The Washington Post Sunday - Jun 6 2021

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Clues Answers
'Birdman' actress Riseborough ANDREA
'Borders' singer MIA
'It follows that ...' THUS
'Like that'll ever happen!' OHSURE
'Straight up ...' REALTALK
'The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the ___' (video game prequel) PAST
'The Tempest' spirit ARIEL
'The Unremembered Girl' author Maxwell ELIZA
'The ___ Holmes Mysteries' (series of detective novels by Nancy Springer) ENOLA
'Who's next?' reply from whoever is next IAM
*Got somewhere during a task MADEPRO{GRE}SS
*Gymnastics surfaces TUMBLIN{GMAT}S
*Messes with PLAY{SAT}RICKON
*Moon, e.g NATURA{LSAT}ELLITE
*Native American talismans suspended over cradles and beds DREA{MCAT}CHERS
*Semis TR{ACT}ORTRAILERS
1997 Mattel acquisition TYCO
Acquiesce (to) ASSENT
Actress Issa, and a homophone of 39 Down RAE
Astatine, e.g HALOGEN
Avian nickname given to the Creek warrior William Weatherford REDEAGLE
Band whose name is a potential answer to its song title 'Why Can't We Be Friends?' WAR
Bedeviled PESTERED
Biblical figure referred to in the phrase 'Am I my brother's keeper?' ABEL
Big part of a big personality's personality, perhaps EGO
Big picture POSTER
Bit of company attire? TUTU
Bombard with laser beams ZAP
Bonus PLUS
Brief bit of brightness GLINT
Buildup from pressure STRESS
Burglar in the Quest of Erebor of high fantasy BILBO
Burn, at a barbecue CHAR
Burton whose fans petitioned for him to become the host of 'Jeopardy!' LEVAR
Bust figure, informally NARCO
Capital near Paradise Island NASSAU
Cardinal numbers? STATS
Character in Lilith Saintcrow's book 'To Hell and Back' {SAT}AN
Circled by AMID
Civic's test developer? HONDA
Company seeking hits LABEL
Conservative in the House of Commons TORY
Debate presentations IDEAS
Delivery from a herald MESSAGE
Demand NEED
Did some interrogating ASKED
Disappeared gradually DIEDAWAY
Disconfirm DENY
Disney Junior's royal detective MIRA
Distort, as polling data SKEW
Duds at the Oscars TUX
Earlier, in a sonnet ERENOW
Either one of the duettists on 'Somethin' Stupid' SINATRA
End up behind LOSE
European site of a contemporary music festival called Ultima OSLO
Exfoliating spa offering PEEL
Export from Bordeaux CLARET
Express scorn visually SNEER
Feeling after a series of unfortunate events, often RE{GRE}T
Fill to capacity SATE
Focus of a newspaper's culture beat THEARTS
Folks in the forces, briefly GIS
Fourth-grader voiced by Nancy Cartwright BART
Going through texts READING
Hairy hollow, perhaps ARMPIT
Hard to figure out, like some puzzles ENI{GMAT}IC
Have aches and pains AIL
HDTV brand RCA
Honeydew, e.g MELON
Hot body STAR
Husked grain OAT
Indigenous performers of the Bear Dance UTES
Its flooding was the work of the god Hapi, in ancient myth NILE
Clues Answers
Join privately? ENLIST
Lansbury of 'Bedknobs and Broomsticks' ANGELA
Large, hairy beast YAK
Large, hairy beast APE
Letters on some Duracell packs AAA
Like an online 90 Down EMAILED
Like medals and prizes AWARDED
Like some writing devices IRONIC
Lily pad visitor FROG
Load-bearing creatures OXEN
Mag discussing CEOs INC
Magical D&D foe HAG
Male that meows TO{MCAT}
Mama heard on the radio CASS
March Madness locale ARENA
Marsupial hunted by a Tasmanian devil WOMBAT
Melody with the notes vadi and samvadi RAGA
Mineral sources ORES
Mohawk Island's lake ERIE
Most alert READIEST
Mountain evergreen FIR
Nautical weapon SEAMINE
Not amateurish ADEPT
Ocean snapper? LOBSTER
One watching a race VOTER
Org. with a STEM + Families program PTA
Ottawa-born crooner ANKA
Particles generated from heterolytic fission IONS
Patronizes, as a hotel STAYSAT
Perceptible by touch T{ACT}ILE
Pledge to an officiant IDO
Political mover? EMIGRE
Ran, as in a laundromat BLED
Reach ATTAIN
Reflected line in optics RAY
Roll-call refusal NAY
Round rim surrounder TIRE
Scrub ABORT
Semiaquatic creature SEAL
Series with a fourth-season premiere titled 'Welcome to Korea' MASH
Sharp-ended fastener NAIL
Shirk work LAZE
Some distillery products GINS
Some govt. issuances IDS
Split up APART
Stern rebuke EARFUL
Superlatively snarky SNIDEST
Take a closer look in a book, say PARSE
Tank's contents OIL
Tank's contents AIR
Temporary plunge DIP
Tennis pro Vesnina ELENA
Terra ___ FIRMA
The Bard's kerfuffle ADO
Things one can check on Eventbrite RSVPS
Things revealed after taking an exam, and what's spelled out by the letters immediately following six special squares in this puzzle SCORES
Throb rhythmically PU{LSAT}E
Traps, as in a web ENMESHES
Use flawed reasoning, say ERR
Verification of a businessman's statements? AUDIT
Vocal OUTSPOKEN
Watched EYED
Wet one's thistle? IRRIGATE
What Facebook's thumbs-up icon means LIKE
With euphoria ELATEDLY
Word before your words EAT
Written communication MISSIVE
Z as in Zografou ZETA
___ Emhoff, member of the second family beginning in 2021 ELLA
___ forces ENEMY
___ hygiene (dental concern) ORAL
___ Yuanzi, activist during China's Cultural Revolution NIE