The Washington Post - Dec 21 2016

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Clues Answers
'Beetle Bailey' vehicle JEEP
'That did the trick!' THERE
'That's my cue!' IMON
'The Hunt for Red October' device SONAR
'Thriller' singer, in tabloids JACKO
'You've got mail' ISP AOL
'___ it obvious?' ISNT
'___ Teen Hunger Force' (Cartoon Network series) AQUA
1958 Pulitzer winner James AGEE
Addressed SPOKETO
Backstage clashers, perhaps EGOS
Before PRIORTO
Biceps, slangily GUNS
Calf-length trousers PEDALPUSHERS
Certain pinochle scores MELDS
Classic Latin reproach ETTU
Coil on a fire truck HOSE
Colloquial carefree guy RILEY
Complies with the commands of OBEYS
Core idea KEYCONCEPT
Daring beachwear STRINGBIKINI
Dip, as a doughnut DUNK
Disapproving syllables TSKS
Do some branch management? LOP
Doomed Genesis shepherd ABEL
Driver's license datum NAME
Evens out EQUALIZES
Far from flabby TONED
Figure skating team PAIR
Flared dress style ALINE
Foolish types BOZOS
Freshly honed SHARP
Fudge the facts LIE
Fuming feeling IRE
Garfield's predecessor HAYES
Go like the Road Runner ZIP
Grasp of what's going on UPTAKE
Grind together GNASH
Hardly any ABIT
Clues Answers
Harsh quality EDGE
He sells Squishees to Bart APU
Heads-up from the head office MEMO
Herb in many stuffings SAGE
Hierarchy level RUNG
Hungarian composer Béla BARTOK
Invite through the doorway ASKIN
It can be bellied up to BAR
Just around the corner NEAR
Layered haircut SHAG
Like some eclipses LUNAR
Made like a model POSED
Major setback BLOW
Monster in Tolkien tales ORC
Mouselike worm eaters SHREWS
Okefenokee growth MOSS
Oldest of the Three Musketeers ATHOS
PA system components AMPS
Per unit APOP
Portable player since 2001 IPOD
Progressive commercial character FLO
Pull the fuse from, perhaps DISARM
Puts on notice ALERTS
Rock-crushing contraption HAMMERMILL
Shake up FAZE
Shakespearean advisor-turned-adversary IAGO
Sound in a 'Star Wars' shoot-out ZAP
Stem-to-stern piece KEEL
Stooge's pie target FACE
Symbol of slipperiness EEL
Tetley alternative NESTEA
They're made by maids BEDS
Toddler's taboos NONOS
Tokyo-based automaker ISUZU
Torch wielders in 'Frankenstein' MOB
Traps by trawling NETS
Wintry weather map feature COLDFRONT
Word before doctor or cycle SPIN
Worse than fair POOR