Wall Street Journal – Jun 19 2018 – Upgrading
Published in Wall Street Journal Crossword. Tags: ALFA, CRUSOE, New York, REEF, RESELLER, SETUP, SOFAS.
| Clues |
Answers |
| ‘Let me give you ___’ |
ATIP |
| ‘My Gal ___’ |
SAL |
| ‘Tomb Raider’ heroine |
LARA |
| ‘Would ___ to you?’ |
ILIE |
| 1964 Cold War thriller starring Henry Fonda |
FAILSAFE |
| A monitor may check one |
HALLPASS |
| Agreeable answers |
YESES |
| Athletes sometimes break them |
TIES |
| Attorney general under Ronald Reagan |
EDMEESE |
| Aussie who beat Ivan Lendl to win 1987’s Wimbledon |
PATCASH |
| Burning the midnight oil |
UPLATE |
| Caesar’s dying accusation |
ETTU |
| Caffeine source |
TEA |
| Call at the corrida |
OLE |
| Color |
DYE |
| Deceptive scheme |
SETUP |
| Deplorable |
SAD |
| End for Brooklyn or Harlem |
ITE |
| Fairy of Persian myth |
PERI |
| Fashion magazine begun in France |
ELLE |
| Financial circles? |
CHANGE |
| Fix, in a way |
SPAY |
| Flighty fellow |
SPACECASE |
| Fragrant flower |
LILAC |
| Friday friend |
CRUSOE |
| Funnel-shaped flower |
PETUNIA |
| God or goddess |
DEITY |
| Grain bins |
HOPPERS |
| Had misgivings about |
RUED |
| Handfuls for thespians |
PROPS |
| Harassment-free campus spot |
SAFESPACE |
| Horror director Craven |
WES |
| Indians and Indonesians, e.g |
ASIANS |
| Jacob’s twin |
ESAU |
| Junior officer in the USN |
ENS |
| Letter before Bravo |
ALFA |
| Like some atriums |
SKYLIT |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Like some phones and lawn mowers |
ROTARY |
| Make ecstatic |
ELATE |
| Medical journal piece |
CASESTUDY |
| Michael Jackson’s ‘___ Out of My Life’ |
SHES |
| Mil. unit headed by Oveta Culp Hobby in 1942 |
WAAC |
| More titillating |
SEXIER |
| Neptune’s realm |
SEA |
| Not many |
FEW |
| Not yet captured |
ATLARGE |
| Noted art deco designer |
ERTE |
| Obsessed whaler of fiction |
AHAB |
| Off-base, unofficially |
AWOL |
| Old cry of dismay |
ALACK |
| Org. in ‘Nash Bridges’ and ‘Ironside’ |
SFPD |
| Out of bed |
RISEN |
| Partner of acquisitions |
MERGERS |
| Perpetrator, in police jargon |
DOER |
| Play’s start |
ACTI |
| Pres. Davis’s group |
CSA |
| Put on |
WEAR |
| Queen in mystery stories |
ELLERY |
| Quiet period |
STUDYHALL |
| Retail middleman |
RESELLER |
| Rubber bands |
ELASTICS |
| Seth with an NBC talk show |
MEYERS |
| Shout heard on New York streets |
TAXI |
| Singing poet |
BARD |
| Spots for TV channel surfers |
SOFAS |
| Spring flower |
TULIP |
| Summer shirt |
TEE |
| Tad |
SMIDGEN |
| Take the helm |
STEER |
| Tough choice |
DILEMMA |
| Vibrant marine ecosystem |
REEF |
| Vicinity |
AREA |
| Worked a wad of tobacco |
CHAWED |
| Young fellow |
LAD |