Here are the answers to The Washington Post Crossword puzzles Tuesday March 23, 2021.
“Blue” or “White” African river – NILE
“Get a room!” evoker, initially – PDA
“Match Game” host Baldwin – ALEC
“She desires to speak with you … __ you go to bed”: “Hamlet” – ERE
“This is __ a test” – ONLY
“Walking in Memphis” Grammy winner Marc – COHN
“Wherefore art thou” guy – ROMEO
’90s candidate __ Perot – HROSS
2010s cooking-themed talk show – THECHEW
Airport waiting area – LOUNGE
Albeit, briefly – THO
Algerian port – ORAN
Barnyard layer – HEN
Be saccharine – CLOY
Beatty and Kelly – NEDS
Bequest beneficiary – HEIR
Berry who played Storm in “X-Men” – HALLE
Bill for svc. rendered – INV
Buzzer in a swarm – BEE
Captained – LED
Circular dashboard devices – DIALS
City-state separator – COMMA
Clarke who played Daenerys on “Game of Thrones” – EMILIA
Deputized bands – POSSES
Director’s “We’re done for today, people” … and hint to the start of 17-, 23-, 36- and 48-Across – THATSAWRAPFOLKS
Disturb – AIL
Earnest request – PLEA
Extinct elephants – MASTODONS
First-rate – AONE
For, to Fernando – POR
Foxy – SLY
From dawn to dusk – ALLDAY
Girl-asks-guy dances, informally – SADIES
Globe – ORB
Gobble up – SCARFDOWN
Golden fruit that, legend has it, started the Trojan War – APPLE
Half-moon tide – NEAP
Heat in “The Heat” – COPS
Here, in Havana – ACA
Insult – SLUR
Israeli or Arab – SEMITE
Kristen of “Bridesmaids” – WIIG
Land with fjords – NORWAY
Leered at – OGLED
Left surreptitiously – STOLEAWAY
Like some hygiene – ORAL
Linney of “Ozark” – LAURA
Lover of Delilah – SAMSON
Matches audio to video, e.g – SYNCS
Midas stock item – MUFFLERASSEMBLY
Mimicked – APED
Octagonal sign – STOP
Office fill-in – TEMP
Operate – RUN
Pay or pen follower – PAL
Pendulum path – ARC
Period in office – TERM
Portraitist’s prop – EASEL
Prepare to use, as a lawn chair – UNFOLD
Radio settings – FMS
Realtor’s favorite sign – SOLD
Required wager – ANTE
Restorative resorts – SPAS
Second attempt – RETRY
Sheepishly – MEEKLY
Short aliens? – ETS
Simple New England houses – CAPECODCOTTAGES
Slept noisily – SNORED
Sonny who lost to Clay in 1964 – LISTON
Stands at lectures – PODIA
The “Y” of YSL – YVES
U.K. fliers – RAF
Uber competitors – CABS
Updated, as a Web page – REFRESHED
Verbalizes – SAYS
Weighty Kuwaiti? – EMIR
