Here are the answers to The Washington Post Crossword puzzles Tuesday September 14 2021.
“May I speak?” ` – AHEM
“Settle down!” – EASY
“There’s no doubt!” – IMSURE
“This isn’t good” – UHOH
“Trick” joint – KNEE
“__ sow … ” – ASYE
1994 Jodie Foster title role – NELL
2002 Hugh Grant film based on a Nick Hornby novel – ABOUTABOY
A bit open – AJAR
Academic acronym – STEM
Backspace over – ERASE
Birds with short finch-like bills … or, what the sets of circled letters literally are? – BOBOLINKS
Blond hair, e.g – TRAIT
Blue Ribbon beer – PABST
Bluegrass band staple – BANJO
Botanical fluid – SAP
Bull-riding venue – ARENA
Canasta combination – MELD
Cardamom-infused tea – CHAI
Chase away – SHOO
Chem class rooms – LABS
Come by honestly – EARN
Costa del Sol coin – EURO
Delicate – DAINTY
Disrespectful talk – SASS
Diving acronym – SCUBA
Drum kit cymbals – HIHATS
ESPN basketball analyst Rebecca – LOBO
Fairy tale bear – PAPA
First name in desserts – SARA
Foots the bill – PAYS
Gobbledygook – MUMBOJUMBO
Gulf of California peninsula – BAJA
Hall & Oates, e.g – DUO
Hannah of “Splash” – DARYL
Have a ball – LIVEITUP
Heavenly bear – URSA
Lao or Thai – ASIAN
Letters in early dates – BCE
Like mosaic tiles – INLAID
Like pretzels – SALTY
Long-handled tool – HOE
Managed to get – OBTAINED
Nature’s bandage – SCAB
New venture – FORAY
Ogre, for one – BEAST
One with a tyre in his boot, perhaps – BRIT
Parcels (out) – DOLES
Part of “MNF,” an in-season wkly. sports broadcast – MON
Part of UAE – ARAB
Post-injury regimen – REHAB
Puccini specialty – OPERA
Pulsate – THROB
Put under – SEDATE
Reunion attendee – AUNT
RPM indicator – TACH
Salon creation – HAIRDO
Sarah __, fIrst woman governor of Alaska – PALIN
Scull crew – OARS
Shrek’s love – FIONA
Signal from the wings – CUE
Small bottle – VIAL
Soccer great Hamm – MIA
Spanish for “table” – MESA
Strong, as a storm – SEVERE
Structural beams – IBARS
Symbol on several PC keys – ARROW
Talk aimlessly – NATTER
Teakettle output – STEAM
Therapy prefix – AROMA
Three-time All-Star outfielder whose son was a seven-time N.L. MVP – BOBBYBONDS
Tierra en el mar – ISLA
Title for Richard Starkey – SIR
Tombstone first name – WYATT
Trick or treat – VERB
Under the covers – ABED
Wastes time – IDLES
__ from the past: nostalgic event – BLAST
