Wall Street Journal – Jul 26 2018 – Grout
Published in Wall Street Journal Crossword. Tags: ADMINISTER, ELMS, England, ETON, IOWA, ISAAC, KEPLER, PAINS.
| Clues |
Answers |
| ‘Baker Street’ feature |
SAXSOLO |
| ‘Chief nurse of England’s statesmen’ |
ETON |
| ‘Cool!’ |
NEATO |
| ‘Have I got ___ for you!’ |
ADEAL |
| ‘Shoot!’ |
DRAT |
| ‘This Brunette Prefers Work’ autobiographer |
LOOS |
| ‘Whip It’ band |
DEVO |
| Abbr. accompanying a zero |
OPER |
| Aftershave additive |
ALOE |
| Alley ___ |
OOP |
| Anchor material |
IRON |
| Assiduous care |
PAINS |
| Astronomer who formulated the laws of orbital motion |
KEPLER |
| Brownie descriptor |
MOIST |
| Building material for a little pig |
STRAW |
| Check line |
DATE |
| Clarke of ‘Game of Thrones’ |
EMILIA |
| Company thinker |
IDEAMAN |
| Crafty |
VULPINE |
| Eddie’s ‘Green Acres’ co-star |
EVA |
| Embankment |
LEVEE |
| Endorsements |
NODS |
| Examine |
EYE |
| Fall preceder |
SUMMER |
| Father of Esau and Jacob |
ISAAC |
| Film featuring mammoth Manny and sloth Sid |
ICEAGE |
| Fine |
AOK |
| Fires |
CANS |
| Flying above Progressive Field? |
OVERCLEVELAND |
| Goddess often depicted with a necklace of skulls |
KALI |
| Hall of ‘The Chew’ |
CARLA |
| Hitching promise |
IDO |
| In addition |
ELSE |
| Its east and west borders are formed entirely by rivers |
IOWA |
| Jane Rochester’s maiden name |
EYRE |
| Kind of weight or war |
ATOMIC |
| Knock down |
RAZE |
| Light paint layers |
WASHES |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Like linen |
WOVEN |
| Memory trigger, sometimes |
ODOR |
| Mexico’s ___ Laredo |
NUEVO |
| Mision San Antonio de Valero, familiarly |
ALAMO |
| Mole, e.g |
SPY |
| Myrmecologist’s specimens |
ANTS |
| Name removed from the Astros’ ballpark in 2002 |
ENRON |
| Narrow-waisted flyer |
WASP |
| National Mall liners |
ELMS |
| Number of dots in einem Umlaut |
ZWEI |
| Onetime ‘Generation Next’ advertiser |
PEPSI |
| Org. for which Jerry Lewis raised millions |
MDA |
| Patch spots |
ELBOWS |
| Penetrating |
DEEP |
| Penultimate contest |
SEMI |
| Preceding period |
EVE |
| Puerto ___ |
RICAN |
| Reagan’s ‘Star Wars’ prog |
SDI |
| Record holder |
EXCON |
| Rhine Gorge siren |
LORELEI |
| Run |
ADMINISTER |
| Shell’s shell, e.g |
LOGO |
| Sick boss? |
ILLMASTER |
| Singer/actress Gomez |
SELENA |
| Son of Jacob and Leah |
LEVI |
| Space program launch |
TESTROCKET |
| Subcontinental garb |
SARI |
| Sushi condiment |
WASABI |
| Swallow one’s troubles? |
EATDEPRESSION |
| Taproom setting |
INN |
| Transport for Tarzan’s adoptive family? |
APEVINE |
| Trying person, for short |
ATT |
| Unpleasant reprimand |
SLAP |
| Uruguay flag feature |
SUN |
| Utah ski resort |
ALTA |
| Utensil that needs no instructions? |
EASYSPOON |
| Vault sight |
ARCH |
| Willowy |
SVELTE |