Here are the answers to The Washington Post Crossword puzzles Thursday May 27 2021.
“Big Little Lies” airer – HBO
“Cats” poet – TSELIOT
“Cold one, please” – BEERME
“Fifty Shades of Grey,” for one – EROTICFILM
“JAG” spin-off – NCIS
“So awful!” – UGH
“__ now, when?” – IFNOT
1979 #1 hit for Donna Summer, and what the four longest Across answers are – HOTSTUFF
Author’s dream – BESTSELLER
Base in “A Few Good Men,” familiarly – GITMO
Battleship abbr – USS
Became effective – TOOK
Bird in Liberty Mutual ads – EMU
Blues, e.g – NHLTEAM
Boarded – GOTON
Bud – PAL
Called from the pasture – MOOED
Cell division – MITOSIS
Certain NCOs – SSGTS
Chef’s assortment – RECIPES
Competition with blindfolds, maybe – TASTETEST
Crosswise, on deck – ABEAM
Deck with the Fool and the World – TAROT
Eat away – ERODE
Ewoks’ home – ENDOR
Fitness regimen – TAEBO
Gold measure – KARAT
GPS displays – RTES
Gulf ship – OILER
Hairdos made popular by Marie Antoinette – POUFS
Haul, in a bad way – STOLENGOODS
Hit the slopes – SKI
Hook’s sidekick – SMEE
Hosp. readout – EKG
Hunk – GOB
Inuit homes – IGLOOS
Isabella, por ejemplo – REINA
Island environs – WATER
It may be broken in a gym – SWEAT
It’s rated 10+ on the Scoville Scale – GHOSTPEPPER
Jeans brand with a question mark in its logo – GUESS
Lane of “Unfaithful” – DIANE
Like some colors – MUTED
Live, TV-wise – ONAIR
Ltr. directive – ATTN
Many a fed. holiday – MON
Mao __-tung – TSE
Medical research org – NIH
Moray catcher – EELER
Nautical unit – KNOT
One may be grand – PIANO
Ontario-based music gp – TSO
Peaks: Abbr – MTS
Place for kings and queens – CHESSSET
Praiseful poem – ODE
Prefix with mural – INTRA
Pretending to be – IMITATING
Primes, e.g.: Abbr – NOS
Providence-to-Boston dir – NNE
Ralph of “The Waltons” – WAITE
Ran off to get hitched – ELOPED
Ready to be poured – ONTAP
Realtor’s offering – LOT
Red Square honoree – LENIN
Roughly – ORSO
Selection – PICK
Serpent’s tail? – INE
Singer nicknamed “The Velvet Fog” – TORME
Skip the café – EATIN
Small amount – FEW
Spanish she-bear – OSA
Suckers – SAPS
Terminations – LAYOFFS
Tracks down – HUNTS
Turkish title – AGHA
Ultrasound image – SONOGRAM
When tripled, a story shortener – YADA
White pawns, e.g – OCTAD
Words of despair – NOHOPE
Words that may preempt a dismissal – IRESIGN
__ Valley, Calif – SIMI
