Here are the answers to The Washington Post Crossword puzzles Wednesday December 9, 2020.
“Baby back” morsel – RIB
“Finally, it makes sense” – ISEENOW
“Oh, dear” – AHME
“Yabba dabba __!” – DOO
’50s candidate Stevenson – ADLAI
*”Balderdash!” – HORSEFEATHERS
*Core exercise starting from a lateral lying position – SIDEPLANK
*Hotel late-night meal source – ROOMSERVICE
*Remote file-storage option – CLOUDBACKUP
Actress Meryl – STREEP
Antlered bugler – ELK
At night … and where the starts of the answers to starred clues can go – AFTERDARK
Aver – STATE
Bailed-out insurance co – AIG
Balloon demise sounds – POPS
Bottom line – SUM
Caboose’s place – REAR
Candy shape – CANE
Car service choices – UBERS
Central banking syst., with “the” – FED
Chairs a meeting – PRESIDES
Chit – IOU
Consider – DEEM
Dangerously involved – INDEEP
Director DuVernay – AVA
Elgar’s “__ and Circumstance Marches” – POMP
Fairy tale opener – ONCE
Furry “Star Wars” creatures – EWOKS
Garden tools – HOES
Gave the nod – OKD
Hardest to spot – SUBTLEST
Hitter’s stat – RBI
Hung jury result, often – RETRIAL
Indian spice mix – MASALA
Israeli coin – SHEKEL
Java – JOE
Killer whale – ORCA
La-la preceder – TRA
Landed – ALIT
Like eta and zeta – GREEK
Little drinks – NIPS
Lotion additive – ALOE
Mercenary – HIREDGUN
More robust – HEARTIER
Multiple choice choices – ABORC
Nighties – PJS
Ones with regrets – RUERS
Outdated collective noun – MAN
Page-bottom abbr – CONTD
Part of IPA – ALE
Performed surgery – OPERATED
Pigeons, e.g – COOERS
Pitch that curves downward – SINKER
Place for card games – TABLETOP
Probe (into) – DELVE
Rapper __ Nas X – LIL
Real riot – HOOT
Rowing tool – OAR
Sargasso Sea spawner – EEL
Shopping spot – MART
Sign of sadness, maybe – TEAR
Single-handed rebuke – SLAP
Sportage automaker – KIA
Start of a golf hole – TEE
Stopped the ship by facing the wind – LAIDTO
Tan cousin – BEIGE
To and __ – FRO
Unwelcome look – LEER
URL bit – DOT
Went by bike or horse – RODE
Wheel’s partner? – DEAL
Whipped __ – CREAM
Whirling current – EDDY
With “The,” ’80s British rockers who gave their group “the most ordinary name” – SMITHS
Won by __ – AHAIR
__ so often: occasionally – EVERY
