Wall Street Journal – May 5 2018 – Tennis, Anyone?
Published in Wall Street Journal Crossword. Tags: ABSENTEE, EARN, FAIR, GREENS, OAT, OBOE, OLD, Steve Urkel.
| Clues |
Answers |
| ‘Aw, heck!’ |
DARN |
| ‘Sprechen ___ Deutsch?’ |
SIE |
| ‘Was ___ los?’ |
IST |
| ‘___ Rhythm’ |
IGOT |
| Achieved success |
MADEIT |
| Act the snitch |
TATTLE |
| Activity for an intern |
ERRAND |
| Admiral’s Cup sport |
YACHTING |
| Adopt enthusiastically |
LATCHONTO |
| Alternative to Pampers |
LUVS |
| Autobiographical Guenter Grass book |
THEBOX |
| Bakery come-on |
AROMA |
| Battery part |
TEST |
| Bible bits |
VERSES |
| Bizarro |
WEIRD |
| Bring in |
EARN |
| Buffalo icer |
SABRE |
| Cast material |
PLASTER |
| Casting director, during auditions? |
LINEJUDGE |
| Cheapens |
DEMEANS |
| Clarinetist Shaw |
ARTIE |
| Clear clutter |
NEATENUP |
| Cocky |
BRASH |
| Collections of strong poker hands? |
STRAIGHTSETS |
| College tennis tourney champ, e.g |
NONPRO |
| Complain about |
BEWAIL |
| Complaint in many presidential tweets |
FAKENEWS |
| Confession count |
SINS |
| Cornea backdrop |
IRIS |
| CPR expert |
EMT |
| Dachshund docs |
VETS |
| Dance club VIPs |
MCS |
| Dark films |
NOIRS |
| Deck quartet |
SUITS |
| Dedicatee of a Beethoven piece |
ELISE |
| Deposer of Montezuma |
CORTES |
| Discomfits |
ABASHES |
| Disparaging expressions |
SNEERS |
| Dispensary unit |
PILL |
| Does a summer chore |
MOWS |
| Dupe |
STOOGE |
| Essen utterance |
ACH |
| Events for masters of hounds |
FOXHUNTS |
| Exasperated feeling |
IRE |
| Extra-large cocktails? |
MIXEDDOUBLES |
| Farm pioneer Jethro |
TULL |
| Female recruits beginning in 1948 |
WAFS |
| Fence feature |
GATEPOST |
| Fetched |
RAKEDIN |
| Few and far between |
SPARSE |
| Flour variety |
OAT |
| Form of despair? |
TAXRETURN |
| Freud topic |
EGO |
| Geometry calculation |
AREA |
| George of the Jungle’s mate |
URSULA |
| Gibson of the ‘Transformers’ movies |
TYRESE |
| Gill openings |
SLITS |
| Great-grandmother of David |
RUTH |
| Greek consonants |
MUS |
| Grooms, e.g |
MEN |
| Hardly fresh |
OLD |
| High hit |
LOB |
| High Sierra runner |
IMAC |
| Himalayan foot |
PAW |
| Hold out |
LAST |
| Hot pepper used in pico de gallo |
SERRANO |
| Hullabaloo |
STIR |
| Intentionally inoffensive |
ANODYNE |
| Jai ___ |
ALAI |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Japan’s prime minister |
ABE |
| Job for a bartender? |
PASSINGSHOTS |
| Jules Verne’s birthplace |
NANTES |
| Kindles |
AROUSES |
| Kinsey topic |
SEX |
| Labyrinth location |
EAR |
| Larynx neighbor |
THYROID |
| Leisurely |
EASY |
| Leisurely pursuits |
PASTIMES |
| Lemon in the outfield |
CHET |
| Letter before Zulu |
YANKEE |
| Letter projection |
SERIF |
| Lose |
MISLAY |
| Lose weight |
TRIMDOWN |
| Loud closing of a piano’s keyboard cover? |
GRANDSLAM |
| Lustful |
RANDY |
| Magnate whose middle name was Socrates |
ONASSIS |
| Market analyst’s determination |
TREND |
| Melancholy |
SADNESS |
| Most reasonable |
SANEST |
| Much of Mali |
SAHARA |
| Neither Rep. nor Dem |
IND |
| Numbers game |
LOTTO |
| Observe Ramadan |
FAST |
| Others, to Augustus |
ALIA |
| Pedestal part |
DADO |
| Pester, puppy-style |
YAPAT |
| Poignant instrument |
OBOE |
| Polling place no-show |
ABSENTEE |
| Pres. Davis’s org |
CSA |
| Pretense |
SHAM |
| Producer of Astra autos |
OPEL |
| Project |
JUT |
| Purge |
RID |
| Request from an editor |
REWRITE |
| Risked a ticket |
SPED |
| Rude act |
STARING |
| Salad start |
GREENS |
| Sale stipulation |
ASIS |
| See to it |
ENSURE |
| Shore leave? |
SERVICEBREAK |
| Side by side |
ABREAST |
| Sires |
BEGETS |
| Snowboarding jump |
AIR |
| Sporter of dreads |
RASTA |
| Stand-up specialty |
WIT |
| Stat for an ace |
ERA |
| Steve Urkel’s pursuer |
MYRA |
| Stinky |
RANK |
| Stream spirits |
NAIADS |
| Sturgeon yield |
ROE |
| Takes out |
DELETES |
| Target of a surgeon’s clamp |
BLEEDER |
| Tea from young leaves |
PEKOE |
| Technician for a John Wayne movie? |
WESTERNGRIP |
| Tennis star nicknamed ‘The Punisher’ |
AGASSI |
| Their unis are red, white and blue |
NATS |
| They each have two hemispheres |
CEREBRA |
| Top number on many clocks |
XII |
| Tough plant fiber |
RAMIE |
| Twisty letter |
ESS |
| Ukr. or Lith., before the 1990s |
SSR |
| Unbiased |
FAIR |
| Uncle ___ (rice brand) |
BENS |
| Useful feature |
PLUS |
| Ways of operating |
MODES |
| Where It. is |
EUR |
| Where moderates are prosecuted? |
CENTERCOURT |
| York Peppermint ___ |
PATTIE |