Wall Street Journal – Aug 7 2018 – Game Plan
Published in Wall Street Journal Crossword. Tags: ACES, CRABEATER, GUM, NILE, OLIVEDRAB, OMIT, San Diego, WWII.
| Clues |
Answers |
| ‘Now do you understand?’ |
SEE |
| ‘The Graduate’ girl |
ELAINE |
| ‘Twilight’ heroine |
BELLA |
| 2008 album from R&B singer Ray J |
ALLIFEEL |
| Act part |
SCENE |
| Antarctic seal |
CRABEATER |
| Back muscle |
LAT |
| Bank acct. addition |
INT |
| Bit of smoke |
WISP |
| Brief social visit |
CALL |
| Broken, in a way |
TAMED |
| Campfire treats |
SMORES |
| Caribbean island south of Martinique |
STLUCIA |
| City east of San Diego |
LAMESA |
| Color of WWII army uniforms |
OLIVEDRAB |
| Debate position |
PRO |
| Deck quartet |
ACES |
| Do the wrong thing |
ERR |
| Drink cooler |
ICE |
| Earth’s crust, e.g |
TOPLAYER |
| Evaluation based on a single deciding issue |
LITMUSTEST |
| Everglades Natl. Pk. setting |
FLA |
| Falling off a horse, say |
STUNT |
| Fends off |
RESISTS |
| Finished off |
ATE |
| Float on the breeze |
WAFT |
| Flying colors? |
FLAG |
| Folk singer Burl |
IVES |
| Funny Phyllis |
DILLER |
| Gather over time |
AMASS |
| Gets going |
STARTS |
| Granola bit |
OAT |
| Grassy garments |
HULASKIRTS |
| Heaps |
ATON |
| Hickory’s cousin |
WALNUT |
| Historic Russian space station |
MIR |
| Hoop setting, at times |
EAR |
| Intense anger |
IRE |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Irish exclamation |
BEGORRA |
| Jargon ending |
ESE |
| Leave out |
OMIT |
| Letters following Elizabeth Warren’s name |
DMA |
| Like contraband |
ILLEGAL |
| Map out |
PLAN |
| Miniature workers |
ANTS |
| Mollusks with spiral shells |
NAUTILI |
| NYC subway line |
IRT |
| Obama attorney general Lynch |
LORETTA |
| Official seal |
SIGNET |
| On this spot |
HERE |
| One who works with figures? |
SKATER |
| Orbit, e.g |
GUM |
| Oscar winner Blanchett |
CATE |
| Passed on |
RELAYED |
| Pot additions |
WAGERS |
| Protective charm |
AMULET |
| Pushpin’s kin |
TACK |
| Quantities: Abbr |
AMTS |
| Range of colors |
PALETTE |
| Really long times |
EONS |
| River to the Mediterranean |
NILE |
| Sailor’s intake |
SALTAIR |
| Scarlett’s home |
TARA |
| Sharif of ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ |
OMAR |
| Silver or silicon |
ELEMENT |
| Speaker of the quote found in this puzzle’s circled letters |
PLATO |
| Square footage |
AREA |
| Suggest |
HINTAT |
| Sundial numeral |
III |
| Superman logo shape |
ESS |
| Tattoos, informally |
INK |
| Teller of tales |
LIAR |
| Waistband makeup |
ELASTIC |
| Went after |
CHASED |
| Working together |
ASATEAM |
| Zero, in cricket scores |
NIL |