Wall Street Journal – Jun 19 2018 – Upgrading
Published in Wall Street Journal Crossword. Tags: ALFA, CRUSOE, New York, REEF, RESELLER, SETUP, SOFAS.
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| 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 |