Here are the answers to The Washington Post Crossword puzzles Thursday January 21, 2021.
“Amen!” – WORD
“I get it now” – NOWONDER
“I’ll pass” – NAH
“I’m up for it!” – LETS
“Invisible Cities” author Calvino – ITALO
“Mayberry __”: ’60s sitcom – RFD
“The Clan of the Cave Bear” heroine – AYLA
“You have a point” – TRUE
12-point type – PICA
Actor Werner of “Fahrenheit 451” – OSKAR
Adaptable ducks – MALLARDS
Airline on “Lost” – OCEANIC
Andean stew tubers – OCAS
Anti-apartheid org – ANC
Before, before – ERE
Board game endings – MATES
Body blow reaction – OOF
Bossa nova ancestor – SAMBA
Catcher behind the plate? – LAP
Chick of jazz – COREA
Church doctrines – DOGMATA
Computer giant – DELL
Copper orgs.? – PDS
Crackerjack – ACE
Cut with sharp teeth – SAWUP
Director Kazan – ELIA
Doesn’t mumble – ENUNCIATES
Dudes – MEN
El Pollo __: chain in the U.S. and Mexico – LOCO
Element #50 – TIN
Family member – AUNT
Film noir coffee – JOE
Fish-and-chips fish – COD
Geoffrey of fashion – BEENE
Glass-half-empty sort – CYNIC
Greasy spoon sign – EATS
Group with rackets – MAFIA
Hanukkah moolah – GELT
Happy, but not cheerful or upbeat? – DWARF
He’s Santa in “Elf” – ASNER
Hendrix at Woodstock – JIMI
High-__ image – RES
Initial request for an answer? – RSVP
Ioway relative – OTO
Jungian inner self – ANIMA
Larry __, former Phillies All-Star shortstop who was 2001 N.L. Manager of the Year – BOWA
Leatherwork tool – AWL
Long __ – JOHNS
Meat-eating aids – TINES
Memorable mission – ALAMO
More squalid – MANGIER
MS-__ – DOS
Ones “in distress” – DAMSELS
Press in a gym, say – REP
Red variety of this puzzle’s circles – MANHATTAN
Restricted road area – BUSLANE
River to the Baltic – ODER
Sailor’s skill – SEAMANSHIP
Sashimi selection – AHI
Scene not meant to be seen – OUTTAKE
Scrape (out) – EKE
See 3-Down – CRACKER
Simpson outburst – DOH
Slightly cracked – AJAR
Sonora flora – CACTI
Spoonful, say – DOLLOP
Stern’s opposite – STEM
Store whose first three letters come from its founder’s name – WALMART
They’re often in hot water – TEAS
Tolkien’s Quickbeam et al – ENTS
Two diamonds, possibly – BID
Tyler who played Arwen in the “Lord of the Rings” films – LIV
Was in the cards – LOOMED
Washboard __ – ABS
White variety of this puzzle’s circles – NEWENGLAND
Wish list items, e.g – DESIRES
With 9-Down, crispy go-with for this puzzle’s circles – SALTINE
