The Washington Post - Sep 9 2017

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Clues Answers
'Good first step' ITSASTART
'I'm amazed!' OOH
'Not true!' THATSALIE
'Ungainly fowl' of poetry RAVEN
'Way to go!' NOWYOURECOOKING
Agitated INASTEW
Almost reaches NEARS
Ax FIRE
Barrier for Sisyphus HILL
Blow away AWE
Brandy statistic AGE
Close buds BROS
Contemporary of Plácido LUCIANO
Coty subsidiary that makes nail polish OPI
Dancers seen in strips? THECHIPPENDALES
Decrease LOWER
End with force STAMPON
Enter covertly CREEPIN
Father's ceremony MASS
Fill up SATE
Fr. title MME
Give under pressure SAG
Great Plains st OKLA
Hardly fresh OLD
Hawked stuff WARES
Helpful program for frequent fliers TSAPRECHECK
Impostors PHONIES
Jack's links rival ARNIE
Joan of Arc, for one HEROINE
Knight who co-founded Death Row Records SUGE
Law groups SENATES
Lena of 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being' OLIN
Like Pentatonix performances ACAPPELLA
Like some chatter IDLE
Like the flame at Graceland ETERNAL
Clues Answers
Little bit IOTA
Lob paths ARCS
Longtime NBC hit SNL
Maestro Doráti ANTAL
Minor employment needs, in some places WORKPERMITS
Napkin holders? LAPS
One taking a fall PATSY
Paradise in 'On the Road' SAL
Percussion instrument TIMPANI
Pharmaceutical giant MERCK
Picking up SENSING
Pittsburgh's __ Park PNC
Place for the undecided? FENCE
Play loudly BLARE
Put on PERFORM
Quick-footed SPRY
Ridicule MOCK
Safe havens SANCTA
Self-gratifying pursuit EGOTRIP
Singing voice, informally PIPES
Space for a ship SLIP
Springfield bar MOES
Table for __ ONE
Thanksgiving, e.g.: Abbr THU
The first 'A' in A.A. Milne ALAN
Theater originally lit with oil lamps LASCALA
They started the Arab Spring TUNISIANS
Traditional March 14 servings PIES
Trattoria staple RAVIOLI
Unlikely GoFundMe supporters MISERS
Venus, when appearing as the morning star LUCIFER
Went deep HOMERED
Whisper from a cheater, maybe PSST
Workout spot YMCA
__ jar MASON