Wall Street Journal – May 8 2018 – Sweater Lopping
Published in Wall Street Journal Crossword. Tags: AAA, Harry Potter, NBC, SETTLER, SKIN, TORO.
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| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| ‘The Family Circus’ cartoonist Keane | BIL |
| ‘What a pity!’ | SOSAD |
| Appointment book page | DAY |
| Baker’s amt | TBSP |
| Baseball’s Kinsler | IAN |
| Canasta player’s goal | MELD |
| Caterer’s containers | URNS |
| Chapel words | IDO |
| Classico competitor | RAGU |
| Crafty | SLY |
| Cribbage board piece | PEG |
| Currier’s printmaking partner | IVES |
| Damascus resident | SYRIAN |
| Deli slicer setting | THIN |
| Difficult hike | TREK |
| Discontinued Swedish autos | SAABS |
| Doesn’t answer | IGNORES |
| Episodes filled with flashbacks | CLIPSHOWS |
| Even a little | ATALL |
| Five-alarm dish | CHILI |
| Follow them to get out | EXITSIGNS |
| Frees from constraints | UNTIES |
| Goes after weeds, in a way | HOES |
| Grand ___ (wine designation) | CRU |
| Hair piece | TRESS |
| Harry Potter’s half-giant friend | HAGRID |
| Hat named for a Moroccan city | FEZ |
| Himalayan legend | YETI |
| Hiring freezes? | STAFFINGLOCKS |
| Hovering flyer | UFO |
| Hullabaloo | ADO |
| Legends about stamps? | STICKERLORE |
| Letters before xis | NUS |
| Line of work | TRADE |
| Londoner’s lav | LOO |
| Lusters | SHEENS |
| Matches, as files | SYNCS |
| More faithful | TRUER |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Mower brand | TORO |
| Narrow shoe width | AAA |
| NBC fixture fond of wordplay, and a phonetic hint to this puzzle’s spoonerisms | SNL |
| Not kissing one’s wooers? | STRANDINGLIPS |
| Old PC monitor | CRT |
| Omar of ‘House’ | EPPS |
| Org. with a zombie preparedness blog | CDC |
| Orioles legend Ripken | CAL |
| Piece of praise | ODE |
| Pioneering person | SETTLER |
| Popular electric autos | TESLAS |
| Power lines? | CORDS |
| Prepare for a fight | TRAIN |
| Quenches | SLAKES |
| Ring master? | BOXER |
| Salty or spicy rather than sweet | SAVORY |
| Serving those who are serving | ONKP |
| Sow’s opposite | REAP |
| Speculative stories | SCIFI |
| Spoils from a heist? | SEIZURELOOT |
| Sportscast summary | RECAP |
| Stars sometimes lead to them | FOOTNOTES |
| Stella ___ (Belgian pilsner) | ARTOIS |
| Stephen of ‘The Crying Game’ | REA |
| Subway choice | HAM |
| Swiping | THEFT |
| Symbols of despotism | IRONFISTS |
| Tattooist’s target | SKIN |
| That lady | HER |
| The musketeers before d’Artagnan, e.g | TRIO |
| Vicinity | AREA |
| W. Coast hours | PST |
| Wedding sculpture medium | ICE |
| What a rat lacks | INTEGRITY |
| Wide shoe width | EEE |
| Wood rod | DOWEL |
| Wore | HADON |
| Work involving lots of drills | DENTISTRY |