The Washington Post Sunday – Aug 8 2021 Crossword Solution

The Washington Post Sunday – Aug 8 2021

Clues Answers
‘By faith ___ offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain’: Hebrews 11:4 ABEL
‘Dancing ___ the Stars’ WITH
‘Electric Arches’ author ___ L. Ewing EVE
‘Excellent!’ in the ’80s RAD
‘Hold on a ___!’ SEC
‘Oh, I wish I were an Oscar ___ wiener’ (old ad jingle lyric) MAYER
‘Oh, like that’ll ever happen!’ ASIF
‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ Oscar winner Brad PITT
‘Rizzoli & Isles’ actress Harmon ANGIE
‘Sharknado’ actor Ziering IAN
‘That’s All ___ Wrote’ (Reba McEntire song) SHE
‘The Menaced Assassin’ painter Magritte RENE
‘Who friggin’ cares!’ SCREWIT
0, in soccer matches NIL
2005 Womenswear Designer of the Year award winner Wang VERA
Across the Atlantic, say OVERSEAS
Acute med. care sites ERS
Animate, with ‘up’ LIVEN
Areas at car dealerships LOTS
Atlantic swimmers COD
Balls, but not strikes ORBS
Barking litter member PUP
Boss in a boardroom CEO
Brand of briefs HANES
Buy for, as a meal TREATTO
Bygone autocrat TSAR
Cartoon foe of Skeletor HEMAN
Ceases ENDS
Cedar or spruce, e.g CONIFER
Celebratory event FIESTA
Character study? EYETEST
Cheering noise that can be preceded by ‘hur’ RAH
Cliffside nest AERIE
Color of the first bird used in ‘Angry Birds’ RED
Cornell University locale ITHACA
Creative design class for ski racer Picabo? STREETART
Deceive into wrongdoing ENTRAP
Disregard on purpose IGNORE
Edges of volcanoes RIMS
Edmonton NHL pro OILER
Egg cell OVUM
Electronica composer with a literary whale-inspired nickname MOBY
Enrolled in JOINED
Environmental science class for singer Keith? URBANFORESTRY
ExxonMobil brand in Canada ESSO
Festival of Lights item MENORAH
File format whose F stands for ‘format’ PDF
Firecracker noise POP
Firm in one’s position ADAMANT
First installment, as of a film series PARTI
Fix sentence fragments, say EDIT
Fluctuating, as a mood FICKLE
For fear that LEST
G-Men of the NFL GIANTS
Glass-roofed rooms ATRIA
Granny NANA
Granted for a time LENT
Greek letter hidden in ‘epsilon’ PSI
Green pasta topping PESTO
Green wall growth IVY
Greeting with a ‘mwah’ sound AIRKISS
Horned megaherbivore RHINO
Horses’ strides GAITS
Humanities class for singer Neko? CASEHISTORY
Island nation that hosts an annual hibiscus festival FIJI
Italian isle that’s home to the Blue Grotto CAPRI
Junior’s H.S. exam PSAT
Language class for actress Betty? WHITERUSSIAN
Language in which ‘thank you’ is ‘kia ora’ MAORI
Language written in the Devanagari script HINDI
Like one-run home runs SOLO
Clues Answers
Like the situation in Game 7 of the NBA Finals DOORDIE
Lionel Richie, to Nicole DAD
List of jobs RESUME
Luxuriating locale SPA
Mahershala of ‘Ramy’ ALI
Many visitors of Sumiyoshi Park OSAKANS
Modes of pronunciation ACCENTS
More damp-smelling MUSTIER
Mosque cleric IMAM
Natural science class for singer Robert? PLANTBIOLOGY
Neurotransmission point SYNAPSE
Not ready for ___ time PRIME
Of Swiss skiing resorts ALPINE
One pulling on an invisible rope MIME
One purchasing the program Final Cut Pro MACUSER
Osmond who sang ‘Paper Roses’ MARIE
Pants mishap TEAR
Parishioner’s assent AMEN
Passages into lagoons INLETS
PC port initials USB
Performance class for comedian Chris? ROCKMUSIC
Peter who provided the voice of Anton Ego in ‘Ratatouille’ OTOOLE
Physicist Mach known for the Mach number ERNST
Pool exercise segments LAPS
Possesses HAS
Post-apocalyptic society, say DYSTOPIA
Post-makeover description NEWME
Produces pictures DRAWS
Prohibit BAN
Prohibit FORBID
Queen ___ Revenge (ship captured by Blackbeard in 1717) ANNES
Racetrack leaders? REINS
Reason for a computer crash, maybe ERROR
Related to the ankle TARSAL
Rodent that’s welcome in one’s home PETRAT
Run ___ of (get into trouble with) AFOUL
Saharan safe spaces OASES
Scrape (out) EKE
Sections of brains LOBES
Shake, like a dog’s tail WAG
Shepherded creature EWE
Short line on a map? AVE
Signify CONNOTE
Sitcom star Arnaz DESI
Slightly ATAD
Social science class for chef Julia? CHILDPSYCHOLOGY
Some green fruits PEARS
Some results of second bowling attempts SPARES
Something or ___ OTHER
Something read by a telepath, in science fiction MIND
Sound-blasting boxes AMPS
Strong sensation after a workout THIRST
Suea rong hai cuisine THAI
Teaching class for actor Adam? DRIVEREDUCATION
Tent-securing post STAKE
Total price after taxes and discounts NETCOST
Track team? BAND
Trisyllabic berry ACAI
Tumult ADO
TV fare with affairs SOAPS
Twisted together ENLACED
University of Maryland athlete, for short TERP
Video game console that shares a name with a Bible book GENESIS
Villainous half of a literary dual personality HYDE
Was untruthful with LIEDTO
Weird Al comedy that shows a trailer for ‘Conan the Librarian’ on Channel 62 UHF
Worked on the dishes, in a way WASHED
Works with needles KNITS
Yes, on a pirate ship AYE
___ cube tray ICE
___ Ren (‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ character) KYLO

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