Here are the answers to The Washington Post Crossword puzzles Thursday December 24, 2020.
“Frozen II” sister – ELSA
“Roth” investment – IRA
“SNL” Emmy nominee Bryant – AIDY
“__ Ha’i” – BALI
Acquaint with the existing situation – ORIENT
After curfew – LATE
Armored truck stop – ATM
Ballroom dance move – DIP
Became an issue – AROSE
Benevolent order – ELKS
Big name in 2008 financial news – LEHMAN
Bikini wax alternative, formerly – NEET
Blubber – SOB
Busby or ushanka – FURHAT
Cathedral areas – APSES
Classical theaters – ODEA
Competition with rhyme and rhythm – RAPBATTLE
Corporate money mgrs – CFOS
Cup handle – EAR
December 24, e.g – EVE
Detour part, maybe – SIDEROAD
Dog or hound – NAG
Dojo teacher – SENSEI
Driveway application – SEALER
Effective means of enforcement – TEETH
Equine contest with weight penalties – HANDICAPRACE
Extinct bird – MOA
Facial expression – VISAGE
Flying high – ELATED
Gad about – ROVE
Galileo’s hometown – PISA
Get by a threat – EXTORT
Goddess whom Arachne challenged to a weaving contest – ATHENA
Good opponent – EVIL
Hotel room sets – TVS
Incur debt beyond one’s means – GOINTOHOCK
Jeweler’s glass – LOUPE
Lennon collaborator – ONO
Market area with a counter – DELI
Mod or nod suffix – ULE
Mono- kin – UNI
Not within walking distance – FAR
Number of Taylor Swift’s Grammys – TEN
Number-crunching need – INPUTDATA
Opera highlight – ARIA
Part of iOS: Abbr – SYST
Parting words – AUREVOIR
Progress without faltering – NOTMISSABEAT
Prom rental – LIMO
Rock with potential – ORE
Rounded the bases after a homer, say – TROTTED
Sacred song – PSALM
Safe place to drive – RANGE
Salty “Halt!” – AVAST
Seed coat – ARIL
Severely damaged sea – ARAL
Siouan people – OTOE
Soften – ASSUAGE
Some quirks – TICS
Steer clear of – AVOID
Streaming delay – LAG
Structure that creates a path for upstream migration, and a hint to hidden words in four long Down answers – FISHLADDER
Succinctly – INANUTSHELL
Support syllable – RAH
Take back – RECANT
Tokyo brew – ASAHI
Unsophisticated – NAIVE
Used a keyboard – TYPED
Versailles monarch – ROI
Wing of no help in flying – ANNEX
Word on Irish stamps – EIRE
WWII observance – VEDAY
__ rigate: pasta dish – PENNE
__ tape – RED
