The Washington Post - Dec 23 2015

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Clues Answers
'La Bohème' heroine MIMI
'Where ___ I?' WAS
'Yes, ___' MAAM
A whole lot HEAPS
Absolutely positive DEADSURE
Accustom (to) ATTUNE
Actress Vardalos NIA
Acts of larceny THEFTS
Atahualpa, for one INCA
Baby or giant follower STEP
Barely makes, with 'out' EKES
Beloved DEAR
Bollywood garment SARI
Bridal path AISLE
Calamitous DIRE
Chair farthest from the dunce cap corner? SMARTSEAT
Chant for the red, white, and blue USA
Churchgoer's spot PEW
Cleopatra, to Caesar MISTRESS
Common qualifier for gifted education IQTEST
Core muscle group, briefly ABS
Country once part of Babylonia IRAQ
Dangerous home invader TERMITE
Decayed matter to help a planter sprout? CHIAPEAT
Display at the Natl. Air and Space Museum SST
Dogpatch lad ABNER
Emphatic VEHEMENT
Espresso drink LATTE
Faucet TAP
Fortify for a fight ARM
Georgette, to Georges, perhaps AMIE
High schooler's designation YEAR
Horrid AWFUL
India's first prime minister NEHRU
Junk or tub BOAT
Knights' wives LADIES
Like a Miss Manners devotee POLITE
Limitation to a butcher's sales? MEATLIFE
Luau instrument UKE
Clues Answers
Make jump through hoops, maybe TAME
Manager Weaver in the Baseball Hall of Fame EARL
Meal featuring matzo SEDER
Most peeved SOREST
Move briskly TROT
Musician's pitch indicator CLEF
NYC subway initials IRT
Outrage IRE
Piña colada ingredient RUM
Pocatello's state IDAHO
Poison ivy woes ITCHES
Prioritizing of medical treatment TRIAGE
Question to a rookie cop? WANNABEAT
Road map lines STREETS
Roberts with more than 200 novels under her belt NORA
Runt's strategy for getting some milk? TEATOFFENSIVE
Service winner ACE
Sharp-eyed hunter EAGLE
Ship's path SEAWAY
Singer of the James Bond theme song 'Skyfall' ADELE
Sir Gawain's mount STEED
Stingy type MISER
Subordinate at work AIDE
Suitor BEAU
Surfing site, briefly URL
Sweet treats at the fountain MALTS
Syrup flavor MAPLE
Top edge of a cup BRIM
Toss in ADD
Tree at Hawthorne's House of the Seven Gables ELM
Truth's alternative in a party game DARE
Tycoons' pocket contents WADS
Ugly Tolkien critter ORC
Uncertainty DOUBT
Vicinity AREA
Wader with long legs and bill IBIS
Walked aimlessly TRAIPSED
Warm up, as leftovers REHEAT
___ Paulo SAO