Wall Street Journal – Jul 21 2018 – Ender’s Game
Published in Wall Street Journal Crossword. Tags: ABACUS, HAG, LOFTY, LOG, ROAR, SWIM, TIRE.
| Clues |
Answers |
| ‘Behold!’ to Brutus |
ECCE |
| ‘Dancing With the Stars’ judge Goodman |
LEN |
| ‘Don’t look ___!’ |
ATME |
| ‘Let’s not and say ___’ |
WEDID |
| ‘Psycho’ setting |
MOTEL |
| ‘Revenge is ___ best served cold’ |
ADISH |
| ‘Sad to say…’ |
ALAS |
| ‘The Miracle Worker’ family |
KELLERS |
| ‘Twilight’ heroine |
BELLA |
| ‘Well done!’ |
BRAVO |
| ‘You’re nothing but a pack of cards!’ speaker |
ALICE |
| Aimless stroll through the halls of Hogwarts? |
MAGICWANDER |
| Alert akin to a BOLO |
APB |
| Angsty music |
EMO |
| Angular measures |
RADIANS |
| Ardennes article |
LES |
| Arithmetic class device |
ABACUS |
| At any time |
EVER |
| Baked potato? |
HOTTUBER |
| Bank job after closing time? |
NIGHTCAPER |
| Bar in a Transylvania tavern? |
BLOODCOUNTER |
| Barbers’ targets |
STUBBLES |
| Bear |
ABIDE |
| Beautiful people |
ELITE |
| Become smitten with |
FALLFOR |
| Bezos of Amazon |
JEFF |
| Book of Concord reader |
LUTHERAN |
| BP buy of 2000 |
ARCO |
| Brand with an iComfort line |
SERTA |
| Brief time |
SEC |
| Bunch of chips |
POT |
| Buy eagerly |
SNAPUP |
| Catastrophic, as a mistake |
FATAL |
| Catch ___ (mistime an oar stroke) |
ACRAB |
| Cath. prelate’s title |
MSGR |
| Civil wrongs |
TORTS |
| Classics, for short |
LIT |
| Cow chow |
FEED |
| Crowd cacophony |
ROAR |
| Cut off |
SHEAR |
| Deadlock |
TIE |
| Deep black beer? |
JETLAGER |
| Delaware city near Rehoboth Beach |
LEWES |
| Dictators’ underlings |
STENOS |
| Direct a ship’s steering |
CONN |
| Doone of fiction |
LORNA |
| Draw |
ATTRACTION |
| Eccentric oldsters |
COOTS |
| Equivalent of 3600 joules |
WATTHOUR |
| Facing difficulty |
INABIND |
| Familiar with |
USEDTO |
| Feathery plant |
FERN |
| Few and far between |
SPARSE |
| Fictional home 25 miles south of Atlanta |
TARA |
| Flat, geometrically |
PLANAR |
| Flyers |
LEAFLETS |
| Gate attendant in many cartoons |
STPETER |
| Gracefully thin |
LITHE |
| Hardly hidden |
OVERT |
| Helo-to-hospital rescue |
MEDEVAC |
| High boot that’s sized too small? |
TIGHTWADER |
| High-minded |
LOFTY |
| Hogan component |
LOG |
| Hosp. workers |
RNS |
| Humble |
ABASE |
| Implore |
BEGOF |
| In shorts, say |
BARELEGGED |
| Interject |
PIPEUP |
| Jimmies, e.g |
LEVERS |
| Joan who played Miss Marple |
HICKSON |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Joint tenants? |
BONES |
| Karate skill level |
DAN |
| Key above tilde |
ESC |
| King of pop |
CAROLE |
| Lender’s offering |
BAGEL |
| Let go |
FIRED |
| Light sparkling wine |
ASTI |
| Light-sensitive retinal cell |
CONE |
| Like household electricity |
METERED |
| Lose interest |
TIRE |
| Louisiana’s ___ Cajuns |
RAGIN |
| Make jubilant |
ELATE |
| Marketable orchid, say? |
CASHFLOWER |
| Material for some flutes |
GLASS |
| Mechanical procedures |
ROTES |
| Minute amount |
DRIB |
| Mountain man? |
SIERRAMISTER |
| New York Times publisher Adolph |
OCHS |
| Nutritious root |
BEET |
| Old crone |
HAG |
| On the go |
ACTIVE |
| One might cause a holdup |
OUTLAW |
| Org. that compiles a Most Popular Baby Names list |
SSA |
| Org. whose insignia depicts an eagle grasping a key |
NSA |
| Oscar winner Brody |
ADRIEN |
| Outburst cause |
ANGER |
| Phila.-to-Miami direction |
SSW |
| Pigeon perch |
LEDGE |
| Pit visitor |
RACER |
| Plant period |
SHIFT |
| Played with, as a ball of yarn |
PAWED |
| Pollen collector |
BEE |
| Prerequisite for calc |
ALG |
| Prey for dingoes |
EMUS |
| Priam’s kingdom |
TROY |
| Prolonged attacks |
SIEGES |
| Puts back on the payroll |
REHIRES |
| Queen of the Jungle in comic books |
SHEENA |
| Rain on a sunny day? |
FREAKSHOWER |
| Ramble |
ROVE |
| Round-topped fastener |
MAPTACK |
| RSVP card, e.g |
ENC |
| Sad state |
WOE |
| See 99-Down |
TEA |
| She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Barack |
OPRAH |
| Site of a noted 1-Down |
PANAMA |
| Sleek, in product names |
AERO |
| Some fast food outlets |
KFCS |
| Spa offering, for short |
PEDI |
| Spa town on the shores of Lake Geneva |
EVIAN |
| Spot for locks |
CANAL |
| Star in Virgo |
SPICA |
| Start a triathlon |
SWIM |
| Starting lineup |
ATEAM |
| Stoolie |
RAT |
| Suntan lotion brand for bald men? |
HEADBUTTER |
| Superabundance |
GLUT |
| Talks tediously |
PROSES |
| Tithing fraction |
TENTH |
| To help |
INAIDOF |
| Tribe of Sudan’s Nile basin |
DINKA |
| Tricky turns |
LEFTS |
| Trunk |
TORSO |
| Univ. or acad |
SCH |
| Wane |
RECEDE |
| Winter bug |
FLU |
| With 85-Down, summer sip |
ICED |
| Word’s last syllable |
ULTIMA |
| Yellow raisin |
SULTANA |
| ___ avis |
RARA |