Here are the answers to The Washington Post Crossword puzzles Tuesday December 29, 2020.
“Annabel Lee” poet – POE
“Bel Canto” author Patchett – ANN
All __: listening – EARS
Asp or adder – SNAKE
Baked treat that sounds like a place to meet – DATEBAR
Banana cluster – BUNCH
Baptism, for one – RITE
Burpee purchase – SEED
Business card abbr – EXT
Cab – TAXI
Came down – ALIT
City street spot you usually have to back into – PARKINGSPACE
Coll. entrance exam – SAT
Concert choices – PIECES
Crosby, Stills & Nash, e.g – TRIO
Current units – AMPERES
Dinner course – SALAD
Dots on a transit map – STOPS
Egg-coloring holiday – EASTER
Enjoy a novel – READ
Ernie’s Muppet pal – BERT
Grub – EATS
Head of the corp – CEO
HEATH Bar competitor – SKOR
Highly decorative – ORNATE
Impolite – RUDE
In 2020’s MLB season, each game of one was seven innings … and what each word of three long answers can have – DOUBLEHEADER
Instruction unit – STEP
Iowa college town – AMES
James of jazz – ETTA
Last year’s frosh – SOPH
Like every other integer – EVEN
Like new dollar bills – CRISP
Like unlikely tales – TALL
Locked up – SHUTIN
Make precious – ENDEAR
Many an Omani – ARAB
Mediterranean mayonnaise – AIOLI
Na+ or Cl- – ION
One cutting staff – AXER
Online money-back offer – EBATE
Place for pews – NAVE
Plastic choice, briefly – AMEX
Play the flute – TOOTLE
Poet Pound – EZRA
Pout – SULK
Puppy’s bite – NIP
Raced toward – RANAT
Rain-on-the-roof sound – PITAPAT
Really smell – REEK
Relate, as a story – TELL
Result of a coup, perhaps – OUSTER
Rice-A-__ – RONI
River inlet – RIA
Sea surrounding Santorini – AEGEAN
See-the-sights travel option – RAIL
See-the-sights travel option – CAR
Shack – HUT
Sicilian smoker – ETNA
Silly starter? – ESS
Singles – ONES
Surrealist Magritte – RENE
Takes care of – TENDS
The Emerald Isle – EIRE
Thick & Fluffy waffle brand – EGGO
Thin fog – HAZE
Thumbs-down reviews – PANS
Transplant to a new container – REPOT
TSA __Check – PRE
UFO operators – ETS
Uncouth types, in Canadian slang – HOSERS
Unfavorable impression – NEGATIVETAKE
Useless – NOHELP
Vine-covered walkway – PERGOLA
Vowel-rich farewell – ADIEU
Wind indicator – VANE
Winter clock setting – STANDARDTIME
Word with happy or dash – SLAP
