Wall Street Journal – Jun 21 2018 – Back-to-Back
Published in Wall Street Journal Crossword. Tags: ALGA, EOS, FDR, JFK, LIMA, NEW, SET, TAPA.
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| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| ‘JAG’ spinoff | NCIS |
| ‘Jurassic Park’ preserver | AMBER |
| ‘Shut yer yap!’ | CANIT |
| ‘Silver Bells’ lyricist Ray | EVANS |
| ‘___ to Hold’ (Deanna Durbin film) | HERS |
| 12-territory section of a Risk board | ASIA |
| Alfalfa’s love | DARLA |
| Alternative to a snake | DRANO |
| Arles article | LES |
| Base boss | SARGE |
| Boiling point? | STOVE |
| Bow’s husband on ‘Black-ish’ | DRE |
| Bucky Beaver’s brand | IPANA |
| Cantina snack | TAPA |
| Capital that will host the 2019 Pan American Games | LIMA |
| Cheap campaign ad | YARDSIGN |
| Chopin piece | ETUDE |
| Colony members | ANTS |
| Contest venues | ARENAS |
| Crafty site | ETSY |
| Easy mark | SAP |
| Emulate a frog | CROAK |
| Entourage | POSSE |
| Exercise in the pool | DOLAPS |
| Extra seat belt? | SPARESTRAP |
| Fill up | LADE |
| Game VIP | EMCEE |
| Gatsby’s portrayer in 1949 | LADD |
| Go over like ___ balloon | ALEAD |
| Goes with the wind | WAFTS |
| Hall of Fame Cub Sandberg | RYNE |
| Hardly fit | UNAPT |
| He shared the 1956 ticket with Adlai | ESTES |
| Hermana de papa | TIA |
| Hold back | DAM |
| Idle in Hollywood | ERIC |
| Image of Pluto, say | CEL |
| It might be dropped for a trip | LSD |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Item on a card | BOUT |
| Its anthem is ‘Jana Gana Mana’ | INDIA |
| JFK or LBJ, e.g | DEM |
| Like some stocks and souls | REDEEMABLE |
| List of cons | RAPSHEET |
| Lot location | SET |
| Minor no-nos involving party salsa? | ITSYBITSYREDIPS |
| Mint | NEW |
| Modem meas | BPS |
| Mr. or Ms., e.g | ABBR |
| Nonstick brand | TFAL |
| Peyton’s brother | ELI |
| Pitcher’s lid | CAP |
| President Horacio Cartes, e.g | PARAGUAYAN |
| Printer’s anti-embellishment policy? | CEASESERIF |
| Private group? | ARMY |
| Promising place | ALTAR |
| Promoted | AIDED |
| Put away | ATE |
| Rebound | CAROM |
| Remnants of a toad’s skin treatment? | THELASTWARTS |
| Repulsively slick gumshoes? | GREASYSNOOPS |
| Riyadh religion | ISLAM |
| Rosy-fingered goddess | EOS |
| Saucer occupant | CUP |
| Scales up? | LIBRA |
| Scratches (out) | EKES |
| Sea lettuce, for one | ALGA |
| Sermon ender? | ETTE |
| Slip settings | PIERS |
| Spotlight hogs | HAMS |
| They have support staffs | FLAGS |
| Thin puff | WISP |
| Twain’s jumping frog | DANL |
| Uproar | FLAP |
| Winter Palace figure | TSAR |
| WPA supporter | FDR |
| ___ Reader (alternative magazine) | UTNE |