Here are the answers to The Washington Post Crossword puzzles Wednesday September 8 2021.
C’__ la vie!” – EST
“Morning Edition” airer – NPR
“NASCAR on NBC” analyst Earnhardt Jr – DALE
’70s hot spots – DISCOS
*Devoted ESPN viewer – SPORTSNUT
*Garden walkway component – PAVINGSTONE
*Quarry that supplies aggregate – GRAVELPIT
*Spec for sandpaper or salt – COARSEGRAIN
A party to – INON
Actor Grant – CARY
Agcy. concerned with fraud – FTC
Alert for an actor – CUE
Alternative to Margie – PEG
Brings in – REAPS
Building wing – ELL
Bullish sound? – SNORT
Caddie’s offering – CLUB
Cancún coin – PESO
Challenge for an atty. wannabe – LSAT
Checkout printout – RECEIPT
Chess result – DRAW
Coll. near the Rio Grande – UTEP
Contrived plot – SETUP
Dance class topic – STEP
Deceptive – SNEAKY
Dell rival – ACER
Drive-__ – THRU
First name in skin care – ESTEE
Gershwin brother – IRA
Guys – HES
Half a mint? – TIC
Hard rain – SLEET
Heck of a hike – TREK
Hotel shuttles – VANS
Hurricane mandate responder – EVACUEE
Important – BIG
Island near Maui – LANAI
Jai __ – ALAI
Klingon officer in the “Star Trek” franchise – WORF
Clues – Answers
Language student’s challenge – SLANG
Last player selected for a Wimbledon ranking … or part of each answer to a starred clue – FINALSEED
Light earth tone – TAN
Locale – VENUE
Long-running CBS series – NCIS
Major success – HIT
Make a wrong turn, say – ERR
Malarkey – ROT
Medieval estates – MANORS
Metalworker – SMITH
MLB rally killers – DPS
Noted period – ERA
Olympic star Jackie __-Kersee – JOYNER
Pachelbel work – CANON
Preferable, gastronomically – TASTIER
Quebec’s __ Peninsula – GASPE
R&B’s __ Hill – DRU
Racecourse shape – OVAL
Ready for bed, briefly – INPJS
Researchers’ publications – REPORTS
Sahara features – DUNES
Seuss’ Cindy __ Who – LOU
Short flight – HOP
Square up – ALIGN
Strengthen, as glass – ANNEAL
Sudden stop sound – SCREECH
Suffix with exist – ENT
Thankless sort – INGRATE
TiVo, for one – DVR
To date – ASOFYET
Trailblazer – PIONEER
Treasury secretary Janet – YELLEN
Tropical grassland – SAVANNA
Umpire’s pregame request – LINEUP
Uneasy feeling – ANGST
Unload, say – SELL
Wail – CRY
Wine qualities – NOSES
Word after box or law – OFFICE
