Here are the answers to The Washington Post Crossword puzzles Tuesday July 27 2021.
“Spider-Man” trilogy director Sam – RAIMI
“The African Queen” co-screenwriter James – AGEE
“The lady __ protest too much, methinks”: “Hamlet” – DOTH
“To clarify … ” – THATIS
*Comedic climax – GAGLINE
*Keg buy in a pub – BEERONTAP
*Ray Kinsella in “Field of Dreams,” e.g – BASEBALLFAN
*Site of an annual ball drop – TIMESSQUARE
121-episode TV drama set on a mysterious island – LOST
Acrylic fiber – ORLON
Apparently are – SEEM
Bach composition – SUITE
Barely runs? – STREAKS
Batting stats – AVERAGES
Bernie’s songwriting partner – ELTON
Best ever, initially – GOAT
Bonobo, for one – APE
Charged particle – ION
Citi Field team – METS
Civil War soldier – REB
Como una mujer con mucho dinero – RICA
Damages – MARS
Deckhand – MATE
Electrical unit – VOLT
ESP neighbor, to the IOC – POR
Et __: and others – ALII
Eva of “Green Acres” – GABOR
Fairly brisk gait – TROT
Fancy neckwear – ASCOT
Flight tracker info – ETA
Florida theme park – EPCOT
Folksy Guthrie – ARLO
French Revolution radical – MARAT
Frozen rain – SLEET
Half a pair – ONE
Halley observation – COMET
Haphazard way to run – AMOK
Hawaii state bird – NENE
Improved in value – ENHANCED
`In the style of – ALA
Item for a dinghy – OAR
Judges – DEEMS
Kevin Costner in “Field of Dreams,” e.g – STAR
Kind of sax – ALTO
Knights or rooks – CHESSMEN
L.A.’s Staples Center, e.g – ARENA
Less prevalent – RARER
Lock on one’s head – TRESS
Love to pieces – ADORE
Montreal’s prov – QUE
Mosque leader – IMAM
Not good under-the-hood sound – RATTLING
Old MGM rival – RKO
Oscar, for one – AWARD
Oxfam and CARE, for two – NGOS
Paddled boat – CANOE
Pan Am rival – TWA
Phones in pockets or purses – CELLS
Poetry competition – SLAM
Polite refusal – NOSIR
Quarterback’s asset – ARM
Rhett’s last words – ADAMN
Salinger title girl who says, “I’m extremely interested in squalor” – ESME
Shocked sound – GASP
Smart guy? – ALEC
Somehow knows – INTUITS
Sorbonne summers – ETES
Source of fiber – BRAN
Space – ROOM
Subsequent to – AFTER
Theater tier – LOGE
Things of little consequence – NITS
Tibetan honorific – LAMA
Unkempt dos – MOPS
Was understood, finally – SANKIN
Wedding reception finale, and a feature of the answers to starred clues – LASTDANCE
Working the case – ONIT
Zilch – NADA
