The Washington Post Crossword Answers – Wednesday August 18 2021

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Here are the answers to The Washington Post Crossword puzzles Wednesday August 18 2021.
“Black-ish” network – ABC
“Chicago” showgirl – ROXIE
“MacArthur Park” songwriter Jimmy – WEBB
“Pass the __” – SALT
“Tiny Alice” dramatist – ALBEE
Acrobat maker – ADOBE
Asti product – VINO
Bit of hardware – SCREW
Classic name in shoes – MCAN
Corpulent – OBESE
Crave, e.g – WANT
Detest – ABHOR
Didn’t stop behind in time – REARENDED
Dover and Edwards, e.g., briefly – AFBS
Edsel and “Ishtar,” e.g – FLOPS
Elementary math subject – FRACTIONS
Family nickname – SIS
Fault – BLAME
Forget about – OMIT
Goes after – SEEKS
Gossipy Hopper – HEDDA
Grand Canyon animal – BURRO
Hearty entrée – STEW
High-quality investment – BLUECHIPSTOCK
Hold (onto) – LATCH
Horror film director Craven – WES
Inferior in quality – CHEAP
It’s not a bear – KOALA
Ka __: southernmost Big Island point – LAE
Kalamazoo-to-Cincinnati dir – SSE
King or queen, perhaps – PIECE
Legal conclusion? – ESE
Longtime game show that features stunts and a time limit – BEATTHECLOCK
Lose it – BLOWONESSTACK
Lounge around – LOLL
Maker of BILLY bookcases – IKEA
Managed – RAN
Megahits, and what the interior letters of 20-, 33- and 43-Across effectively are? – BLOCKBUSTERS
Michael of “SNL” – CHE
Month in printemps – MAI
More angry – SORER
Morning moisture – DEW
Muscat native – OMANI
Musical endings – CODAS
Not as tanned – PALER
Only even prime number – TWO
Order to go – SCAT
Ore source – SEAM
Parlor art, briefly – TAT
Part of 46-Across – EAST
Pax __ – ROMANA
Quiet – STILL
Rachel Maddow’s network – MSNBC
Résumés, for short – CVS
Router button – RESET
Singing the praises of – EXTOLLING
Spell – HEX
Sported – HADON
State as fact – ASSERT
Strong taste – TANG
Summer hrs. at Augusta National – EDT
Temple mascot Hooter T. __ – OWL
Tenth word of the National Anthem – LIGHT
Texter’s “Yikes!” – OMG
Thins, for instance – OREOS
Tightly connected – CLOSEKNIT
U-shaped river bend – OXBOW
Used up – SPENT
Volcano apex – CONE
Weaken – EBB
Website help sect – FAQ
Wings with rooms – ELLS
Wynonna’s mother – NAOMI
__ kick: tricky football ploy – SQUIB
__ pay – NET
__ Spiegel – DER

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