Wall Street Journal – Jul 2 2018 – Sad to Say
Published in Wall Street Journal Crossword. Tags: AGES, ANON, CAM, ELS, GRIT, RNA, SSN, WEEPINGWILLOW.
| 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 |