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 |