The Washington Post Sunday - February 16 2020
| Clues | Answers |
| '25 or 6 to 4,' e.g.? | CHICAGOTUNE |
| 'Born ___ Way' (Lady Gaga hit) | THIS |
| 'Do you understand?' | CAPISCE |
| 'Don't delay!' | NOW |
| 'Gimme a few ___' | SECS |
| 'I'm out' | SEEYA |
| 'In what way?' | HOW |
| 'Livin' la Vida ___' (Ricky Martin hit) | LOCA |
| 'Sherlock' star Cumberbatch | BENEDICT |
| 'That's true' | YEAH |
| 'The Hate U Give' author Thomas | ANGIE |
| 'The United States has explosive material'? | AMERICASGOTTNT |
| 'Turandot' piece | ARIA |
| 'What a long week!' | TGIF |
| 'What nonsense!' | ITSALIE |
| '___ been better' | IVE |
| '___ of discussion!' | END |
| Aim for | ASPIRETO |
| Alarm, as in a haunted house | SCARE |
| Alkaline cleaning agent | SALSODA |
| Ancient region ruled by Alexander the Great | IONIA |
| And others, in Lat | ETAL |
| Apt to be deemed untrue | DENIABLE |
| Arthur of 'Mame' | BEA |
| Attic powder | DUST |
| Back in time | AGO |
| Bed board | SLAT |
| Bed size | TWIN |
| Below 90 degrees | ACUTE |
| Black mamba, e.g | SNAKE |
| Bookie's numbers | ODDS |
| Boston or UCLA athlete | BRUIN |
| Canine container | DOGCRATE |
| Christmas jingler | SLEIGHBELL |
| Cinematic patron of Rick's Cafe Americain | ILSA |
| Circulatory passage | AORTA |
| Cluttered condition | MESS |
| Coat rack pieces | PEGS |
| Command to parents to identify their newborn boy? | NAMEYOURSON |
| Cosmetic for cheeks | ROUGE |
| Crossed a shallow pool | WADED |
| CrossFit woes | ACHES |
| Dark pendant stone | ONYX |
| Days before holidays | EVES |
| Decision-makers | ARBITERS |
| Delaware State University setting | DOVER |
| Diminish gradually | TAPER |
| Diminutive D&D being | GNOME |
| Drink taken out of 45 Across | TEA |
| Drink taken out of 98 Across | ALE |
| Empty space | GAP |
| ESPN host Nolan | KATIE |
| Evanescence singer Amy | LEE |
| Fastens with a click | SNAPSON |
| Fictional elephant | BABAR |
| Food taken out of 117 Across | RIB |
| Food taken out of 122 Across | EGG |
| Food taken out of 23 Across | COD |
| Food taken out of 25 Across | POI |
| Food taken out of 68 Across | HAM |
| Gothenburg denizen | SWEDE |
| Granite State sch | UNH |
| Had been | WAS |
| Had no doubt about | KNEW |
| He appointed Trotsky to lead the Red Army | LENIN |
| Home of royal broncos? | BUCKINGPALACE |
| Home of the National Museum of Qatar | DOHA |
| HOMES lake | ERIE |
| III, in modern Rome | TRE |
| In a state of nervous excitement | ATWITTER |
| Issue, as beams | EMIT |
| Kings and queens, e.g | DYNASTS |
| Labor activist Chavez | CESAR |
| Laces' place | SHOE |
| Last Oldsmobile model | ALERO |
| Lift with might | HEAVE |
| Like bills | SIGNED |
| Manner of speaking for many a character on 'Nashville' | DRAWL |
| Masters standard | PAR |
| Metal vein | LODE |
| Mimicking | APING |
| Mob honcho | CAPO |
| Mob honchos | DONS |
| Moved worriedly | PACED |
| Nation that adopted a new constitution in 2015 | NEPAL |
| Nickelodeon show set in Bluffington | DOUG |
| Nooks | RECESSES |
| Nordli bed frame seller | IKEA |
| Of a certain column | SPINAL |
| Part of the way up | STEP |
| Path between pews | AISLE |
| Patterned after | ALA |
| Person painting portraits of actress Charlotte or Issa? | RAEARTIST |
| Pieces of band merch | CDS |
| Pigmented eye layer | UVEA |
| Place in a crypt | ENTOMB |
| Prudishly proper sort | PRIG |
| Putt next to the hole | TAPIN |
| Reverse card game | UNO |
| Rimes with lyrics | LEANN |
| Rudimentary material | BASICS |
| Scratch up | MAR |
| See 19 Across | ALONE |
| See 56 Down | CRATCHIT |
| Seoul food consumer | KOREAN |
| Show time, informally | TONITE |
| Singer Barter or actress Larter | ALI |
| Singer who played Catwoman | EARTHAKITT |
| Sleep state | REM |
| Snitch on, with 'out' | RAT |
| Someone may run for it | SEAT |
| Sounds heard in the 1992 film 'Beethoven' | BARKS |
| Speaker's address, perhaps | MADAM |
| Spot for a tourniquet | ARM |
| Springfield skateboarder | BART |
| Squanders, as a lead | BLOWS |
| Stags' wedding bands? | DEERRINGS |
| Starter course, briefly? | INTRO |
| Stimpy's buddy | REN |
| Subject of a TMZ report | CELEB |
| Support, as a nonprofit | DONATETO |
| Surgeons' blades | LANCETS |
| Sushi roll topper | ROE |
| Swear in church, maybe? | SAYIDO |
| Take home first prize | WINIT |
| Tanzania neighbor | RWANDA |
| Tiny recipe quantity | PINCH |
| Trick for completing a task more efficiently | LIFEHACK |
| TV, in slang | IDIOTBOX |
| Understudy's role in 'Clueless: The Musical'? | SUBSTITUTECHER |
| United Nations figure | DELEGATE |
| Vassar students beginning in 1969 | MEN |
| Vehicle going downhill | SLED |
| Vehicle showing ads | BUS |
| Washington Mystics star ___ Delle Donne | ELENA |
| Wayne ___ (Gotham City locale) | MANOR |
| When some do lunch | ATNOON |
| With 20 Across, by oneself | ALL |
| With 79 Down, clerk in 'A Christmas Carol' | BOB |
| Word before 'suite' or 'party' | BRIDAL |
| Zealous | AVID |
| ___ by ___ | ONE |
| ___ chi | TAI |
| ___ torch | TIKI |
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