Wall Street Journal – May 10 2018 – Splitsville
Published in Wall Street Journal Crossword. Tags: ALEC, CRAM, DIME, Europe, PEEP, RAMP, South America.
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| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| ‘Happy Birthday’ writer, perhaps | ICER |
| ‘___ reflection…’ | UPON |
| Absence of rigidity | EASE |
| Affirm | AVER |
| Aggravate | RILE |
| Barbara on ‘Shark Tank’ | CORCORAN |
| Be behind | OWE |
| Bucolic call | BAA |
| Butter up | CAJOLE |
| Cabochon stone | OPAL |
| Capital city of Europe | PARIS |
| Capital city of Europe | BERN |
| Capital city of Europe | ROME |
| Capital city of South America | QUITO |
| Church features | SPIRES |
| Clinic offering | EXAM |
| Commando action | RAID |
| Diamond protectors | TARPS |
| Drew on the TV screen | CAREY |
| Dry cell part | ANODE |
| Dyeing technique | BATIK |
| Fig. on tax forms | SSN |
| Flock leaders | HPRIESTS |
| Fulminate | RAIL |
| Get a new crew for | REMAN |
| Give up | CEDE |
| Go around | TURN |
| Greek vowels | ETAS |
| Grunt’s garb | CAMO |
| Ham-fisted | INEPT |
| Hands’ place | BOAT |
| He does Donald on ‘SNL’ | ALEC |
| High trump | HONOR |
| Hit’s back | BSIDE |
| Home of the Munch Museum | OSLO |
| I, e.g.: Abbr | PRON |
| Included in | AMONG |
| Insult, in slang | BURN |
| Its edge has 118 ridges | DIME |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Leaves for a drink | TEA |
| Letters on a zero button | OPER |
| Longest-serving independent in congressional history | IESANDERS |
| Lush | SOT |
| Maze word | START |
| Moore’s TV co-star | ASNER |
| Old antiseptic | MERCUROCH |
| Onetime ‘Taste that beats the others cold’ advertiser | PEPSI |
| Ostrich, e.g | BIPED |
| Penn, e.g | QUAKER |
| Plays for fun | JAMS |
| Poles connector | AXIS |
| Pound of poems | EZRA |
| Powerful Persians | SHAHS |
| Prep for the final | CRAM |
| Primordial goo | OOZE |
| Rap fan | HIPHOPPER |
| Red-brown shade | RUST |
| Reggie Miller, for his entire 18-year career | PACER |
| Rodriguez of ‘Modern Family’ | RICO |
| Sabin’s study | POLIO |
| Scammer’s marks | SAPS |
| School near Windsor | ETON |
| Score speed | TEMPO |
| Shower unit | RAINDROP |
| Site of busy activity | HIVE |
| Some authorship doubters | BACONIANS |
| Stairs alternative | RAMP |
| Takes on | HIRES |
| Tiny sound | PEEP |
| Tough | GOON |
| Twisty shape | ESS |
| Unappetizing food | SLOP |
| Unattractive bump | WART |
| Very smart | CHIC |
| Victim | PREY |
| White waders | EGRETS |
| Yellow fever transmitter | TIGERMOS |
| ___ arms | UPIN |