Here are the answers to The Washington Post Crossword puzzles Wednesday February 17, 2021
“Affirmative” – YES
“Fancy seeing you here!” – OHHEY
“Haven’t decided yet” – IMAY
“I’m outta here” – SEEYA
“Into the Wild” star Hirsch – EMILE
“Just saying,” in 66-Across – FWIW
“We tried, but this won’t work” – ITSUSELESS
“You wouldn’t __!” – DARE
“__ All That”: 1999 movie – SHES
“__ we meet again” – UNTIL
Ache – THROB
Acronymic anxiety about being excluded from the fun – FOMO
Actor Epps – OMAR
Auth. unknown – ANON
Backs (out) – OPTS
Bar flier – DART
Black gemstone used to make beads – ONYX
Black-and-white dessert – OREOPIE
Cause of a crash – FATALERROR
Cheapen – ABASE
Construction girder – IBAR
Cup or star – AWARD
Diver’s gear – FINS
Do an accountant’s job – RUNTHENUMBERS
Driver’s choice – ROUTE
Drum kit item with a pedal – HIHAT
Dubuque denizen – IOWAN
Ecstatic internet shout – WOOT
Eject – BOOT
Emerald City princess – OZMA
Ending with malt – OSE
Family __ – TREE
Fashion plate – FOP
Fashionista Kamali – NORMA
Finnish company that created Angry Birds – ROVIO
Fish story notable – JONAH
Flabbergast – AWE
Foreshadows – HERALDS
Give up on – WALKAWAYFROM
Group with pledges – FRAT
Gun – REVUP
Hoof it on a bad knee, say – LIMP
Ian who plays Bilbo Baggins – HOLM
It might be adjusted in Photoshop – HUE
James Patterson hero __ Cross – ALEX
Kang and Kodos, on “The Simpsons” – ETS
Kappa preceder – IOTA
Kerfuffle – ADO
Likely roster for the big game – ATEAM
Meddlesome – NOSY
Mic __: triumphant move – DROP
Mil. truants – AWOLS
Nonsense – ROT
Nonsense companion? – STUFF
Oberlin’s state – OHIO
Popular video game series, with “The” – SIMS
R&B great James – ETTA
Rice-shaped pasta used in salads – ORZO
Run-of-the-mill – MEH
Sacha Baron Cohen alter ego – ALIG
Sales __ – TAX
Scot’s Scotch order – DRAM
Sellout letters – SRO
Serve as a reminder – JOGONESMEMORY
Slackens the pace – SLOWS
Snooze inducer – BORE
Subtle summons – PSST
Superman’s makeup? – STEEL
The 1% in 1% milk – FAT
Tibetan title – LAMA
Took the mic – SPOKE
Unruly groups – MOBS
Uses WhatsApp, say – TEXTS
Write briefly and quickly – DASHOFFANOTE
Yahoo – RUBE
Yellowfins, e.g – TUNAS
