Here are the answers to The Washington Post Crossword puzzles Wednesday January 6, 2021.
“Ain’t Misbehavin'” Tony and Emmy winner – NELLCARTER
“Golden Boy” author Clifford – ODETS
“Her résumé is clean and checks out” – NOISSUES
“See if I care!” – SUEME
“SNL” alum Gasteyer – ANA
“That’s wonderful to hear!” – GREATNEWS
“The Chronic” Dr – DRE
“The Grapes of Wrath” character – OKIE
1943 penny metal – STEEL
Adorned with tiny spheres – BEADED
Aides: Abbr – ASSTS
Anguish – WOE
Ankle art, often – TAT
Apple earbud – AIRPOD
Be worthy of – MERIT
Big __ – BEN
Cadillac’s answer to the Navigator – ESCALADE
Capital of Morocco – RABAT
Cast-pleasing reviews – RAVES
Charitable sort – ALMSGIVER
Consume – EAT
d’Urberville rake murdered by Tess – ALEC
Disconcert – ABASH
Energy one might run out of – GAS
Evil Luthor – LEX
Face in the crowd, in film – EXTRA
Feel bad – AIL
Fishing spot – PIER
Foldable bed – COT
Force – COMPEL
Forced out of bed – ROUSTED
Foreign – ALIEN
Froze, with “up” – ICED
Fuss – TODO
Get all A’s – EXCEL
Green military symbol – BERET
Harry Potter nemesis Malfoy – DRACO
Historic start? – PRE
Holiday tuber – YAM
HOV __ – LANE
Humiliate – ABASE
Indian strings – SITAR
Internet troublemakers – TROLLS
Judge’s research aide – LEGALCLERK
Jumped – LEAPT
Labor __ – DAY
Laze about – LOLL
Like some elephants – ASIATIC
Lodge member – ELK
Mork’s leader on Ork – ORSON
Napoleon on St. Helena, e.g – EXILE
Narrow waterway – RIA
Off-road transp – ATV
Perform diligently – PLY
Place to save in Sevilla – BANCO
Relate – TELL
Road crew’s supply – TAR
Role for Liz – CLEO
Rolls to the runway – TAXIS
Secular – LAIC
Security guard Paul Blart, in a 2009 film title – MALLCOP
Send payment – REMIT
Soda debut of 2002 – VANILLACOKE
Sound meant to startle – BOO
Space City ALer – STRO
Spain’s Ebro, por ejemplo – RIO
Squeeze bunt stat – RBI
Station identifiers, and a hint to each set of circles – CALLLETTERS
Stratagem – PLOY
Table input – DATA
Tatum of “Paper Moon” – ONEAL
Top with a slogan – TEE
Useless, now – SHOT
Wane – EBB
Wane – ABATE
Way out – EXIT
West Point, briefly – USMA
Zhou who hosted Nixon – ENLAI
