The Washington Post Sunday - Mar 20 2022

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Clues Answers
'Absence makes the heart grow fonder,' e.g MAXIM
'As a result ...' THUS
'Fear of Flying' author Jong ERICA
'Funny Girl' actor Sharif OMAR
'Gotta run' IMOUT
'I'd ___ my life on it' BET
'Last four digits' ID SSN
'Left to ___ own devices ...' THEIR
'Look ___ here!' WHOS
'Man, you just feel bad for that guy' (Beck) WHATALOSER
'Marina' poet T.S ELIOT
'Midnight Cowboy' role RATSO
'Might as well try' (Johnny Cash) ITCANTHURT
'Mona ___' LISA
'Nighty-night!' (Fleetwood Mac) SWEETDREAMS
'That's all ___ wrote' SHE
'The Farseer Trilogy' author Robin HOBB
'The Sopranos' actress ___ de Matteo DREA
'Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt' star Kemper ELLIE
'Watch out!' (George Harrison) BEHINDYOU
'Why is a raven like a writing-desk?' speaker in 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' HATTER
113 Across's drink TEA
1990s attorney general Janet RENO
2001 film with a title derived from 'Green Eggs and Ham' IAMSAM
Antiquated 'antiquated' OLDE
Bake ___ SALE
Bar holding a towel ROD
Bob's makeup? HAIR
Boorish individual LOUT
Cage bone with a 'false' counterpart TRUERIB
Capital that's home to the largest ceramic mosaic in the world HANOI
Cheese that's literally made up in this puzzle? EDAM
Cheri who portrayed Rita DelVecchio on SNL OTERI
Class with many functions, briefly TRIG
Cookie that may be dunked using a Dipr OREO
Cram for an exam STUDY
Dawn of a new ___ ERA
DIY guide HOWTO
English school, or a sheet music symbol backward ETON
Express grief MOURN
False name ANONYM
Family planning process ADOPTION
Fertilizer compound AMMONIA
Fiddled (with) TOYED
Fireworks noise BANG
Fork's point TINE
Fuel additive brand STP
Gains admission to ENTERS
Garden in many a Renaissance painting EDEN
Garment depicted in Roman sculptures TOGA
Get a whiff of this! AROMA
Get a whiff of this! SCENT
Goddess offering the boons Hunter's Mark and Hide Breaker in the video game 'Hades' ARTEMIS
Golden Rule preposition UNTO
Greek symbol of change in math DELTA
Grilling sessions in graduate school ORALS
Grizzlies, but not Bears NBATEAM
Guesstimate words ORSO
Guided museum events TOURS
Herbal laxative SENNA
Hiking footwear BOOT
Hint of color TINCT
Idol ride, perhaps LIMO
Inn company RAMADA
Instrument with chikari strings SITAR
It may enjoy an empty box more than a deluxe scratching post CAT
Lasting skin mark SCAR
Launcher of Stardust NASA
Lessens in difficulty EASES
Like some marinades TANGY
Maj. or gen ABBR
Makes less agitated CALMS
Clues Answers
Marine's time off LEAVE
Mars landform MESA
Matriarch of a Mell Lazarus comic strip MOMMA
Member of a steel band? ROBOT
Member of the Klingon House of Martok, in the 'Star Trek' universe WORF
Mother ___, missionary who received a Nobel Prize TERESA
Mountain in Thessaly OSSA
Nerf darts, for a Nerf Ultra blaster AMMO
Not many AFEW
Nunchaku wielder in a martial arts film, maybe NINJA
One who may subscribe to the newspaper Politika SERB
Opposite of a nail-biter, in sports ROUT
Organizes SORTS
Parisian's 'My God!' MONDIEU
Partner of aahs OOHS
Parts of a chain? STORES
Pasture LEA
Perimeters EDGES
Piece of live-stream gaming equipment HEADSET
Pieces of rock? ... and what the last words of 10 answers in this puzzle represent SONGS
Pitted or stuffed fruit OLIVE
Pizza place OVEN
Powdery detritus ASH
Prefix with angular or lateral TRI
Pretended not to know (Nirvana) PLAYEDDUMB
Prevent, as disaster AVERT
Produced a picture DREW
Public transportation stopping at docks (Harry Chapin) WATERTAXI
Rations, with 'out' METES
Rebuke from Caesar ETTU
Remark when getting a new lightbulb? OHISEE
Result of the leadoff hitter reaching base ONEON
Rough rock formation CRAG
Safe place HAVEN
Savored savories, say ATE
Ship that ran aground on Christmas Day (Blondie) SANTAMARIA
Short pants? TROU
Show off one's canines? SMILE
Silly and senseless INANE
Slumber party get-up PJS
Smooched suddenly (Prince) STOLEAKISS
Sounding like an oboe REEDY
Source of low notes ... and, when read left to right, what's spelled out by the bottom letters of 10 answers in this puzzle BASSGUITAR
Spread made from forcemeat PATE
Stitched up SEWN
Struck in kickboxing, in a way KNEED
Supervillain's specialty EVIL
Surface-to-floor measurement DEPTH
Surprise attack RAID
System for vinyl records HIFI
Take on, at a business HIRE
Tesla or volt, e.g UNIT
They may be converted into game rooms ATTICS
Thumbs-up relative OKSIGN
Top hat-wearing monster of a 2014 horror film BABADOOK
Turned out badly (Depeche Mode) WENTWRONG
Tutu's homeland (Toto) SOUTHAFRICA
Until now TODATE
Upscale hotel company OMNI
Varying in quality UNEVEN
Volts per ampere OHMS
Wash. and Tex. both form part of it USBORDER
Wedding reservation VENUE
What retinoids treat ACNE
Whig faction opponent TORY
Wild plums SLOES
Woody climbing plant LIANA
Written so as to be understood READABLE
___ as directed USE
___ brulee CREME
___ of habeas corpus WRIT
___ through the ranks RISE