The Washington Post - Dec 24 2019

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Clues Answers
'Ben-__': Heston epic HUR
*Comprehensive personal philosophy WORLDVIEW
*Figuratively, whence some unexpected ideas LEFTFIELD
*Horse breeder's concern BLOODLINE
*Nutrition guide FOODPYRAMID
9:00 AM weekday event, typically ... and what the first word in the answers to starred clues can be BANKOPENING
African adventures SAFARIS
Alabama's cross-state rival AUBURN
Barbecue GRILL
Battery terminals ANODES
Best in an épée match OUTDUEL
Big coffee holder URN
Big name in ATMs NCR
Came to a close ENDED
CBS legal drama 'The Good __' WIFE
Chant for Real Madrid OLEOLE
Checked for errors PROOFED
City between Austin and Dallas WACO
Coco of fashion CHANEL
Completely absurd INANE
Concerted tries EFFORTS
Corkscrew pasta ROTINI
Country south of Georgia ARMENIA
Covent Garden productions OPERAS
Cross-shaped Greek letters TAUS
Deceptive fencing moves FEINTS
Disney CEO Robert IGER
Down-for-the-count count TEN
Drains of energy SAPS
Driver's one-eighties UIES
Falco of 'Nurse Jackie' EDIE
Fall outing in a wagon HAYRIDE
FDR's successor HST
Gave birth to HAD
Gillette razor ATRA
Grapevine fodder RUMORS
Grass farm roll SOD
Hobbyist's buy KIT
Clues Answers
Home of MoMA NYC
Home of the SEC's Gators FLA
In a single try ATONEGO
Insured investments: Abbr CDS
Lacking nothing ENTIRE
Like ewe, but not me OVINE
Little isles CAYS
Low digit TOE
Made deeper, as a shipping lane DREDGED
Mint family herb THYME
More glum SADDER
New Mexico art colony TAOS
Novelist Caleb CARR
Nutrition regimen DIET
Officeholders INS
One of hockey's Hulls BRETT
Org. with many judges ABA
Par-three eagle ACE
Part of mph PER
Pay with a credit card CHARGE
Poked a hole in PIERCED
Ready for more action RESTED
Rose impressively SOARED
Run the show LEAD
See 12-Down OWL
Semi activity HAULING
Send (to) for treatment REFER
Small boat DINGHY
Smelter input ORE
Stretched the truth LIED
To this moment YET
Tot's query WHY
Truth FACT
Went quickly SPED
With 36-Down, nocturnal bird with a shrill cry SCREECH
Yardstick unit INCH
Yardstick units FEET
__ optic cable FIBER