Here are the answers to The Washington Post Crossword puzzles Monday June 14 2021.
“”Now I __ me down … ” – LAY
“OMG” or “TTYL” – TEXT
“The Simpsons” bus driver – OTTO
*Emulate Bonnie and Clyde – ROBABANK
*Grasps an underlying meaning – CATCHESTHEDRIFT
*Highly aware and ready to act – ONTHEBALL
*Kellogg’s cereal morsel – CORNFLAKE
Air freshener targets – ODORS
Airline to Israel – ELAL
And so on, briefly – ETC
Bay Area hub inits – SFO
Before now – AGO
Birdbrains – TWITS
Carrot chomper’s “What’s up, __?” – DOC
Check the ID of – CARD
D.C. helper – AIDE
Digital water tester? – TOE
Does some programming – CODES
Dutch cheese town – EDAM
Electric starter? – HYDRO
Fab competitor – TIDE
Fairy tale start – ONCE
Fashion’s Anne or Calvin – KLEIN
Fess up – ADMIT
Fez feature – TASSEL
Fridge of yore – ICEBOX
Goes kaput, as an engine – DIES
Hairpiece – TOUPEE
Hawke of “Boyhood” – ETHAN
Here, in Havana – ACA
Initial stage – ONSET
It may be flipped – LID
Jousting weapon – LANCE
Least wild – TAMEST
Little ones – TYKES
Looked over – EYED
Many a Gen Xer parent – BOOMER
Mars residents, in sci-fi – ETS
Med. care plans – HMOS
Month that may start with a gag – APRIL
Nevada gambling mecca – RENO
NFL tiebreakers – OTS
Noggin – NOODLE
Odysseus’ journey, for example – ORDEAL
Oxygen, e.g – GAS
Part of GPS: Abbr – SYS
PC key used in combinations – ALT
Persuasive efforts using insincere flattery … and a hint to the last words of the answers to starred clues – SNOWJOBS
Poe’s “Annabel __” – LEE
Poker stake – ANTE
Posture issue – SLOUCH
Pre-1991 map letters – SSR
Prom corsage – ORCHID
Rice-A-__ – RONI
Rigatoni or ziti – PASTA
Sandwich known by its initials – BLT
Senseless endeavor – FOLLY
Serious attempt – EFFORT
Shrimp relative – PRAWN
Simmer with anger – SEETHE
Slender woodwind – OBOE
So last year – PASSE
Spa cover-up – ROBE
Sulk – POUT
Take for granted – ASSUME
Tasteless – BLAND
Teen’s witching hour – CURFEW
Threat-ending words – ORELSE
Top dog – ALPHA
University VIPs – PROFS
Washer cycle – RINSE
Wears out – DOESIN
Whale’s food-filtering system – BALEEN
Wide shoe sizes – EES
Write quickly – JOT
Yarns – TALES
You__: online video site – TUBE
Zeta-theta link – ETA
