Wall Street Journal - Crossword Answers | 2023 04 20

crossword answers
Clue Answer
IN NEED OF A GOOD SCRUBBING GRUNGY
Narcissist’s love SELF
MONASTIC HOOD COWL
Basic diet, for diabetics ANAGRAM
Italy’s busiest port GENOA
POPS DAD
CHILL VEG
Elite group of wildfire fighters HOT
Skipper’s spot HELM
Years, in Poitiers ANS
Carrier of protein-building instructions RNA
They’re yet to be paid DEBTS
Merger acquisition? INLAW
Port closer CORK
TALKED AND TALKED AND TALKED DRONEDON
CLASSICO COMPETITOR RAGU
Taking hits TOKING
“You betcha!” DARNTOOTIN
Dennings of “Thor: Love and Thunder” KAT
Close enough to be picked up WITHINEAR
Jefferson’s secretary of state MADISON
Cornerstone abbr ESTD
Schoolyard scrape OWIE
Hardly a favorite LONG
SORRY STATE WOE
DEBUNKED DOWN
Unconvincing argument, informally WEAKTEA
MAXIMUM AMOUNT ALL
TRAUMATIZE SCAR
Drink Gatorade during a timeout, say HYDRATE
REDUCED ONSALE
DEEP RED WINE
“Como Ama ___ Mujer” (Jennifer Lopez album) UNA
NUMB DEADEN
RIVER SPORT CREW
YET TO BE PAID OWING
SCULLS OARS
Roswell crashers, for short ETS
Ref’s decision TKO
THIRD-STRINGERS CTEAM
Japanese dish served on skewers YAKITORI
Brit’s undershirt VEST
Make one’s disdain plain SNEER
Therapy session topics FEARS
Trophy bearing an atom EMMY
Pioneering computer programmer Lovelace ADA
TRAFFIC COP? NARC
CAMELOT LADY ENID
HAND HOLDER? ARM
BIT OF RESISTANCE OHM
It holds about 1.5 ounces GLASS
OFF TARGET WRONG
Audio file format WAV
GOLD, IN GUADALAJARA ORO
Chipotle extra, for short GUAC
Unseemly outburst SCENE
Cause to race GUN
Cones’ counterparts RODS
Y-SHAPED WEAPON SLING
Plane, e.g TOOL
Cup, in Cannes TASSE
Debut, in Variety-speak BOW
Prepare to drop, maybe DRAG
Political ideology ISM
JFK’s predecessor DDE
The Golden State, familiarly CALI
Tapioca sources CASSAVAS
Obstacles in many a heist movie LASERBEAMS
Superhero’s secret ALTEREGO
Go for a run SKI