Here are the answers to The Washington Post Crossword puzzles Friday January 29, 2021.
“Hang on __”: 1965 #1 hit – SLOOPY
“That was close!” – PHEW
“The Spanish Tragedy” dramatist – KYD
“Yowza!” – OHBABY
*Fictional work about a pick-up artist? – APPROACHNOVEL
*Illustrated work for bullpen pitchers? – RELIEFCOMIC
*Instructional work for expectant mothers? – LABORMANUAL
*Reference work for canine lovers? – DOGGUIDE
Afternoon refresher – NAP
Apple video-editing app – IMOVIE
Baba ghanouj ingredient – TAHINI
Barcelona-born surrealist – MIRO
Be in a cast – ACT
Beats by __ – DRE
Boo-boo – OWIE
Calculating – SLY
Cat, say – MAMMAL
Chanel product – SCENT
Choice – AONE
Cork’s place – EIRE
Cruciverbalist Reagle of “Wordplay” – MERL
Darkroom gear – ENLARGER
Dinnertime draws – ODORS
Duel tool – EPEE
Formal wear – WHITETIE
Got going – STARTED
Group that blends well – CHORUS
Grunts, so to speak – GIS
Guns – REVS
Hybrid cycle – MOPED
It can be grand – PIANO
Keep going – PERSIST
Keeper’s concern – INN
Layers – TIERS
Leather sources – HIDES
Major work – OPUS
Mil. roadside hazard – IEDMine vehicles – ORECARTS
Noodles – PASTA
Paperback designed to simulate animation … and a hint to the answers to starred clues – FLIPBOOK
Parrot – APE
Preserve, in a way – EMBALM
Punk rock offshoot – EMO
Range in the home, maybe – AMANA
Requiem Mass word – IRAE
Rin Tin Tin autograph, e.g – PAWPRINT
River to the Colorado – GILA
Run – DIRECT
Saturate again – RESOAK
Shades of blue – TEALS
Signed – INKED
Simmons competitor – SERTA
Skeptical, as a view – DIM
Smokey Bear TV spot, for one – PSA
Soft ball material – NERF
Some tags – IDS
Specialty – AREA
Spirited horse – ARAB
Strong point – ASSET
Sweater material source – EWE
Technology that uses polarized light, briefly – LCD
There are lots of them – NEWCARS
Tried and true – PROVEN
Tries to influence, with “with” – REASONS
Tries to unearth – DIGSAT
Unbending – STRICT
WC – LOO
Weighed down – LADEN
What many writers work on – SPEC
Words of praise – ODE
Worship – ADORE
Written reminder – NOTE
Yellowfin tuna – AHI
__ club – FAN
