Wall Street Journal – Mar 6 2018 – Dropping the Ball
Published in Wall Street Journal Crossword. Tags: ELS, France, Jordan Spieth, ORU.
Clues |
Answers |
‘Jeopardy!’ fodder |
FACTS |
‘Mandy’ singer |
MANILOW |
‘___ been swell!’ |
ITS |
‘___ Men’ (‘Kiss Me, Kate’ song) |
IHATE |
*Passes made in desperation |
HAILMARYS |
*They may follow alley-oop passes |
SLAMDUNKS |
*They may lead to header goals |
CORNERKICKS |
*They’re made in an attempt at a base hit |
DRAGBUNTS |
Admission ticket, in slang |
DUCAT |
Atlas expanses |
OCEANS |
Auction action |
BID |
Bellow from a bovine |
MOO |
Binary digit |
ONE |
Border |
ABUT |
Bout stopper, for short |
TKO |
Bruce of ‘Enter the Dragon’ |
LEE |
Carrot cousins |
PARSNIPS |
Catalog found in cabins |
SKYMALL |
Clairvoyant |
SEER |
Comic cries |
YEOWS |
De-emphasizes, and a hint to the starred answers |
DOWNPLAYS |
Declares untrue |
DENIES |
Dit’s counterpart, in Morse code |
DAH |
Enjoy an evening at home |
STAYIN |
Eye opener? |
PUPIL |
Fountain order |
SODA |
Freedom, in Swahili |
UHURU |
Golden Rule preposition |
UNTO |
Golf’s Ernie |
ELS |
Good name for a Dalmatian |
SPOT |
Ground cover |
SOD |
Harden |
SET |
Hideout |
LAIR |
In perpetuity |
EVER |
In the center of |
AMIDST |
Lincoln rival |
CADILLAC |
Makes level |
EVENS |
Meadow |
LEA |
Misbehaving |
BAD |
Clues |
Answers |
Muffle |
DEADEN |
Muhammad Ali’s boxing daughter |
LAILA |
Muscularly fit |
TONED |
Must repay |
OWETO |
Not neg |
POS |
Nutritional fig |
RDA |
Old White House nickname |
ABE |
Old White House nickname |
IKE |
Ordered (around) |
BOSSED |
Paperless exams |
ORALS |
Part of a Mr. Potato Head kit |
EARS |
Peg for Jordan Spieth |
TEE |
Petty complaint |
NIT |
Plumbing problem |
LEAK |
Preschooler |
TOT |
Rampaging |
AMOK |
Ridge that may bump boat bottoms |
SANDBAR |
Salon creation |
COIF |
Seething |
ABOIL |
Sends an invitation for |
ASKSTO |
Smitten |
INLOVE |
Start for cycle |
TRI |
Street on the ski slopes |
PICABO |
Sunday brunch cocktail |
MIMOSA |
Swellhead’s trait |
EGOTISM |
Teriyaki sauce ingredient |
SOY |
Tie |
DRAW |
Title for Pierre Perignon |
DOM |
Toss in |
ADD |
Trouble for tomb raiders |
CURSE |
Tulsa sch. named for a televangelist |
ORU |
Use the tub |
BATHE |
Water, in France |
EAU |
Well-founded, as an argument |
SOLID |
Windows predecessor |
MSDOS |
Woodland walker |
HIKER |
Worked in a lumber mill |
SAWED |
XXII times XXIII |
DVI |
___-Caps (candy brand) |
SNO |