Histories

Word still used to describe recording a video, despite not being involved in the process anymore

Hey, something smells in this puzzle... sure smells like...

"Dear ____ Birnholz" (my upcoming one-man musical where I'm writing annoying letters to the WaPo Sunday crossword constructor)

You say goodbye, and I say hello (in Hawaiian)

"Trapped In _____" (No Doubt song)

1967 Neil Diamond song that is one letter away from one of the bloodiest battles of the American Civil War

Lawless warrior princess

Miley Cyrus song that, when performed at the VMAs, prompted NPR's Linda Holmes to tweet, "Often, when I look at what I once thought was cool, I think, "Will anything now extant ever be this embarrassing?"" (August 25, 2013)

Guillermo del Toro film with Idris Elba that also has giant robots (July 12, 2013)

Group of athletes involved in the plot of "Better Off Dead"

"Last, but not ____" (usually incorrect statement)

Like something you can see

"Oh.... I see"

Former Soviet states (abbr.)

Important paper with a title like "Interpersonal Dynamics, Racial Inequities, Queerness, and the Illusion of Confidence on "The Bachelorette": A Theoretical Approach"

French toast?

Lorde song from "Pure Heroine" with the lyrics "We've got the glow in our mouths" (September 27, 2013)

Podcast producer Blumenfeld

Urge

2013 was, some might say, part of the Obama ___

"Finished!"

One Direction hit from "Midnight Memories" that never quite lived up to its title (July 22, 2013)

Measure of force

Part of a line (Abbr.)

Erodes away

"Boots and cats" genre, for short

Notify someone, online

Another way to spell "mic"

ICU workers

"The Barber of Seville" composer (hint: not Verdi, not Puccini)

Regal initials

Ultimate

Action sequel whose climactic sequence takes place on what has been calculated as a 28-mile airplane runway, about 4 times the world's actual longest (May 24, 2013)

_____ Lama

Title for some Ottomans

Jokingly, but also I guess while you're running down a football field or something

Person who sometimes appears with a green diamond over their head

Legal order that is sometimes ____ten down

"Def"

"___ Fi" (former name of SyFy)

I, in the periodic table

Had a bite

Geronimo Stilton's sister

12th "Doctor Who" performer, who took over for Matt Smith (December 25, 2013)

______'s House of Chicken and Waffles (Los Angeles restaurant)

Messenger molecule

"Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck", more politely

Drag performer Oddly (this is not a cryptic)

Kacey Musgraves song with the lyrics "Kiss lots of boys or kiss lots of girls" (October 21, 2013)

That's bull!

Words that sometimes follow "clink clink clink"

Makes like a ghost

Northwest, Yukon, or Nunavut (Abbr.)

Frozen dessert with lower fat content than its cream-y cousin

Yosemite rock, for short

I wasn't going to put this in the puzzle because I didn't know what it was, but look at this bird! Look at it!!! https://tinyurl.com/105across

SNL sketch featuring Justin Timberlake dressed as a piece of tofu (March 9, 2013) (and we know it's extra-2013 because it references the "Harlem Shake")

Nominally romantic "Game of Thrones" event that - mild spoiler - does not go so well (June 2, 2013)

Juan Soto, until August 2022

French writer Zola who was big into accusing

Let's just take a moment to scream it out

Half of a fifth

Teeny tiny, like a robot or an iPod (RIP)

EAT COBB is acronym for: Eggs, Avocado, Tomato, Chicken, Onion, Bacon, Blue Cheese

Destructors

You know them, you love them (unless you're a Hydrox Person)

Babka's little feets

Supermodel Wek

Party of red roses?

Reaction to a smash hit?

Least irrational, as an idea

Australian island (Abbr.)

Misty Copeland's company

My ideal location for eating nachos

Really good (at)

They're really into shipping

Cooler, in the 90s (and much less cooler now)

Prefix with "-tionary"

Mount in Jerusalem that is a site of Christian pilgrimage

Draw a card in a kid's game, maybe

Cut out, as a surgeon

It's what's happening!! (This clue assumes you watched Schoolhouse Rock back in the day)

Blue dye hidden in "man, I love when obscure shit appears in crosswords"

"My ____ Is My ____" (2013 Pusha T Album)

Spiritual way?

"Am I the problem?"

Enzyme suffix

70s carpeting style

Fuckin' psychedelic experience!

Sword that gets rattled sometimes, I guess

"Regression toward _____" (nonspecific statistical phenomenon)

South Korean currency

Another word for "word"

Red fluorescent dye found in the phrase "video single"

WNBA star Ogwumike

Jason of "How I Met Your Mother" and "The Muppets (2011)"

Regulars

"Dietland" author _____ Walker

Sell, as a machine with candy in it

Fancy way to say "building"

Internet company that ends with !

James Bond's employer

Win a contest without blinking, say

Cacti found only in the Sonoran desert

"There are only 26 hours ___ day" - someone dumb

A lot of mins.

Photography consideration

Butter or oil, in baking

Milligram or kilogram

Dickens character Heep

Small type of star (that's still pretty big)

Droid's schoolyard comeback?

One of the Von Trapps

The Peñasquito in Zacatecas, Mexico, is the second largest in the world, producing about 34.5 million ounces in 2021

Like bands on non-major labels

"Civilization" designer Sid (hint: his name has an "i" in it)

That NBA team in Minnesota, for short

Pre-box

I think this is a stock broker, but instead I'm going to clue it as someone who'll switch shifts with you at work

"Darn ______!" (Alternate clue: a casual way to refer to playing "Trombone Champ")

Old joke: if you're American outside the bathroom, what are you in the bathroom?

Greek Ps

"Bitch, I'm a ___" (lyrics from Doja Cat's "Mooo!")

Tomato-y cocktail mixer

Hazelnut spread that's good in a crepe

Washington State city and valley known for its wines

First letters of the English alphabet

Laugh loudly to someone

Space on a shipping label

Bolo, for one

Name for a few tsars, one of whom was considered to be pretty terrible

Wrestler/actor John of "Peacemaker"

Pultizer Prize winner Jennifer

Certification for green buildings

"___ brillig, and the slithy toves /Did gyre and gimble in the wabe" (Lewis Carroll)

"Hold ____ something!"

Frustrated noises

Like something smol

"ahhhhhh (___s me yellin)" - classic Shaquille O'Neal tweet