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 |