The Washington Post - Feb 20 2019

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Clues Answers
'50s political monogram DDE
'Downton __': PBS show ABBEY
'Freeze!' STOP
'Gimme a __' SEC
'Haven't the foggiest' BEATSME
'On Language' columnist SAFIRE
'The Sorcerer's Apprentice' composer DUKAS
'Told you' SEE
10-time NBA All-Star Jason KIDD
Adapter letters ACDC
Affleck of 'Gone Girl' BEN
Alleviate traffic on, perhaps WIDEN
Alternative to fries TOTS
Analogous (to) AKIN
Anonymous Jane DOE
Bamboo lover PANDA
Barely enjoy the pool? SKINNYDIP
Cafeteria worker's cover HAIRNET
Canadian fliers GEESE
Coffee break time TEN
Commonly injured knee part, briefly ACL
Condescending one SNOOT
D.C.'s Pennsylvania, e.g AVE
Delicate handling TACT
Does impressions of APES
Dramatic opening? ACTI
Drive the getaway car, say ABET
Early smartphone TREO
Educator Montessori MARIA
Exactly right DEADON
First Homeland Security secretary RIDGE
First sign of fall LIBRA
Firstborn ELDEST
Foul up MISDO
Gaping mouths MAWS
Govt.-backed bond TNOTE
Grazing groups HERDS
Just above average CPLUS
Korean automaker KIA
Clues Answers
Language of Pakistan URDU
Large goblet CHALICE
Let up EASE
Many an emailer AOLER
MDW : Midway :: __ : O'Hare ORD
Mercury astronaut Grissom GUS
Military expert, say STRATEGIST
Milk source UDDER
Named, briefly IDED
Nobelist Wiesel ELIE
Official mandate EDICT
One in a hundred? SENATOR
One side of Hispaniola HAITI
One way to ride a horse SIDESADDLE
Ouzo flavoring ANISE
Parlor piece SETTEE
Partner of 29-Down CIO
Partner of 30-Down AFL
Peyton Manning's four? ENS
Place SITE
Rank above cpl SGT
Remote choice TVCHANNEL
Riverbank residue SILT
Rose's Broadway beau ABIE
Saintly glows HALOS
Sault __ Marie STE
School uniform part, perhaps SKIRT
Script fraction LINE
Shop talk LINGO
Small plateaus MESAS
States in an outdated atlas: Abbr SSRS
Stereotypical pooch FIDO
Still in contention ALIVE
Sun Devils' rival UTES
Talk oneself up BOAST
They turn litmus paper red ACIDS
Thoroughly enjoy EATUP
Train stopping at every sta LOC
Typical MLB pitching alignment, and a hint to this puzzle's circles FIVEMANROTATION