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 |