising gimmick TIEIN
Amoebae, e.g CELLS
Aparicio in Cooperstown LUIS
Auditioner's goal ROLE
Awards a seat to ELECTS
Awards adjective BEST
Back off RELENT
Bank worker with lots of stories? TALETELLER
Be a chatterbox GAB
Beatles' '__ a Place' THERES
Birthstone after sapphire OPAL
Bollywood attire SARI
Bridal shop buy VEIL
Caramel-topped dessert FLAN
Cell feature CAMERA
Chem class part LAB
CIA operative in the Arctic? NORTHERNSPY
City across the Mediterranean from Cartagena ORAN
Clark's teenage crush LANA
Cockpit gauge fig ALT
Corrections staffers JAILERS
Coward's lack, figuratively SPINE
Crime novelist Paretsky SARA
Crop up ARISE
Delete ERASE
Derby drink JULEP
Digs for pigs PENS
Displayer of truck-stop equipment? SCALEMODEL
Dress (up) TOG
Drink from a snifter SIP
Dry Italian wine SOAVE
Dry run TEST
Elf SPRITE
English composer of the symphonic study 'Falstaff' ELGAR
Eponymous surgical family name MAYO
Exodus obstacle REDSEA
Fan ADMIRER
Farmland tour giver? FIELDGUIDE
Fast-working 'Downton Abbey' woman? MINUTEMAID
Feline weapons CLAWS
Fishing line holder SPOOL
Flirt with, say TEASE
Float like smoke rings WAFT
For face value ATPAR
Gazetteer stats AREAS
Give this for that TRADE
Gives the heave-ho OUSTS
Gofer at a ballpark? SPORTSPAGE
Green hue JADE
Guy hiding in a red-and-white striped shirt WALDO
Had one's fingers crossed HOPED
Happy cap tosser GRAD
Hawke of 'Sinister' ETHAN
Hi-__ graphics RES
Hill hundred SENATORS
Historian's subject PAST
Hot rod? SPIT
Hot tub feature EDDY
How aspirin is taken ORALLY
Hurricane of 2011 IRENE
Hustled SPED
Ideal for farming ARABLE
Ill-gotten loot LUCRE
Clues Answers
Indian menu word TANDOORI
James who co-wrote and sang 'I'd Rather Go Blind' ETTA
Kids' play places, across the pond SANDPITS
Least wacky SANEST
Less carpeted BARER
Liberty's LiMu, for one EMU
Like Jennifer Aniston's eyes DEEPSET
Longtime Kentucky resource COAL
M.D. on 'Wheel of Fortune'? SPINDOCTOR
Madness IRE
Marquesses' inferiors EARLS
Marvin of Motown GAYE
Melodic sense EAR
Metaphorical sticking place CRAW
Monsieur __: classic Jacques Tati role HULOT
Mosque leader IMAM
Mutual influence INTERPLAY
Mystical character RUNE
Nature's bandage SCAB
Not given to speeches TERSE
Oblong tomatoes ROMAS
One of a coupe's pair DOOR
One of Barbie's best friends TERESA
One rating singles bar come-ons? LINEJUDGE
Pain in the neck CRICK
Painter in prison? CONARTIST
Partied hearty ROISTERED
Pat down FRISK
Piedmont wine region ASTI
Prepare for a race TRAIN
Princeton mascot TIGER
Promising moment, as of wit SPARK
Push for URGE
Put one over on SNOW
Quilting events BEES
Ran standing still IDLED
Recess rebuttal ARESO
Restful state REPOSE
Rook's call CAW
Sans-serif font ARIAL
Seasonal song word SYNE
Secure for the trip STRAPIN
See 1-Across DRUM
Settle on CHOOSE
Shoppe preceder OLDE
Short-vowel mark BREVE
Sign of spoilage ODOR
Site for used cars LOT
Skiers' aids ROPETOWS
Smelter metals ORES
Some choir members ALTI
Speak like a rug? LIE
Straws, e.g TUBES
Surprise ending TWIST
Tear REND
Tear RIP
The Who co-founder DALTREY
Till stack ONES
Time on a marquee TONITE
Trip up ASCENT
Try to win over WOO
Typed in ALL CAPS, maybe RANTED
Unacceptable, as punishment CRUEL
Uncorking sound POP
Valuable find TROVE
Vineyard measure ACRE
Wall map marker TACK
White sale purchases LINENS
Whole lot SLEW
With 21-Across, marching band instrument BASS
Yank at TUGON
__ hours WEE