Wall Street Journal – Jul 26 2018 – Grout
Published in Wall Street Journal Crossword. Tags: ADMINISTER, ELMS, England, ETON, IOWA, ISAAC, KEPLER, PAINS.
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| 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 |