Wall Street Journal – Jul 2 2018 – Sad to Say
Published in Wall Street Journal Crossword. Tags: AGES, ANON, CAM, ELS, GRIT, RNA, SSN, WEEPINGWILLOW.
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| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| ‘Buy It Now’ site | EBAY |
| ‘It’s the End of the World ___ Know It (And I Feel Fine)’ (R.E.M. song) | ASWE |
| ‘Need me to do that?’ | SHALLI |
| Abrasive stuff | GRIT |
| Article worn under a blouse | BRA |
| Baseball great Gehrig | LOU |
| Bean | NOGGIN |
| Bedding material | STRAW |
| Before long, poetically | ANON |
| Bereaved birds? | MOURNINGDOVES |
| Bolt’s partner | NUT |
| Boundary | EDGE |
| Building levels | STORIES |
| Building wing | ELL |
| Bummed-out barrier? | WAILINGWALL |
| Catching some z’s | ASLEEP |
| Caught what was going around | GOTSICK |
| Charged (up) | HET |
| China on the Discovery Channel | EDD |
| Choices for expectant parents | NAMES |
| Classic computer game set on a deserted island | MYST |
| Compton’s state, to rappers | CALI |
| Considering everything | INALL |
| Depilatory brand with ‘short shorts’ ads | NAIR |
| Devastated, with ‘to’ | LAIDWASTE |
| Diver Louganis | GREG |
| Ecuador’s capital | QUITO |
| Exclamation of understanding | AHA |
| Explorer da Gama | VASCO |
| Extreme course correction | UTURN |
| Febreze targets | ODORS |
| Feels natural | COMESEASY |
| Forlorn feeling? | CRYINGSHAME |
| Former gig for Amy Poehler, for short | SNL |
| Friendly femme | AMIE |
| Gave medicine to | DOSED |
| Gene messenger | RNA |
| Golf’s Ernie | ELS |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Great enthusiasm | ZEST |
| Grows older | AGES |
| High-minded values? | IQS |
| Huge number | BILLION |
| Istanbul native | TURK |
| Lowest voice | BASS |
| Major food fish | SHAD |
| Metric prefix meaning 46-Across | GIGA |
| No. that phishers are after | SSN |
| Odometer units | MILES |
| Oklahoma, before 1907, for example: Abbr | TERR |
| One of the earth sciences | GEOLOGY |
| Persevere | SOLDIERON |
| Place to eat while training? | DININGCAR |
| Pottery-firing oven | KILN |
| Prurient posters | PINUPS |
| Quaint directions word | YON |
| Reply to the impatient | NOTYET |
| Reserve, as a room | BOOK |
| River part | DELTA |
| Select group | ELITE |
| Ship’s ropes and cables | RIGGING |
| Shoelace feature, often | BOWKNOT |
| Slack off | LAZE |
| Sound catcher | EAR |
| Squeeze (out) | EKE |
| Strands at a ski lodge, maybe | ICESIN |
| Tearful tree? | WEEPINGWILLOW |
| Tenant’s payment | RENT |
| They’re often closed after dark | EYES |
| Tolled | RANG |
| Undercover agent’s mike | WIRE |
| Valhalla ruler | ODIN |
| Video chat need | CAM |
| What a stray may lack | IDTAG |
| Whoopee cushion filler | AIR |
| Words often said with hands on cheeks | OHNO |
| Zig instead of zag, say | ERR |