other Washington Post Sunday crossword, August 21 (contains answers)

Cw-050821

Title: How the Secret Got Told
Theme entries: expressions meaning “let the cat out of the bag,” with punny definitions based on occupations.

22A, The photographer ___: exposed the story
37A, The philanthropist ___: gave it away
58A, The lingerie designer ___: let it slip
76A, The priest ___: confessed
95A, The government official ___: went public
111A, The farmer ___: spilled the beans
15D, The plumber ___: leaked the info
57D, The bird-watcher ___: flapped his yap

Things I learned, with web links so you can learn them too:

20A, “East of Eden” girl: ABRA
43A, “1914” poet Rupert: BROOKE
120A, Creator of Velvet: ENID [I actually knew this one, just didn’t make the connection until I looked it up]
3D, Lodge sign: BPOE [I knew this one, too, just wanted to look it up to figure out what it really stands for]
78D, Drunken: SOTTISH [I’ve heard ‘sotted’ before but never this]
92D, ___ Afghan Airlines: ARIANA
94D, American elk: WAPITI

Overall:
I messed up 5 squares in this one but got NO letters outright wrong. This was a relatively easy theme to figure out, but “leaked the info” and “flapped his yap” tripped me up. 8 theme entries, 7 things I had to look up.