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 |