Wall Street Journal – Mar 6 2018 – Dropping the Ball
Published in Wall Street Journal Crossword. Tags: ELS, France, Jordan Spieth, ORU.
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| 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 |