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 |