Here are the answers to The Washington Post Crossword puzzles Wednesday March 24, 2021.
“… or __!” – ELSE
“La Bohème” role – MIMI
“Now __ me down to sleep … ” – ILAY
*Fast-food alternatives to burgers – FISHFILETS
*Like half a chance – FIFTYFIFTY
*Matches with known outcomes – FIXEDFIGHTS
*Music group’s lead violinist, casually – FIRSTFIDDLE
33-Down demand, perhaps – ASAP
Actress Witherspoon – REESE
Afternoon snooze – NAP
Ancient mystic – ESSENE
Anger – IRE
APR-reducing loan – REFI
Aussie parrot, briefly – BUDGIE
Banana covering – PEEL
Bee, to Opie – AUNT
Being severely criticized – UNDERFIRE
Beloved – DEAR
Biblical boater – NOAH
Black and blue? – BERRIES
Canyon namesake of dry California winds – SANTAANA
Cartoon mermaid – ARIEL
Concerning – ASFOR
Contrasting ornaments – SETOFFS
County on the English Channel – SUSSEX
Cultural setting – MILIEU
Dennis the Menace, for one – IMP
Diner check – TAB
Fair-hiring letters – EOE
Flair – STYLE
General on a menu – TSO
Give voice to – SAY
H or O, in H2O – ELEMENT
Hi-__ TV – DEF
Hunk’s pride – ABS
Imagining – IDEATING
Jazz trumpeter Jones – THAD
Kvetching sounds – OYS
Leave – EXIT
Letters replacing a list – ETC
License plates – TAGS
Luncheon end? – ETTE
Map line: Abbr – LAT
March time – IDES
Marine Corps motto, briefly, and a hint to the answers to starred clues – SEMPERFI
Marked on a ballot – XED
Meeting group – CONFEREES
Monk’s title – FRA
Mournful – SAD
Music center? – ESS
Name seen on one’s way to the penthouse? – OTIS
Nighttime party – SOIREE
Novelist Jaffe – RONA
Numbered rds – RTES
Office notice – MEMO
Partner in a 2020 peace agreement with Isr – UAE
Photo taken backwards? – SELFIE
Pt. of AAA – ASSN
Punch deliverer – FIST
Quite a ways away – FAR
Recon target – INFO
RN workplaces – ORS
Roald Dahl title heroine – MATILDA
Sailing danger – REEF
San __: Italian resort – REMO
School orgs – PTAS
Sniggler’s catch – EELS
Soccer tiebreaker, perhaps – SHOOTOUT
Submitted, as a manuscript – SENTIN
Syrian leader – ASSAD
Thrills – ELATES
Tree with elastic wood – ASH
W.C. Fields persona – SOUSE
Weakens – EBBS
What “X” may mean – TEN
__ Lingus – AER
