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 |