Wall Street Journal - Crossword Answers | 2019 01 14

crossword answers
Clue Answer
PIERCING TOOL AWL
PEEPER'S APERTURE SPYHOLE
'MY WORD!' GEE
First three community cards in Texas hold 'em THEFLOP
Reached base feet first SLID
Retort to 'Am not!' ARETOO
Sanctioning assn. for pro pugilists WBO
NEIGHBOR OF HOMER AND MARGE NED
Punctuation mark longer than a hyphen EMDASH
Shake shop offering MALT
FLEET OF WARSHIPS ARMADA
PROFESSOR'S PROTECTION TENURE
Narc's org DEA
KEPT IN CHECK, AS ENTHUSIASM CURBED
Place for a family photo WALLET
'My Life Would Suck Without You' singer Clarkson KELLY
Names or nicknames MONIKERS
MIDTERM OR FINAL TEST
ROB BURGLE
*1970s gymnast nicknamed 'the sparrow from Minsk' OLGAKORBUT
*Period of Egypt's history known as the 'Age of the Pyramids' OLDKINGDOM
*Gridiron gambit ONSIDEKICK
Afresh, in Latin ABINITIO
Backbone bone VERTEBRA
SKY BOX? KITE
SEE 58-DOWN POND
Take a pup from the pound, say ADOPT
KILT FEATURE PLAID
BY ITS VERY NATURE PERSE
GRAND COULEE, FOR ONE DAM
With 53-Down, decorative garden feature KOI
They're picked by the picky NITS
MAKE A MISTAKE ERR
MAKE CERTAIN ENSURE
COLORFUL AQUARIUM FISH TETRA
Business letter opening INRE
COUNTRY SINGER JUDD NAOMI
REVERENT WONDER AWE
Compass needle indication NORTH
Cooled before sipping BLEWON
Baseball's Brock LOU
Bridge designer ENGINEER
British sailor, slangily LIMEY
'Burnt' Crayola color SIENNA
California-based sneaker company LAGEAR
New York theater award OBIE
California congresswoman Waters MAXINE
Spewing lava ERUPTING
Subcompacts from Kia RIOS
Sandwich layer LETTUCE
UNSPOKEN FEELING VIBE
LYFT COMPETITOR UBER
SMALL SONGBIRD WREN
SECURE GET
COVER COMPLETELY ENROBE
BRO HOMIE
SKIN CARE BRAND OLAY
RESTAURANT KITCHEN WORKER LINECOOK
Some 39-Down wins KOS
Largest one-digit square NINE
Hannah of 'Splash' DARYL
Easter findable EGG
BY WAY OF VIA
THICKENING AGENT AGAR
PRES. ON A DIME FDR
SUMMER SHIRT TEE
*Apple analogs to PCs' Alts OPTIONKEYS
McKellen of 'X-Men' IAN
Diamond dink BUNT
Lens cover, of a sort EYELID
Gen-___ (1970s kid) XER
'It's all good,' or a hint to the starred answers EVERYTHINGSOK