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 |