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 |