The Washington Post Sunday - Jul 26 2020

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Clues Answers
'American Idol' winner ___ Allen KRIS
'Bonanza' star Greene LORNE
'Booped' body parts NOSES
'Ditto' ASDOI
'Guitar Hero,' e.g GAME
'I Am Not Your Negro' director Peck RAOUL
'I couldn't ___ more' AGREE
'Look ...' IMEAN
'Rodeo' composer Copland AARON
'Thanks, I hate it' UGH
'This concert is awful!' BOO
'This is my last card!' UNO
'This is perfect!' ILOVEIT
'___ Eyez on Me' (film about Tupac Shakur) ALL
'___ Me Another' (NPR trivia program) ASK
1 a.m. fridge visit, say RAID
30 Seconds to Mars rocker Jared LETO
AC/DC rocker Angus Young, e.g AUSSIE
Admirable soul MENSCH
Album producers LABELS
Bands' playlists SETS
Bassist Sutcliffe STU
Beef chow ___ MEIN
Birth city of the musician Falco VIENNA
Brandon Blackstock, to Reba McEntire STEPSON
Capture SNAG
Carrier founded in 1948 ELAL
Cartoonist Addams CHAS
Cause to be treasured ENDEAR
Char the surface of SEAR
Chart with Top 40 hits, including all songs in this puzzle's theme BILLBOARD
Cheeky and irreverent SASSY
Civil rights activist Kaepernick COLIN
Classify SORT
Comforter stuffing EIDER
Comic who topped Rolling Stone's '50 Best Stand-Up Comics of All Time' list in 2017 PRYOR
Computer opening PORT
Conclusion END
Continentally named prog rock band ASIA
Crooner Johnny MATHIS
Crow's comment CAW
Cruise ship floor DECK
Cut off gradually WEAN
Deadly spider that's totally obscure? (Iggy Azalea + The Tony Rich Project = Jay Sean) BLACKWIDOWNOBODYKNOWS
Deliver, at Wimbledon SERVE
Desktop PC brand ACER
Detach, as a brooch UNPIN
Devotees BUFFS
Dipped piece of food SOP
Discourage DAUNT
Distort, as light rays REFRACT
Duke extension letters EDU
Explosive handled by a big primate? (Bruno Mars + Taio Cruz = Kenny Rogers) GORILLADYNAMITE
Extremely hot SULTRY
Fall ___ grace FROM
Fight (for) VIE
Flightless avian EMU
Footnote abbr ETAL
Forces out of bed ROUSTS
Friendly greeting to a group of feral equines? (Adele + The Rolling Stones = Flo Rida) HELLOWILDHORSES
Genetic biopolymer RNA
Genre of the film 'Gilda' NOIR
Gratify, as with a feast SATE
Greenland people INUIT
Hangouts with TVs DENS
Highest volume setting on a Spinal Tap amp ELEVEN
Holler heard in a Texas border city? (Marty Robbins + Tears for Fears = Rihanna) ELPASOSHOUT
Houston center, once YAO
Huge quantity ATON
In-group vocabulary ARGOT
Incisive comeback RETORT
Inedible beef? FEUD
Clues Answers
Inspired by BASEDON
Intense desire URGE
It may be filed at a spa TOENAIL
Key signature with no sharps or flats AMINOR
Laborer of yore SERF
Leaves suddenly DECAMPS
Literal-minded Bedelia AMELIA
Love of Italian opera? AMORE
Madre's boy NINO
Make a desperate pitch BEG
Many CT scan checkers MDS
Med. inserts IVS
Member of a chorale TENOR
Metered transports CABS
Minimal quantity NONE
My, in Montreal MES
NBA analyst Brown HUBIE
Neighbor of Zambia ANGOLA
Neither here ___ there NOR
Not as much LESS
Not threatening BENIGN
Nothing, en español NADA
Opera ___ (Nebraska musical company) OMAHA
Pastime with pigeons SKEET
Patriotic spirit before it's been released? (Wham! + Christina Aguilera = Usher) FREEDOMGENIEINABOTTLE
Pays for a pair, say ANTESUP
Per ___ (yearly) ANNUM
Plains folk OTOE
Power ballad venues ARENAS
Procure OBTAIN
Proficient ABLE
Program like Spotify running in Safari, e.g WEBAPP
Puerto ___ RICO
R&B singer Táta ___ VEGA
Refinery material TAR
Result of cutting costs? SALE
Reviewed, as records AUDITED
Rub, as with a cloth WIPE
Rule for building on others' ideas in improv YESAND
Singer Adam or Miranda LAMBERT
Sister Sophia in 'The Sound of Music,' e.g NUN
Sit-up targets ABS
Slight, as for a Grammy nomination SNUB
Smash hit's position, reached by each of this puzzle's circled hits NUMBERONE
Solo ALONE
Star's ride LIMO
Stayed in place IDLED
Steakhouse entree TBONE
Stuff in pirates' chests BOOTY
Sun Dance practitioners ARAPAHO
Sung out loud, say ORAL
Surf Ballroom's state IOWA
Taj Mahal locale AGRA
Tart, purple fruit SLOE
Tarzan companion APE
They have altered DNA GMOS
Things burned in studios CDS
Title akin to 'prince' EMIR
Title in colonial India SAHIB
Took part in a debate ARGUED
Took place WAS
Toot your own horn BRAG
UFO shipmate ALIEN
Uranium ___ ORE
Way out yonder AFAR
Went off, so to speak RANTED
When Roxie's trial occurs in 'Chicago' ACTII
Whitney Houston's sign LEO
Whooping ___ (bird) CRANE
Word sung in a hymn AMEN
Your plea to everyone in paradise that they employ your services? (Bryan Adams + Bill Withers = Bananarama) HEAVENUSEME
[Yes, keep petting me, human] PURR