Wall Street Journal - Crossword Answers | 2020 12 21

crossword answers
Clue Answer
BIG COMMOTION ADO
CHART TOPPER HIT
NOTION IDEA
PEAK ACME
A POP PER
IN BACK OF BEHIND
BITTER BREWS, FOR SHORT IPAS
SHOE PART HEEL
SNAKY SWIMMERS EELS
POSSESSES HAS
SLUMBER DOZE
California’s Santa ___ winds ANA
RAN OUT OF JUICE DIED
Desire for a drink THIRST
DREADLOCKS WEARER, PERHAPS RASTA
BUILDING WINGS ANNEXES
INVENT CREATE
LEND A HAND AID
OPINION SURVEY POLL
CORROSIVE LIQUIDS ACIDS
Cover for a sword SHEATH
CARRIER TO ISRAEL ELAL
PROPERTY CLAIMS LIENS
HIKING TRAIL PATH
HUNG AROUND STAYED
FEELING LOW SAD
SWELLS UP BLOATS
GODDESS OF WISDOM ATHENA
“All I Want for Christmas Is You” singer MARIAHCAREY
“Bing Crosby’s Merrie ___ Christmas” (1977 TV special) OLDE
“Doggone it!” DRAT
“I ___ want a lot for Christmas...” (lyric from 20-Across) DONT
“Show Boat” writer Ferber EDNA
“They know ___ Santa’s on his way” (“The Christmas Song” lyric) THAT
Anakin Skywalker’s hovercraft PODRACER
Blue shade named for an element COBALT
Bolivia’s constitutional capital SUCRE
Cleaned out, as a candy jar RAIDED
Drink, as hot cocoa SIP
Economic booms BONANZAS
Gita Jayanti celebrator HINDU
Tool for a logger AXE
Ventricles’ counterparts ATRIA
When one is ready ATWILL
Group of close associates INNERCIRCLE
One might circumvent a firewall HACKER
The X of Xmas, actually CHI
Substance in some adult gummies CBD
Sleight of hand, maybe SWITCHEROO
Seaweed used in sushi NORI
Saxophonist’s need REED
One might make a B-9 announcement BINGOCALLER
Nativity scene animal ASS
Helfer of “Battlestar Galactica” TRICIA
Motorists’ org AAA
CAMERA SUPPORT TRIPOD
Ricotta-filled pastry CANNOLI
LIKE SOME SWIMMING POOLS INDOOR
International spheres? GLOBES
How to collect $200 in Monopoly PASSGO
Hilo “hi” ALOHA
High-tech camera inits SLR
CO-OP ALTERNATIVE CONDO
ROWING IMPLEMENT OAR
Looped in secretly, in email BCCED
Arbitrary stranger, in slang RANDO