Wall Street Journal – May 8 2018 – Sweater Lopping
Published in Wall Street Journal Crossword. Tags: AAA, Harry Potter, NBC, SETTLER, SKIN, TORO.
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 |