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 |