Wall Street Journal - Crossword Answers | 2019 08 17

crossword answers
Clue Answer
CUB SCOUT GROUPS DENS
CRYSTAL-LINED ROCK GEODE
CUSTOM HABIT
Walk through deep mud, say TRUDGE
ELEVATOR BUTTON SYMBOL ARROW
BRED WINNERS? SIRED
JAZZ LEGEND FITZGERALD ELLA
GAME WITH WILD DRAW 4 CARDS UNO
*COLLEGE FOOTBALL GAME FOR MILQUETOASTS? NOODLEBOWL
He’s played Roy Cohn, Phil Spector and Joe Paterno ALPACINO
Gift from Mrs. Fields COOKIETIN
Important element in the formation of a star? LEADROLE
It’s shared virally FLU
It may be tacked onto a bill PORK
Jardin des Champs-Élysées, par exemple PARC
Laptop brand created by Sony VAIO
Like somebody under an umbrella, and what’s added to four starred answers DRY
Like Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 2 INB
Many a Putin crony OLIGARCH
Like a gunslinger’s gun, perhaps NOTCHED
Like a fashion magazine GLOSSY
It generates interest LOAN
Hardly tasteful CRASS
Hall of Famer Mel OTT
GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS COACH STEVE KERR
DUESENBERG CONTEMPORARY REO
CO. CHIEFS CEOS
MOM AND DAD, SLANGILY RENTS
FERTILE SOIL LOAM
LONG AGO, LONG AGO ELD
ANNEX ADDON
SPEAK SILENTLY SIGN
Sindarin speakers, in Tolkien’s works ELVES
Singer Winans with 12 Grammys CECE
Some Canons, for short SLRS
Some air rifles DAISYS
Soundly defeat, slangily OWN
Stellar cat LEO
Ski resort close to Salt Lake City ALTA
Seven-time AL batting champion RODCAREW
Salami variety GENOA
Said “Not for me, thanks” TOOKAPASS
INTERDICTIONS BANS
SHOE DESIGNER BLAHNIK MANOLO
Dog at a picnic WEENIE
GUIDED STEERED
Transvaal colonist BOER
ARLES ARTICLE LES
SPHERES ORBS
COLOR TV PIONEER RCA
HOLED UP HID
Free throw for being fouled while scoring, in basketball lingo ANDONE
How juicy gossip might be shared SOTTOVOCE
Like many dorm rooms MESSY
Like somebody without an umbrella, and what’s added to four starred answers WET
Make ready for new use REFIT
Many an Ernst & Young employee CPA
Not minor ADULT
NYC enters it by falling back EST
Musician who conceived Iceland’s Imagine Peace Tower ONO
Moviegoer’s reprimand SHH
Evil manipulator SVENGALI
Course position LIE
USN rank below capt CDR
DRUG KINGPIN ESCOBAR PABLO
ANIME GENRE FEATURING GIANT ROBOTS MECHA
Place to get a Lumberjack Slam DENNYS
INBOX CLOGGER SPAM
APPROACH NEAR
IS A CONTENDER VIES
REUBEN BASE RYE
Catch unprepared BLINDSIDE
Crazy Horse, e.g OGLALA
Disquietingly bleak DARK
Exploit the base instincts of PANDERTO
Expert, in England DABHAND
Elite Eight org NCAA
Eclipse, to the superstitious OMEN
En ___ (in a large group) MASSE
Ellipsis unit DOT
Eliciting an “aww,” say CUTE
DJs used to spin them LPS
Director of 2014’s “Unbroken” JOLIE
Common Father’s Day gifts TIES
SOME SMALL TRUCKS TONKAS
Follower of “brown.” or “rice.” EDU
PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS LOOKS
DILLYDALLY DAWDLE
Needed a visit by EMTs, maybe ODED
Ninth grade math, often ALGEBRAI
Platelet aggregation CLOT
Pontiac in a 1964 song GTO
Pours out one’s troubles on CRIESTO
POTUS 32 FDR
React to stunning news, say REEL
Professor Frink on “The Simpsons,” e.g NERD
Revels in EATSUP
Rhyming nickname for Obama NODRAMA
Piggy, in a children’s rhyme TOE
Payment for tat? TIT
Original source of “gumbo” and “goober” BANTU
Org. that patrols the Tenderloin SFPD
Not pos NEG
MANTA SEADEVIL
NFL SCORES TDS
SOLE SUPPORTER? CLEAT
FEMALE FAWN DOE
AIR RIFLE AMMO BBS
VIRGIL HERO AENEAS
DELT NEIGHBOR PEC
CONCLUDES INFERS
DETECTIVE PINKERTON ALLAN
MAO ___-TUNG TSE
BASH BIGDO
*Party pooper’s refusal to accept reality? BLANKETDENIAL
*Use a hose at a nobleman’s bidding? DOWNFORTHECOUNT
*Procedures for dealing with spills? FLOORPLANS
*Remove moistness from vinyl? OFFTHERECORD
“Against Interpretation” writer Susan SONTAG
“He’s So Fine” group, with “The” CHIFFONS
“Hail, Caesar!” AVE
“The elimination of the unnecessary,” per Picasso ART
“I’ll handle that right away!” ONIT
“Stormy Weather” singer LENAHORNE
“Encore!” ONCEMORE
“When All Is Said and Done” group ABBA
“Scrub the mission!” ABORT
1965 novel featuring Paul Atreides DUNE
2020 candidate Beto OROURKE
4x4, e.g ATV
Abbey’s hubby on “The West Wing” JED
*Quality test for a pepper grinder? RUNOFTHEMILL
*Unemployment benefit? SPELLCHECK
Balaam’s ride ASS
Boston Garden Hall of Famer ORR
Arthur of “The Golden Girls” BEA
“Oh, for ___ sake!” PETES
Campaign-backing org PAC
Burgoo and cioppino STEWS
*Hammer made for plasterboard? WALLBANGER