Wall Street Journal - Crossword Answers | 2018 12 31

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Self-referential, in current lingo META
Sinister manipulator SVENGALI
The Fool, The Hermit and The Hanged Man, for three TAROTCARDS
Simple counting devices ABACI
MUSEUM FOCUS ART
DANCE MOVE STEP
MOM'S SISTER AUNT
LUXURY HOTEL CHAIN OMNI
Restaurant offering MEAL
FLYING COST FARE
SUPERIOR TO ABOVE
SHORT AND SWEET TERSE
SIGN OVER A DOOR EXIT
SPOTTED SEEN
ADEQUATE UPTOPAR
CORNEA-RESHAPING SURGERY LASIK
HIGHWAY DIVISION LANE
BIG NAME IN ARCADE GAMES ATARI
*THEY'RE FOLLOWED BY DIRECT OBJECTS TRANSITIVEVERBS
BAKERY WORKER ICER
Like nogs EGGY
Michelle and Barack's elder daughter MALIA
CAPTAIN OF THE NAUTILUS NEMO
TUNEFUL TURNER TINA
PADDLE'S KIN OAR
Fireplace features GRATES
MAO ___-TUNG TSE
Dah's Morse counterpart DIT
Container for coals SCUTTLE
Clark's colleague at The Daily Planet LOIS
'Don't ___ until Christmas' OPEN
Fluffy or Fido PET
USE FOUR-LETTER WORDS CURSE
ROSE HOLDER VASE
COUNSEL ADVISE
RACKET SCAM
FROM MUSCAT, SAY OMANI
Congratulations for a bar mitzvah boy MAZELTOV
SUPERLATIVE SUFFIX EST
Day before that's found in the starred answers EVE
Release, as a door lock UNBOLT
Four years, for presidents TERM
BREWPUB BREW ALE
SCHOOL PAPER ESSAY
ROSE PART STEM
VERDI WORKS OPERAS
Bathroom, in brief LAV
New Year's Day 2019, e.g.: Abbr TUE
Assent in Arles OUI
Rockefeller in New York: Abbr CTR
*Safety wear when boating LIFEVEST
*Contrariwise VICEVERSA
1504, in old Rome MDIV
COMPARED (TO) INCONTRAST
DOILY MAKEUP LACE
UNDERWEAR, INFORMALLY SKIVVIES
BIRD ON A CANADIAN DOLLAR LOON
MICHAEL WHO HEADED DISNEY EISNER
*Island nation west of Africa CAPEVERDE
LIKE URBAN REAL ESTATE ZONED
*Soothing lotion additive ALOEVERA
'___ appetit!' BON
GO THE WAY OF A SNOWMAN MELT
Boldly state AVER
'___ about time!' ITS
BONE, IN COMBINATIONS OSTE
VETO NIX
BLACK GOO TAR
VERDI WORK AIDA
FENCING WEAPONS EPEES
SOME BEST BUY BUYS TVS
BARREL PIECE STAVE
SIGHTING FROM THE CROW'S-NEST LAND
Work in a manor, facetiously BUTTLE
Words after ham or whoop ITUP
Coll. kin UNIV
Julia Louis-Dreyfus series VEEP
AND SO ON ETCETERA