Wall Street Journal – Sep 15 2018 – Past Imperfect
Published in Wall Street Journal Crossword. Tags: ASSAM, ASTRIDE, ENAMEL, EPEE, LOOFA, New York, STONES.
| Clues | Answers |
| ‘Kidnapped’ monogram | RLS |
| ‘Listen!’ | HARK |
| ‘Oh, What a Beautiful ___’ (‘Oklahoma!’ song) | MORNIN |
| ‘The Sorrows of Young Werther’ author | GOETHE |
| About | ASTO |
| Adjust, as traffic lights | RETIME |
| Amaze | STUN |
| Annoyed French person? | GALLEDGAUL |
| Annulment | REPEAL |
| Arms in slings? | STONES |
| Assemble | MASS |
| Atty.’s add-on | ESQ |
| Auditioner’s goal | PART |
| Autocrat’s issuance | DECREE |
| Baby doll’s cry | MAMA |
| Backsplash bit | TILE |
| Baja bull | TORO |
| Bambino | CHILD |
| Bath scrubber | LOOFA |
| Besmirched chicken? | FOULEDFOWL |
| Big brass | TUBA |
| Body of water once dotted by 1,000 islands | ARAL |
| Bouquet | ODOR |
| Bouquets | SMELLS |
| Checked out | EYED |
| Chief Buffalo Hump’s people | COMANCHES |
| Christopher Buckley specialty | SATIRE |
| Cinephile’s collection | DVDS |
| City once nicknamed ‘Oil Capital of the World’ | TULSA |
| Compete with a kick | SWIM |
| Confuse | ADDLE |
| Cousin of Dora the Explorer | DIEGO |
| Dance attire | TUTU |
| Dash, e.g | RACE |
| Destination for Turner fans | TATE |
| Ditches | LOSES |
| Divisive creature | AMOEBA |
| Do a judicial job | RULE |
| Do school work | TEACH |
| Dojo study | KARATE |
| Epiphany indicator | AHA |
| Epoch characterized by the rise of mammals | EOCENE |
| Even | TIED |
| Examined with criminal intent | CASED |
| Expressions of Iberian enthusiasm | OLES |
| Fling | HURL |
| Flock responses | AMENS |
| Foil alternative | EPEE |
| Fruit served with the right wine? | PAIREDPEAR |
| Gift-wrapping need | TAPE |
| Glossy coating | ENAMEL |
| Go by | ELAPSE |
| Got nourishment from | FEDON |
| Grafton’s ‘___ for Silence’ | SIS |
| Greenest around the gills | QUEASIEST |
| Grist for pollsters | DATA |
| Groan preceder | PUN |
| Gun grp | NRA |
| Home to early newsgroups | USENET |
| Hydroelectric project from hell? | DAMNEDDAM |
| Immature salamander | EFT |
| Inclined | ASLOPE |
| Invader of Italy in 452 | ATTILA |
| Involved account | SAGA |
| Iridescent gem | OPAL |
| Is relative? | ARE |
| It takes light about one to travel one ft. in a vacuum | NSEC |
| Justice Kagan | ELENA |
| Key note source | PIANO |
| Knight in shining armor? | MAILEDMALE |
| Lack of anxiety | EASE |
| Largest city in Yorkshire | LEEDS |
| Like a spiderweb | SPUN |
| Like idols | ADORED |
| Like many signers | DEAF |
| Like some parking spots | METERED |
| Litigious fellow | SUER |
| Look down on | SCORN |
| Look to be | SEEM |
| Made a choice, perhaps | XED |
| Many Nickelodeon viewers | TWEENS |
| Melatonin producer | PINEAL |
| Mennen men’s brand | AFTA |
| Mimicked mockingly | APED |
| National name on Neymar’s World Cup jersey | BRASIL |
| NYC bus letters | MTA |
| Org. with a New York adoption center | ASPCA |
| Over | ENDED |
| Paper option | GRAPH, LEGAL |
| Peloponnesian War victor | SPARTA |
| Person who deals with deals | AGENT |
| Personally leaves with | HANDSTO |
| Pivot | SLUE |
| Place for lurking | LAIR |
| Plants | SOWS |
| Pleasant breeze | ZEPHYR |
| Port Huron Statement org | SDS |
| Prayer call source | MINARET |
| Pretense | GUISE |
| Ready to pedal, perhaps | ASTRIDE |
| Render orderly | NEATEN |
| Result of a naval battle? | SEIZEDSEAS |
| Rip Torn’s ‘Men in Black’ role | ZED |
| Sanctuary sight | ALTAR |
| Say bad words | CUSS |
| Semolina strip | NOODLE |
| Senate minority leader before Schumer | REID |
| Senior’s grievance | AGEISM |
| Shorebird who’s become a spy for the other side? | TURNEDTERN |
| Sign up | ENROLL |
| Sisterly | SORORAL |
| Slam competitors | POETS |
| Slender pet | FERRET |
| Some Ravel works | VALSES |
| Sound, e.g | INLET |
| Star in westerns? | BADGE |
| Stark-naked stock dumper? | BAREDBEAR |
| State known for its tea production | ASSAM |
| Stock option | SOUP |
| Success for a podiatrist? | HEALEDHEEL |
| Sunburned prophet? | SEAREDSEER |
| Surgeon/author Gawande | ATUL |
| Took notice | SATUP |
| Top | APEX |
| Translating challenge | SLANG |
| Unsavory inspection | LEER |
| Unsmiling | DOUR |
| Valley in Ventura County | SIMI |
| Verso’s opposite | RECTO |
| Veteran | OLDPRO |
| Victoria, for one | EMPRESS |
| Wage a Civil War battle, perhaps | REENACT |
| Weighs down | LADES |
| When contrasted with | THAN |
| Where the lava-lava is worn | SAMOA |
| William of Orange’s successor | ANNE |
| Wolf Blitzer’s employer | CNN |
| Yam yield | STARCH |
| Zeus’s capital? | ZETA |