Wall Street Journal – Mar 17 2018 – Little Green Men
Published in Wall Street Journal Crossword. Tags: FACADES, Japan, Joaquin Phoenix, RITA.
Clues |
Answers |
‘Around the Horn’ network |
ESPN |
‘Delta Dawn’ singer Tucker |
TANYA |
‘Imagine that!’ |
ILLBE |
‘O, I am fortune’s fool!’ speaker |
ROMEO |
‘Old Blood and Guts,’ before his growth spurt? |
SHORTPATTON |
‘The Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow’ him |
JONAH |
100-year-old architect |
PEI |
2013 Joaquin Phoenix film |
HER |
Admit |
LETIN |
Airport areas |
GATES |
All the rage |
HOT |
Auction buy |
LOT |
Back muscle, briefly |
LAT |
Badger |
PESTER |
Badgers |
NAGS |
Bee follower |
CEE |
Beehive State athlete |
UTE |
Bete ___ |
NOIRE |
Bleeped word |
OATH |
Bolivian bud |
AMIGO |
Break in the action |
LULL |
Brew, in a way |
PERCOLATE |
Bridal destination |
ALTAR |
Buff |
TONED |
Burgers served in the dining car? |
RAILROADPATTIES |
Call center staff |
AGENTS |
Camera type, initially |
SLR |
Charlemagne’s realm: Abbr |
HRE |
Check the price of, in a way |
SCAN |
Chuck, e.g |
MEAT |
Clarifying words |
IMEAN |
Classic Chevy |
VETTE |
Colombian cowboy |
LLANERO |
Colonel Sanders feature |
GOATEE |
Compacted mass |
CLUMP |
Composed |
SERENE |
Conclusion lead-in |
ERGO |
Copland ballet |
RODEO |
Court sport |
HOOPS |
Curving path |
ARC |
Deceptive appearances |
FACADES |
Deep gully |
ARROYO |
Dewy quality |
WETNESS |
Discoverers’ cries |
OHOS |
Donald’s veep |
MIKE |
Drain |
EMPTY |
Dudley often rescued her from Snidely |
NELL |
Easing of tensions |
DETENTE |
Expert with IRS rules |
CPA |
Fair |
SOSO |
Fantasy flyer |
ROC |
Far from demure |
BRASSY |
Fetch at auction |
BRING |
Figure of speech |
TROPE |
Fit to serve |
ONEA |
Flight board posting, briefly |
ETD |
Forwards, say |
RESENDS |
Freeloader |
SPONGER |
Furious feeling |
IRE |
Futuristic Capek play |
RUR |
Galoots |
BIGAPES |
Gambler’s strategy |
SYSTEM |
Geneticist Mendel |
GREGOR |
Get a pool workout |
DOLAPS |
Get in |
ARRIVE |
Got back |
RECOUPED |
Grand Tour setting |
EUROPE |
Grilled sandwich |
PANINI |
Handsome hunks |
APOLLOS |
Hatching spot |
NEST |
Clues |
Answers |
He has pipes and horns |
PAN |
Hi-fi platters |
LPS |
Historian’s focus |
ERA |
Homer’s neighbor |
NED |
Illusory oasis, e.g |
MIRAGE |
Imminent danger |
PERIL |
Insect in a column |
ARMYANT |
Iron production |
STEAM |
It comes with a Magic Mouse |
IMAC |
It’s on the school board |
CHALK |
Japan’s prime minister |
ABE |
Language in which ‘success’ is ‘Qapla” |
KLINGON |
Languish |
SITIDLE |
Long times |
EONS |
Made a case |
PLED |
Man o’ War, to War Admiral |
SIRE |
March 17 honoree, as well as this puzzle’s honoree |
STPAT |
Mascara target |
LASHES |
Model of polar weather? |
ARCTICPATTERN |
Monopoly deed number |
RENT |
More frilly |
LACIER |
New grandparent, often |
DOTER |
No longer in active serv |
RET |
Northern neighbor of Mich |
ONT |
Odometer increment |
TENTH |
Opener of an inventor’s documentation lockbox? |
PATENTERKEY |
Outlaw |
BAN |
Paid for a hand |
ANTED |
Part of QED |
ERAT |
Pertness |
LIP |
Pipe part |
STEM |
Plants |
FLORAE |
Pledge drive prize |
TOTE |
Polite denial |
NOSIR |
Pre-Pythagorean belief |
FLATEARTH |
Prettify |
ADORN |
Put a spot on, say |
LIT |
Rat |
STOOLIE |
Regretted thirds, perhaps |
OVERATE |
Roe source |
SHAD |
Run |
OPERATE |
Savory pastry |
SAMOSA |
Scheming |
ARTFUL |
Singer Ora |
RITA |
Sometime in the past |
ONCE |
Spirited horses |
STEEDS |
Stadium guards in Foxborough? |
PATRIOTPOLICE |
Starter follower |
ENTREE |
Stoner beat cop? |
HIGHPATROLLER |
Stratoliner flyer, in the past |
TWA |
Sullen |
POUTY |
Supporters’ calls |
AYES |
Swimmer Kristin who won six gold medals in the Seoul Olympics |
OTTO |
Tart fruits |
SLOES |
Tense time for an astronaut |
REENTRY |
Text enhancements |
EMOJIS |
They never pass the bar |
SOTS |
Thoroughly |
INDETAIL |
Toyota sedans |
AVALONS |
Turn in |
GOTOBED |
Undeserved accusations |
BADRAPS |
Unmatched |
ODD |
Vegetable garden in Savannah? |
GEORGIAPEAPATCH |
Vote predictor |
POLL |
War room aids |
MAPS |
Washington-to-Boston speedster |
ACELA |
Waxes eloquent |
ORATES |
Went fast |
TORE |
Zero longitude standard: Abbr |
GMT |
___ Park, New Jersey |
MENLO |