Here are the answers to The Washington Post Crossword puzzles Saturday May 8 2021.
“Hotel du Lac” author Brookner – ANITA
“Madam Secretary” star – TEALEONI
“The Partridge Family” actress – DEY
“When a man loves cats, I am his friend and comrade” writer – TWAIN
1998 Academy Honorary Award-winning director – ELIAKAZAN
1998 hit from the Sarah McLachlan album “Surfacing” – ADIA
Acronymic term for some local talks – TEDX
Asset on the corporate ladder – SENIORITY
Baby food, usually – PUREE
Baseball brother – ALOU
Bask – SUN
Bike chain alternative – ULOCK
Bird at a construction site? – CRANE
Boglike – PEATY
Bright, loyal breed – BOXER
Brilliant – GENIUS
Brownie bunch – TROOP
Chaotic situation, in slang – GOATRODEO
Comedy club regulars – MCS
Corner piece – ROOK
Cry of dismay – EEK
Curling spots – RINKS
Danish toy maker – LEGO
Didn’t go straight – ZIGZAGGED
Dodge – AVERT
Dried chili pepper – ANCHO
Drop, as dough – SPEND
Dry deliveries – DEADPANS
Finish, as a tat – INKUP
Game of luck – WAR
Generated again – REGREW
Geometry calculation – SINE
Guinness orders – PINTS
Hands and feet – UNITS
Horrible comic? – HAGAR
Household helper – NANNY
Hurricane component – RUM
Lang. of Belize – ENG
Lionsgate premium cable subsidiary – STARZ
Little elephant – CALF
Make calls at home, maybe – UMP
Mild rebuke – TUT
Modern delivery vehicle – DRONE
More shrewd – CAGIER
Morsel for Miss Muffet – CURD
NBA on __ – TNT
Nonmusical notes – MEMOS
Ones at odds – FOES
Part of AMA, on Reddit – ASK
Pool service? – RIDESHARE
Posse – ENTOURAGE
Prince Harry’s dukedom – SUSSEX
Putin’s denials – NYETS
Reason to shake – DEAL
Ride in the sand – DUNEBUGGY
Scott in a landmark Supreme Court case – DRED
Scott of “Big Little Lies” – ADAM
Singer’s voice, e.g – MEALTICKET
Sky cat? – LEO
Some scoops – EXCLUSIVES
Take up again, in a way – REHEM
Taking down a peg – ABASING
Tallies – KEEPSSCORE
Took care of – SAWTO
TV’s “Ozark,” e.g – DRAMA
Undeserved charges – BADRAPS
Upset – RILE
Walk out – GOONSTRIKE
Woman’s name that sounds like two letters – EVIE
Word from the German for “spirit of the age” – ZEITGEIST
Word in many German names – VON
Yiddish fortune – MAZEL
