The Washington Post Sunday - Jul 26 2020 Crossword Answer

The Washington Post Sunday - Jul 26 2020 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Inspired by	BASEDON
Intense desire	URGE
It may be filed at a spa	TOENAIL
Key signature with no sharps or flats	AMINOR
Laborer of yore	SERF
Leaves suddenly	DECAMPS
Literal-minded Bedelia	AMELIA
Love of Italian opera?	AMORE
Madre's boy	NINO
Make a desperate pitch	BEG
Many CT scan checkers	MDS
Med. inserts	IVS
Member of a chorale	TENOR
Metered transports	CABS
Minimal quantity	NONE
My, in Montreal	MES
NBA analyst Brown	HUBIE
Neighbor of Zambia	ANGOLA
Neither here ___ there	NOR
Not as much	LESS
Not threatening	BENIGN
Nothing, en español	NADA
Opera ___ (Nebraska musical company)	OMAHA
Pastime with pigeons	SKEET
Patriotic spirit before it's been released? (Wham! + Christina Aguilera = Usher)	FREEDOMGENIEINABOTTLE
Pays for a pair, say	ANTESUP
Per ___ (yearly)	ANNUM
Plains folk	OTOE
Power ballad venues	ARENAS
Procure	OBTAIN
Proficient	ABLE
Program like Spotify running in Safari, e.g	WEBAPP
Puerto ___	RICO
R&B singer Táta ___	VEGA
Refinery material	TAR
Result of cutting costs?	SALE
Reviewed, as records	AUDITED
Rub, as with a cloth	WIPE
Rule for building on others' ideas in improv	YESAND
Singer Adam or Miranda	LAMBERT
Sister Sophia in 'The Sound of Music,' e.g	NUN
Sit-up targets	ABS
Slight, as for a Grammy nomination	SNUB
Smash hit's position, reached by each of this puzzle's circled hits	NUMBERONE
Solo	ALONE
Star's ride	LIMO
Stayed in place	IDLED
Steakhouse entree	TBONE
Stuff in pirates' chests	BOOTY
Sun Dance practitioners	ARAPAHO
Sung out loud, say	ORAL
Surf Ballroom's state	IOWA
Taj Mahal locale	AGRA
Tart, purple fruit	SLOE
Tarzan companion	APE
They have altered DNA	GMOS
Things burned in studios	CDS
Title akin to 'prince'	EMIR
Title in colonial India	SAHIB
Took part in a debate	ARGUED
Took place	WAS
Toot your own horn	BRAG
UFO shipmate	ALIEN
Uranium ___	ORE
Way out yonder	AFAR
Went off, so to speak	RANTED
When Roxie's trial occurs in 'Chicago'	ACTII
Whitney Houston's sign	LEO
Whooping ___ (bird)	CRANE
Word sung in a hymn	AMEN
Your plea to everyone in paradise that they employ your services? (Bryan Adams + Bill Withers = Bananarama)	HEAVENUSEME
[Yes, keep petting me, human]	PURR

Clues	Answers
'American Idol' winner ___ Allen	KRIS
'Bonanza' star Greene	LORNE
'Booped' body parts	NOSES
'Ditto'	ASDOI
'Guitar Hero,' e.g	GAME
'I Am Not Your Negro' director Peck	RAOUL
'I couldn't ___ more'	AGREE
'Look ...'	IMEAN
'Rodeo' composer Copland	AARON
'Thanks, I hate it'	UGH
'This concert is awful!'	BOO
'This is my last card!'	UNO
'This is perfect!'	ILOVEIT
'___ Eyez on Me' (film about Tupac Shakur)	ALL
'___ Me Another' (NPR trivia program)	ASK
1 a.m. fridge visit, say	RAID
30 Seconds to Mars rocker Jared	LETO
AC/DC rocker Angus Young, e.g	AUSSIE
Admirable soul	MENSCH
Album producers	LABELS
Bands' playlists	SETS
Bassist Sutcliffe	STU
Beef chow ___	MEIN
Birth city of the musician Falco	VIENNA
Brandon Blackstock, to Reba McEntire	STEPSON
Capture	SNAG
Carrier founded in 1948	ELAL
Cartoonist Addams	CHAS
Cause to be treasured	ENDEAR
Char the surface of	SEAR
Chart with Top 40 hits, including all songs in this puzzle's theme	BILLBOARD
Cheeky and irreverent	SASSY
Civil rights activist Kaepernick	COLIN
Classify	SORT
Comforter stuffing	EIDER
Comic who topped Rolling Stone's '50 Best Stand-Up Comics of All Time' list in 2017	PRYOR
Computer opening	PORT
Conclusion	END
Continentally named prog rock band	ASIA
Crooner Johnny	MATHIS
Crow's comment	CAW
Cruise ship floor	DECK
Cut off gradually	WEAN
Deadly spider that's totally obscure? (Iggy Azalea + The Tony Rich Project = Jay Sean)	BLACKWIDOWNOBODYKNOWS
Deliver, at Wimbledon	SERVE
Desktop PC brand	ACER
Detach, as a brooch	UNPIN
Devotees	BUFFS
Dipped piece of food	SOP
Discourage	DAUNT
Distort, as light rays	REFRACT
Duke extension letters	EDU
Explosive handled by a big primate? (Bruno Mars + Taio Cruz = Kenny Rogers)	GORILLADYNAMITE
Extremely hot	SULTRY
Fall ___ grace	FROM
Fight (for)	VIE
Flightless avian	EMU
Footnote abbr	ETAL
Forces out of bed	ROUSTS
Friendly greeting to a group of feral equines? (Adele + The Rolling Stones = Flo Rida)	HELLOWILDHORSES
Genetic biopolymer	RNA
Genre of the film 'Gilda'	NOIR
Gratify, as with a feast	SATE
Greenland people	INUIT
Hangouts with TVs	DENS
Highest volume setting on a Spinal Tap amp	ELEVEN
Holler heard in a Texas border city? (Marty Robbins + Tears for Fears = Rihanna)	ELPASOSHOUT
Houston center, once	YAO
Huge quantity	ATON
In-group vocabulary	ARGOT
Incisive comeback	RETORT
Inedible beef?	FEUD