Here are the answers to The Washington Post Crossword puzzles Saturday December 12, 2020.
“Child’s play!” – THISISSIMPLE
“Darn it!” – OHRATS
“No time to lose!” – ASAP
“The younger rises when the old doth __”: “King Lear” – FALL
“__ Can Cook”: PBS show – YAN
Academically stylish – TWEEDY
After the event – BELATED
Ancient portico – STOA
Assure compliance with – ENFORCE
Awkward – UNGAINLY
B-bravo link – ASIN
Bespectacled “Snow White” figure – DOC
Break-even situation – WASH
Cash source – ATM
Catch fire dramatically – FLAMEUP
Centers of attention – FOCI
Certain lookout’s concern – SQUADCAR
Closely related things – ANALOGS
Company that trademarked Silly Putty – CRAYOLA
Corridors, e.g – PASSAGES
Create – DEVISE
Crunchy low-calorie snack – RICECAKE
David’s “Frasier” role – NILES
Eats – CHOW
Econ. indicator – GDP
English subject – USAGE
Facing charges – ONTRIAL
Farm enclosure – STY
First name in Canadian whisky – HIRAM
Gamer’s guise – AVATAR
Get emotional, with “up” – CHOKE
Go along with – ESCORT
Hard to forget, as a melody – HAUNTING
Hardly a nice guy – CAD
Home terrarium area, perhaps – SUNPORCH
Hurtle – ROCKET
In-on-the-joke indicator – WINK
Irascible – QUICKTOANGER
Kind of a shock? – STICKER
Layered entrée – LASAGNA
Letters on a Cardinal’s cap – STL
Like the area along a German river – RHENISH
Like yesterday’s news, relatively – RECENT
Longtime beverage sponsor for the New York Mets – RCCOLA
Lose energy – FLAG
Method – WAY
Minimal effort – EASE
Nickname for antiaircraft guns – ACKACKS
Northern Italian city near the Adriatic – RAVENNA
Not neat – OVERICE
Part of CBS: Abbr – SYS
Plural used for people but not animals – ELKS
Poor start? – MAL
Pre-1991 atlas initials – SSR
Prof’s helpers – TAS
Recedes – EBBS
Russian veto – NYET
Select group? – FEW
Solo travels? – EGOTRIPS
Spots at the prom? – ACNE
Symbol since the War of 1812 – UNCLESAM
Top – APEX
Traces – HINTS
Verdi creation – ARIA
Victorian constraint on women? – CORSET
Where some picnicking takes place – BYALAKE
Wine list clarification – YEAR
Word in some European country names – LAND
XXXII, quintupled – CLX
__ coat – TRENCH
