Wall Street Journal – Apr 3 2018 – Touchy Topic
Published in Wall Street Journal Crossword. Tags: ADAMANT, IVAN, JFK, NUB, Rio Grande, SKIT, VERSE.
Clues |
Answers |
‘Blech!’ |
UGH |
‘Bull’s-eye!’ |
DIRECTHIT |
‘Fathers and Sons’ novelist Turgenev |
IVAN |
‘For ___ a jolly good fellow’ |
HES |
‘Gather your belongings!’ |
PACKUP |
‘Platoon’ setting |
VIETNAM |
‘That’s it for me’ |
IMDONE |
‘Well, now…’ |
LETSSEE |
‘You’re ___ one, Mr. Grinch’ |
AMEAN |
*Counterpart of a guy-cry film |
CHICKFLICK |
*Make like a miser |
PENNYPINCH |
*Mockumentary rock band |
SPINALTAP |
*Scrape against, as a parked car |
SIDESWIPE |
41-Down downloads |
APPS |
Airfare add-on |
FEE |
Babe, for one |
PIG |
Bigger butte |
MESA |
Cafe con ___ |
LECHE |
Campaign creator |
ADAGENCY |
Cardinals, on scoreboards |
STL |
Compliment on the court |
NICESHOT |
Dandy dude |
FOP |
Data throughput measure |
BITRATE |
Device used with the actions at the ends of the starred answers |
IPHONE |
Drink with omakase |
SAKE |
Fashion designer Raf |
SIMONS |
Fleur-de-___ |
LYS |
Frank McCourt’s follow-up to ‘Angela’s Ashes’ |
TIS |
George Eliot’s ‘Adam ___’ |
BEDE |
Japanese horseradish |
WASABI |
Jeff Sessions and his predecessors: Abbr |
AGS |
JFK guesses |
ETAS |
Jim who played Gomer Pyle |
NABORS |
John Steed’s partner on ‘The Avengers’ |
EMMAPEEL |
Like Colorforms pieces |
DIECUT |
Literary ‘before’ |
ERE |
Long-odds bet |
TRIFECTA |
Clues |
Answers |
Long-plumed waders |
EGRETS |
Lose it |
SNAP |
Make more balanced |
EVENUP |
Med. school course |
ANAT |
Mouth, in slang |
TRAP |
One in the red |
DEBTOR |
Parts of hearts |
ATRIA |
Potential weapon for Professor Plum |
ROPE |
Puts in stitches |
SEWS |
Radiate |
EMIT |
Refusals |
NOS |
Revue segment |
SKIT |
River to the Rio Grande |
PECOS |
Roughly equal |
ONAPAR |
Set of tools |
KIT |
Site of a famous Indian sight |
AGRA |
Small protuberance |
NUB |
Song section |
VERSE |
Stockyard sights |
PENS |
Stone and Stallone |
SLYS |
Stylish |
SMART |
Test taken lying down |
MRISCAN |
The Golden State, familiarly |
CALI |
Theft from a temple, say |
SACRILEGE |
They get into hot water |
TEABAGS |
Tie up |
TETHER |
Tin that inspired the Frisbee |
PIEPAN |
Torah language |
HEBREW |
Toward the rudder |
AFT |
Train stops: Abbr |
STNS |
Uncouth fellow |
APE |
Uncouth fellow |
LOUT |
Unwilling to budge |
ADAMANT |
Warm sweater material |
FLEECE |
Water channel with a gate |
SLUICE |
Water-collecting pit |
SUMP |
XXXVIth prime number |
CLI |