The Washington Post Sunday - Aug 9 2020

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Clues Answers
'I'm here' (and a hint to two starred answers in this puzzle) ITSME
'No worries' (and a hint to two starred answers in this puzzle) ITSOK
'Perception' actress Rachael ___ Cook LEIGH
'Stumptown' protagonist ___ Parios DEX
'The Color Purple' role CELIE
'The kick's in the air ...' (and a hint to two starred answers in this puzzle) ITSUP
'The ___ of a living thing is not the atoms that go into it, but the way those atoms are put together': Carl Sagan BEAUTY
'This means war!' (and a hint to two starred answers in this puzzle) ITSON
'Unsellable Houses' airer HGTV
'You ___ win 'em all' CANT
'___ Frutti' (1955 classic by Little Richard) TUTTI
*Actor Danson in rare form? UNCOMMONTED
*Chinese cooking competition? BATTLEOFWOKS
*Defame athletes? SMEARPLAYERS
*Fully understand one's choppers? GROKYOURTEETH
*Jolly Roger pirate, when he's building a home made of twigs? NESTINGSMEE
*Loaf stuffed with cocoons stuffed with insects? PUPABREAD
*Shindig for small horses? PONYPARTY
*Young dogs led by a maestro? ORCHESTRAPUPS
Actress Campbell-Martin of 'My Wife & Kids' TISHA
Alternate-universe counterpart of Clark Kent ULTRAMAN
Answer at the altar IDO
Apple chip holder? IPAD
Bret of short stories HARTE
Burning issue? HEAT
Captain Picard's weapon PHASER
Cell count? APPS
Champion shoe brand KEDS
Colon, in an analogy ISTO
Connecting device MODEM
Contemptuous look SNEER
Curse substitution BLEEP
Declassify, as records UNSEAL
Defender Kelley on the U.S. women's national team OHARA
Director Lupino IDA
Emerald or jade HUE
Emulated models POSED
Enters a second time RETYPES
Fail to get the W, say LOSE
Feel feverish AIL
Frozen yogurt topping OREO
Function USE
Geld, say CASTRATE
Glide floss brand ORALB
Golf ball holders TEES
Got off the sofa, say STOOD
Grounds care brand DEERE
Grps. concerned with testing PTAS
Herded creature in 'Babe' EWE
Herr lines? GERMAN
Hidden loot, e.g STASH
Horse family member ASS
Hubristic king of myth MIDAS
Incline (toward) LEAN
Is quite perceptive SEESALL
Jane's toon son ELROY
Journalist Bly or Bowles NELLIE
Latte art shade TAN
Lhasa ___ (dog breed) APSO
Like Genie in 'Aladdin' BLUE
Like many a chess match DRAWN
Like Margo Dydek, among all WNBA pros so far TALLEST
Like rice or couscous STARCHY
Like Washington's presidency TWOTERM
Make less tense SETATEASE
Manilow song setting COPA
Material of many Etsy products HEMP
Med. diagnostic CTSCAN
Media revenue sources ADS
Mining company's finds ORES
Molokai menu tuna AHI
Monthly with models ELLE
Clues Answers
Mortgage interest fig APR
Move quickly JET
Move quickly DASH
Neat displays ARRAYS
No-return service ACE
Offshore drilling target OIL
Overhauls REDOES
Painters' degs BFAS
People of First Mesa HOPI
Performing pair's piece DUET
Pfizer subsidiary SEARLE
Pitching gem SHUTOUT
Pneumovax maker MERCK
Practice a la Pacquiao SPAR
Prefix with perspirant ANTI
President pro ___ TEM
Prevailing feeling at a wedding JOY
Protective sheets TARPS
Queen's pronoun SHE
Queen's value, at times TEN
Ran ___ of the law AFOUL
Reason for storming out IRE
Reckon, briefly SPOSE
Reject NIX
Ring worn at a Hawaiian wedding, perhaps LEI
Riveter on a poster ROSIE
Sacred flower, in Buddhism LOTUS
Scottish aquatic locale LOCH
Seawater discolorations caused by algal blooms REDTIDES
See 76 Down EYRIE
See 76 Down END
Seep through a membrane OSMOSE
Share stories, say TELLLIES
Showing impudence SASSING
Silver ___ (fish) CARP
Soak, as in a teacup STEEP
Some AFEW
Something taken on a plane SEAT
Space for quarters SLOT
Spending outing SPREE
Spinners on roofs VANES
Square root of sesenta y cuatro OCHO
Swizzle STIR
Take control, demon-style POSSESS
Take part in a triathlon SWIM
Task guides TODOLISTS
Tennis icon Arthur ASHE
That guy's HIS
Theological waiting point LIMBO
Toddler's lesson ABCS
Toon brother of 103 Across BART
Toon sister of 79 Down LISA
Torment with gibes TEASE
Torment with gibes TAUNT
Traveled by bike RODE
Tucks away STOWS
Turns to liquid THAWS
Twist, as statistics SKEW
Ultimatum conclusion ORELSE
Univ. hall figures RAS
Venomous reptiles ASPS
Viaduct features ARCHES
Virtuoso's gift TALENT
White noise from a fan WHIR
With 56 Across, final words ... or with 56 Down, 'Game of Thrones' castle on top of a mountain THE
Word in a New Year's song SYNE
Work of praise PAEAN
Yard sale caveat ASIS
___ cotta TERRA
___ Fables AESOPS
___ salts (form of magnesium sulfate) EPSOM
___ Tots TATER