Wall Street Journal – January 28 2019 – Power Play
Published in Wall Street Journal Crossword. Tags: NEE, SHAPE, TRUE, Vietnam.
| Clues | Answers |
| ‘Mighty’ batter for Mudville | CASEY |
| ‘Siddhartha’ writer Hermann | HESSE |
| ‘The Last Supper’ group | APOSTLES |
| ‘Would ___ to you?’ | ILIE |
| Anthropoid primate | APE |
| Arrestee’s defense | ALIBI |
| Bad-mouth, informally | DIS |
| Baseball’s Ripken | CAL |
| Blarney Castle’s homeland | EIRE |
| Blood donation amount | PINT |
| Boar’s mate | SOW |
| Boxer nicknamed ‘The Greatest’ | ALI |
| Capital of Vietnam | HANOI |
| City of central Illinois | PEORIA |
| Classic circus performers | LIONTAMERS |
| Clothing collection | WARDROBE |
| Congo language | BANTU |
| Country lodging | INN |
| Deadly reptiles | ASPS |
| Dessert with a crust | PIE |
| Destination of the fifth Crosby-Hope ‘Road to’ movie | RIO |
| Destination of the sixth Crosby-Hope ‘Road to’ movie | BALI |
| Downcast | SAD |
| Egyptian goddess with healing powers | ISIS |
| Fertile spots among the dunes | OASES |
| Flammable gas | ETHANE |
| Foot parts | INCHES |
| Formerly known as | NEE |
| Genetic messenger | RNA |
| Gives the sack | FIRES |
| Gloves and mittens, typically | PAIRS |
| Good thing to be in | SHAPE |
| Greeting that may come with a lei | ALOHA |
| Harvard and Yale, for many Supreme Court justices | ALMAMATERS |
| Helicopter parts | ROTORS |
| Heroic story | SAGA |
| Illuminating gas | NEON |
| In poor health | ILL |
| Increase, as production | STEPUP |
| iPhone download | APP |
| Join the cast of | ACTIN |
| Lake south of Niagara Falls | ERIE |
| Lennon’s love | ONO |
| Livens (up) | PEPS |
| Long Island village near JFK International | VALLEYSTREAM |
| Main shut-off, and a literal hint to the ends of 20-, 31- and 47-Across | MASTERSWITCH |
| Make muddy | ROIL |
| Melville’s ‘___-Dick’ | MOBY |
| Motion-passing votes | YEAS |
| Nation west of Niagara Falls | CANADA |
| Nearsighted person | MYOPE |
| Neck wrap | SCARF |
| Neighbor of Egypt | LIBYA |
| Nonstop flight? | ESCALATOR |
| Not digital | ANALOG |
| Opposed to, in hillbilly dialect | AGIN |
| Patrol car wailer | SIREN |
| Planet’s form | ORB |
| Police trainee | CADET |
| Pretense | SHAM |
| Problem for job-seeking seniors | AGEISM |
| Prov. west of Niagara Falls | ONT |
| Radio station sign | ONAIR |
| Razz | RIB |
| Razz | TEASE |
| Sch. support org | PTA |
| Sink below the horizon | SET |
| Sixth-largest country | AUSTRALIA |
| So far | YET |
| Street fight prelude, perhaps | SHOVES |
| Student’s writing assignment | ESSAY |
| Supplies with soldiers | MANS |
| Supported by facts | TRUE |
| Tokyo’s old name | EDO |
| Trees along many avenues | ELMS |
| Typographer’s ornamental flourish | SWASH |
| Women’s prison officer | MATRON |
| Yule song | CAROL |