Here are the answers to The Washington Post Crossword puzzles Thursday March 5, 2020.

“Ivy and __”: kid-lit series by Annie Barrows – BEAN
“Jingle Bells” contraction – OER
“No more, thanks” – IMGOOD
“Sesame Street” pal of Zoe – ELMO
“Twilight” vampire – EDWARD
502, in old Rome – DII
Abbr. in an unfilled TV slot – TBA
Ad __ committee – HOC
Astrological transition point – CUSP
Believed – HELD
Big ape – KONG
Bird’s beak – NIB
Breed of sheep – MERINO
Bus kiosk posting – SCHEDULE
Car sticker no – MSRP
Carl with nine Emmys – REINER
Catch – TRAP
Composer Rachmaninoff – SERGEI
Corn Belt region – MIDWEST
Decent-sized lot – ACRE
Dental layer – ENAMEL
Dominate – OWN
Dutch South African – BOER
End of many long weekends: Abbr – MON
Finished a job – DIDIT
Flat-bottomed boat – SCOW
Food truck fare – TACO
For fear that – LEST
Ford’s first minivan – AEROSTAR
Guffaw syllable – HAR
Gulf State native – OMANI
Happy way to break out – INSONG
Iberian river to the Mediterranean – EBRO
Infamous Amin – IDI
J. Edgar Hoover Building org – THEFBI
K-12, in education – ELHI
Last Supper question – ISITI
Latin lover’s word – AMO
Like some concrete – PRECAST
Many a “Twilight” character – TEEN
More than unfriendly – ICY
Most sensible – SANEST
New __, NY: home of Iona College – ROCHELLE
Ones seeing things – TOURISTS
Outlaw – BADMAN
Parking violation risk – TOW
Postings at an airline gate, for short – ETDS
Pot-au-__: French stew – FEU
Quick flight – LAM
Rum __ Tugger: “Cats” role – TUM
Saudi Arabian capital – RIYADH
Sea between Greece and Turkey – AEGEAN
Showing no emotion – STOICAL
Snoops (around) – NOSES
Sole – ONLY
Some NFL blockers – RTS
Song first sung by Ethel Waters at Harlem’s Cotton Club … and a hint to four other long answers – STORMYWEATHER
Steer clear of – ESCHEW
Suffix with Brooklyn – ESE
Suffix with hero – INE
Swelled head – EGO
That, in Oaxaca – ESA
They’re clamorous – THUNDERSHOWERS
They’re luminous – LIGHTNINGBOLTS
They’re ominous – DARKCLOUDS
They’re ruinous – HAILSTONES
Trounces – WHOMPS
Vanna’s partner – PAT
Wasatch Mountains resort – ALTA
Wood strip – SLAT
Word in a January song – AULD
__ Jima – IWO
__ Plaines: Chicago suburb – DES
__Kosh B’gosh – OSH