Wall Street Journal – Jul 7 2018 – For the Record
Published in Wall Street Journal Crossword. Tags: ABATE, GOALPOST, NBC, OILMEN, Paris, SCOT, SHEDS.
| Clues |
Answers |
| ‘Breaking Bad’ product |
METH |
| ‘Chain Gang’ singer Sam |
COOKE |
| ‘Holy moly!’ |
YIPES |
| ‘How pretty!’ |
OOH |
| ‘Place stamp here,’ e.g.? |
POSTAGECUE |
| ‘Stop, I’ve heard enough!’ |
TMI |
| ‘Wedding Bell Blues’ songwriter Laura |
NYRO |
| ‘You’re a riot!’ |
HAHA |
| ‘___-La-La’ (Al Green song) |
SHA |
| 102-Down make |
OLDS |
| 1836 battle site |
ALAMO |
| 1998 auto debut |
ALERO |
| Accompaniment for a Brit’s bangers |
MASH |
| According to |
PER |
| Ad award |
CLIO |
| All-time slugging percentage leader |
RUTH |
| Anglers’ baskets |
CREELS |
| Atop |
UPON |
| Attack a Colorado brewery? |
STORMCOORS |
| Baseball dinger |
TATER |
| Big egg producer |
EMU |
| Bravia TVs, e.g |
SONYS |
| Bubble tea ingredient |
TAPIOCA |
| Business leader? |
AGRI |
| Busted pot grower awaiting arraignment, say? |
FARMERINTHECELL |
| Charged |
RANAT |
| Cheyenne ally |
ARAPAHOE |
| Choice of tickets |
BALLOT |
| Co. that launched Dungeons & Dragons |
TSR |
| Common sugar |
SUCROSE |
| Compact dive position |
TUCK |
| Company dropped from the Dow in 2013 |
ALCOA |
| Conservative columnist Peggy |
NOONAN |
| Coup ___ |
DETAT |
| Cray-cray |
SCREWY |
| Cuatro halved |
DOS |
| Desperate feeling |
NOHOPE |
| DOD branch |
USMC |
| Easy paces |
TROTS |
| End for pay |
OLA |
| Enthusiastic |
KEEN |
| Fed. accident investigator |
NTSB |
| From the top |
ANEW |
| Gives a heads-up |
ALERTS |
| Glasgow guy |
SCOT |
| Go in for another hitch |
REUP |
| Grouchy sort |
CRAB |
| Highest-grossing film of all time |
AVATAR |
| Hipster |
COOLCAT |
| Home of minor league baseball’s Aces |
RENO |
| IKEA buys |
RUGS |
| Intoxicant ingredient: Abbr |
ALC |
| Jackie’s second husband |
ARI |
| Juno’s counterpart |
HERA |
| Keep safe |
SHELTER |
| Kerfuffles |
TODOS |
| Key |
ISLE |
| Killing time? |
IDES |
| Least iffy |
SUREST |
| Leaves without dressing, at times |
SALAD |
| Like many early TV broadcasts |
LIVE |
| Like some roads and roofs |
TARRED |
| Lion, in Swahili |
SIMBA |
| Longtime Yankees announcer Allen |
MEL |
| Loses |
SHEDS |
| Mafia code of silence |
OMERTA |
| Make the grade |
CUTIT |
| Makes, but not easily |
EKESOUT |
| March honoree, for short |
STPAT |
| Massage target |
ACHE |
| Meaty jellies |
ASPICS |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Method: Abbr |
SYS |
| Mex. miss |
SRTA |
| Middle-earth meanie |
ORC |
| Missouri basin people |
OTOES |
| Monopoly buys |
HOTELS |
| Most Yemenis |
ARABS |
| MP’s concern |
AWOL |
| NBC hit since 1975 |
SNL |
| Nickname for a geezer with exceptional painting skills? |
THEARTFULCODGER |
| Noah’s 38-Down? |
FIRSTCRAFT |
| Not clued in |
UNAWARE |
| Oaty cereal mix |
MUESLI |
| Obi-Wan’s apprentice |
ANAKIN |
| Okinawan port |
NAHA |
| Our planet, to Kepler |
ERDE |
| Overcharge |
GOUGE |
| Pendulum sweeps |
ARCS |
| Pequod’s skipper |
AHAB |
| Pop singer Easton |
SHEENA |
| Precious, in Paris |
CHERI |
| Pro ___ |
RATA |
| Pulitzer-winning journalist James |
RESTON |
| Quarters |
FOURTHS |
| Rage |
FAD |
| Reciprocal of sec, in trig |
COS |
| Reclined |
LAIN |
| Record, or, read differently, a hint to this puzzle’s theme |
DISC |
| Relinquish |
WAIVE |
| Resound |
ECHO |
| Results of some IRS audits? |
TAXCOLLARS |
| Road sign word |
THRU |
| Rustic mailing abbr |
RFD |
| Rustic stopover |
INN |
| Scam involving nonstick pans? |
THETEFLONCON |
| Search for prey |
PROWL |
| See 81-Across |
ARK |
| Shields for fields |
TARPS |
| Shtick figure |
COMIC |
| Sit and share tears with a grieving friend? |
HANGOUTTOCRY |
| Societal instability |
ANOMIE |
| Some Texas tycoons |
OILMEN |
| Songwriter Carmichael |
HOAGY |
| Soprano Fleming |
RENEE |
| Spiny critter |
HEDGEHOG |
| Spit take, e.g |
REACTION |
| Stocking shades |
ECRUS |
| Storyboard component |
SKETCH |
| Strobe light gas |
XENON |
| SWAT protector |
VEST |
| Tad |
SKOSH |
| Tail off |
ABATE |
| Tectonic slab |
PLATE |
| Thanks, Hawaiian-style |
MAHALO |
| They go through Xings |
RRS |
| Throat issue |
STREP |
| To distant places |
AFAR |
| Top-drawer |
PRIMO |
| Trades gossip |
DISHES |
| Turkey’s high point |
ARARAT |
| Unspoiled spots |
EDENS |
| Upright on a field |
GOALPOST |
| Util. bill item |
ELEC |
| Voice opposition |
DEMUR |
| Volunteer-seeking question |
ANYONE |
| Was dashing, perhaps |
RACED |
| Willing to try |
UPFORIT |
| Woodworking tools |
RASPS |
| Worker with a whip |
TAMER |
| Writer’s reference |
ROGETS |
| Yank’s foe |
REB |
| ___ de guerre |
NOM |