Wall Street Journal – May 1 2018 – Loved Ones
Published in Wall Street Journal Crossword. Tags: ACT, ERASES, QVC, REO, RIPE, SOP, TRY.
Clues |
Answers |
‘Given the situation…’ |
ASITIS |
‘Just as I thought!’ |
OHO |
‘Loot’ playwright Joe |
ORTON |
‘Meet the Press’ network |
NBC |
‘Never ___ Give You Up’ |
GONNA |
‘That wasn’t a joke!’ |
IMEANTIT |
‘___ Beso’ |
ESO |
*Disturbed the peace, in a way |
MADEARACKET |
*Not easily acquired |
HARDEARNED |
*Pistols and swords |
SIDEARMS |
*Place for a stud |
PIERCEDEAR |
72, on many courses |
EVENPAR |
Address for the general |
SIR |
Attempt |
TRY |
Aussie ‘Howdy!’ |
GDAY |
Bee or flea |
INSECT |
Bloke from Bath |
BRIT |
Body image, slangily |
TAT |
Bout enders, in brief |
TKOS |
Called the shots |
LED |
Can’t bear |
HATE |
Cherish, and what the asterisked answers do literally |
HOLDDEAR |
Clears off |
ERASES |
Cocktail glass parts |
STEMS |
Congressional staffer |
AIDE |
Corner store convenience |
ATM |
Country west of Kenya |
UGANDA |
Courting gift |
REDROSE |
Diva delivery |
ARIA |
Drops at dawn |
DEW |
Early automobile brand |
REO |
Filled with twinklers |
STARRY |
Fleeting flash of light |
GLINT |
Ford’s first car |
MODELA |
Fraternal order with lodges |
ELKS |
Get extra mileage from |
REUSE |
Gives out hands |
DEALS |
Graphic shirt |
TEE |
Clues |
Answers |
Harvest-ready |
RIPE |
Hi-___ graphics |
RES |
Historic stretch |
ERA |
Hubbub |
ADO |
In stacks |
PILED |
It separates Cairo from Giza |
NILE |
Language of Southeast Asia |
THAI |
Letter resembling a pitchfork |
PSI |
Like busybodies |
NOSY |
Like many churches |
SPIRED |
Like some fighter jet refuelings |
MIDAIR |
Long-running CBS procedural |
CSI |
LP successors |
CDS |
Mishmash |
MIXEDBAG |
Natural sweetener |
STEVIA |
Neighbor of Md |
DEL |
Pacifying gesture |
SOP |
Physicist Rutherford |
ERNEST |
Platform whose latest version is High Sierra |
OSX |
Postgame sulker |
LOSER |
Producer of Citation Longitude jets |
CESSNA |
Props for Willy Wonka and Mr. Peanut |
CANES |
QVC alternative |
HSN |
Referee’s concern |
RULES |
Robotic vacuum cleaner |
ROOMBA |
Romanov sovereign |
TSAR |
Show to be false |
DEBUNK |
Skyping need |
CAM |
Sleep clinic study |
APNEA |
Spoiled |
WENTBAD |
Sushi fish |
EEL |
Take steps |
ACT |
The Mets’ home before Citi Field |
SHEA |
Trapezoid measure |
AREA |
Union issue |
WAGES |
Whenever one is ready |
ATWILL |
White House press secretary Sanders |
SARAH |
Yoga posture |
ASANA |