Here are the answers to The Washington Post Crossword puzzles Friday May 7 2021.
“Are you __ out?” – INOR
“Don’t take it so hard” – NOWNOW
“Fear the Walking Dead,” e.g – SPINOFF
“Leave me alone!” – SHOO
“Let’s begin, okay?” – SHALLWE
“Shameless” network, briefly – SHO
“Wait, what?” – IMLOST
A stressed electrician may need an __ – EMOTIONALOUTLET
Account – TALE
An electrician resolves legal matters at __ – CIRCUITCOURT
An electrician who is testing results may become a __ – SWITCHHITTER
At any time – EVER
Big field in Silicon Valley – TECH
Bookish sort – NERD
Butter component – FAT
Capote nickname – TRU
Catchall abbr – MISC
Chits – IOUS
Chop (off) – LOP
City near Venice – PADUA
Cocktail word with a tilde – PINA
Comics dog that sounds like two letters – ODIE
Contradictory prefix – ANTI
Counting everything – INTOTAL
Creator of an iconic bear – MILNE
Critical-care ctrs – ERS
Discuss ad nauseam – REHASH
Dispassionate type – STOIC
Disprove – REFUTE
Doesn’t hack it – FAILS
Dot on a map – TOWN
Executed, in Exodus – SMOTE
Face with courage – BRAVE
Fixed up – REDONE
Glum – MOROSE
How it looks, with “the” – OPTICS
It may be raised at an outdoor wedding – TENT
Keeps away from – EVADES
Kicks up one’s heels – FROLICS
Leaves for a drink – TEA
Legendary name in racing – MANOWAR
Link to another story? – STAIR
Marquee figure – STAR
Musician’s suffix – IST
Number of World Series wins for the Astros – ONE
Old AT&T rival – MCI
Patronize, as a motel – STOPAT
Person well over 70, probably? – SPEEDER
Picked up – LEARNED
Poetic devices – SIMILES
Pre-euro currency – LIRA
Reversal – UTURN
Roller coaster sounds – SCREAMS
Saskatchewan neighbor – MONTANA
Schooner pole – MAST
Sit a spell – REST
Slightly – ATAD
Square – EVEN
Surmounting – ATOP
Take responsibility for – OWN
Texter’s “Chat soon” – TTYL
They may be going around – RUMORS
Tight deadlines may make an electrician’s job __ – GODOWNTOTHEWIRE
Travis of country music – TRITT
Understood – CLEAR
UPC bar code developer – IBM
Vampire’s curfew – DAWN
Where FDR was once governor – NYS
Wichita-to-Memphis dir – ESE
X-rated stuff – SMUT
__ feeling – GUT
__ sapiens – HOMO
