Wall Street Journal – May 9 2018 – First Things
Published in Wall Street Journal Crossword. Tags: AFRO, CFO, HEARSE, HVAC, ILIAD, MED, OLDS, WASH.
Clues |
Answers |
‘Bah!’ |
FIE |
‘Heavens!’ |
OHME |
‘It’s just a scratch!’ |
IMFINE |
‘The Good Fight’ writer |
NADER |
‘___ well…’ |
ALLS |
About |
INRE |
Act the loving grandparent |
DOTE |
Alley targets |
PINS |
Amazon woman? |
ALEXA |
Angelina’s ‘Mr. & Mrs. Smith’ co-star |
BRAD |
Awards for Best Play, etc |
ESPYS |
Bond bit |
ATOM |
Both hands should be on it* |
STEERING |
Cigar ender |
ETTE |
Clash causers |
EGOS |
Competes with the cacophony |
YELLS |
Conversation fillers |
UMS |
Danny’s gang in ‘Grease’ |
TBIRDS |
Der ___ (Adenauer nickname) |
ALTE |
Didn’t decide |
DITHERED |
Direct sales giant |
AMWAY |
Echolocation users |
BATS |
First female member of Congress Jeannette |
RANKIN |
Flow into |
FEED |
Free will negator |
FATE |
Gristmill turner* |
WATER |
Group of raiders* |
WAR |
Hefty dairy buy* |
CHEESE |
Hendrix style |
AFRO |
Homer work |
ILIAD |
HVAC measures |
BTUS |
In baroque style |
ORNATELY |
Intuit |
FEEL |
It helps a plane arrive early* |
TAIL |
It keeps the cytoplasm in* |
CELL |
It’s spun in a Tibetan monastery* |
PRAYER |
Kind of school |
MED |
Lacking foresight |
MYOPIC |
Loads of housework |
WASH |
Clues |
Answers |
Lunar plain |
MARE |
Maggie’s big sister |
LISA |
Match |
BOUT |
Memory units |
BYTES |
Mischievous chuckle |
HEH |
Mortgage abbr |
APR |
Neither Republican nor Democrat (after 23-Across and 54-Down) |
THIRDPARTY |
Network protector* |
FIRE |
New burst of energy (after 7-Down) |
SECONDWIND |
Not live |
TAPED |
On the calm side |
ALEE |
Pal of Piglet |
POOH |
Plane path |
RUNWAY |
Presenter at a shareholder mtg |
CFO |
Programming language named for the first programmer |
ADA |
Quiet and somewhat dull |
SEDATE |
Ransom of vehicles |
OLDS |
Ravages of time |
WEAR |
Ravel piece |
BOLERO |
Rescuer of crash victims |
TECH |
Roll in the pocket |
WAD |
Rush |
HIE |
Self-indulgent sulk* |
PITY |
Short notes? |
IOUS |
Silk substitute |
RAYON |
Slow-moving car |
HEARSE |
Start for sphere or skeleton |
EXO |
Stir up |
RILE |
They help elephants stay cool |
EARS |
Thing broken by Deadpool (after 13-Down, 22-Down and 51-Down) |
FOURTHWALL |
Thoroughly exhausted |
BEAT |
Unnecessary tagalong (after 1-Across, 44-Across, 46-Across and 37-Down) |
FIFTHWHEEL |
Unwrap impatiently |
TEAROPEN |
Wasn’t well |
AILED |
Wave blocker* |
SEA |
Where the Lumiere brothers invented the cinematograph |
LYON |
Wombat’s cousin |
KOALA |
Yale Bowl rooter |
ELI |
___-de-lance |
FER |