The Washington Post - Dec 10 2019 Crossword Answer

The Washington Post - Dec 10 2019 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Grafton's '__ for Noose'	NIS
Grouchy look	SCOWL
Handel's 'Messiah' et al	ORATORIOS
Indian cover-up	SARI
L.L.Bean competitor	JCREW
Like Olympic years, numerically	EVEN
Listening organ	EAR
Little rascal	IMP
Lively baroque dance	GIGUE
Merit	EARN
Not tight enough	LOOSE
Novelist Leon	URIS
Often-bookmarked address, briefly	URL
Olympian bigwig	ZEUS
Olympic swimming star Ledecky	KATIE
Oolong and pekoe	TEAS
Opposite of exo-	ENDO
Orange Muppet	ERNIE
Part of, plotwise	INON
Pitcher's stat	ERA
Pop star	IDOL
Position at work	JOB
Prefix with center	EPI
Prefix with natal	NEO
Prone to prying	NOSY
Put in the mail	SENT
Rap on the door	KNOCK
Red Square shrine	LENINSTOMB
Safe places?	WALLS
Sleek, in car talk	AERO
Some SAT takers	SRS
Stay fresh in the fridge	KEEP
Stereotypical Pi Day celebrants	NERDS
Strand at a ski lodge, say	ICEIN
Surround, as with a saintly glow	ENHALO
Talus	ANKLEBONE
They, to Thierry	ILS
Well-worn pencils	NUBS
__ Valley: Reagan Library site	SIMI

Clues	Answers
'80's Ladies' country singer	KTOSLIN
'Anything __?'	ELSE
'Don't play' music staff symbol	REST
'Drab' color	OLIVE
'Keystone' police	KOPS
'Ni-i-ice!'	SWEET
'The Good Earth' mother	OLAN
'Wild' 1800s region	WEST
'Yee-__!'	HAW
*Black-spotted orange flower	TIGERLILY
*Fruity adult beverage	WINECOOLER
*Toy car brand	HOTWHEELS
*Toy pistols used on stage	CAPGUNS
1921 play that introduced the word 'robot'	RUR
75% of a quartet	TRIO
Ancient mystic	ESSENE
Andalusian aunt	TIA
Artist Warhol	ANDY
Asian food breadcrumbs	PANKO
Automated spam creator	BOT
Baptism or bris	RITE
Beginning	ONSET
Boxing ref's calls	TKOS
Canoeing challenge whose first word can precede the start and whose second word can precede the end of the answers to starred clues	WHITEWATER
Cat's cry	MEOW
Celeb with her 'OWN' network	OPRAH
Chinese sauce additive	MSG
Cockamamie	INANE
Concert keyboard	GRANDPIANO
Cowboys QB Prescott	DAK
Creepy film motel	BATES
Cube root of acht	ZWEI
Date regularly	SEE
Enduring work	CLASSIC
ER VIPs	MDS
Euphoria	BLISS
Forearm bone	ULNA
Give in	YIELD
Graceful steed	ARAB