Wall Street Journal - Crossword Answers | 2021 08 23

crossword answers
Clue Answer
TESTS EXAMS
STOPS CEASES
“Rumor ___ it...” HAS
Hydrochloric, e.g ACID
IMMENSELY IMPRESSED AWED
PENCIL ENDS ERASERS
Witty Coward NOEL
Unspoken agreements NODS
*Beetle larva used in some science projects MEALWORM
DEGRADE CHEAPEN
Misleading maneuver RUSE
Goree who played Cassius Clay in “One Night in Miami...” ELI
Peru’s capital LIMA
“My treat” ILLPAY
It’s between Can. and Mex USA
VICINITY AREA
HAVE HIGH HOPES ASPIRE
Madonna’s “La ___ Bonita” ISLA
“Stand” band REM
INFAMOUS ROMAN EMPEROR NERO
Lovelace who programmed an early computer ADA
MAKE AMENDS ATONE
“I did it!” YAYME
LUSTER SHEEN
A mic might plug into one AMP
USE, AS A COUPON REDEEM
GREAT DELIGHT GLEE
JUSTICE KAGAN ELENA
CAREER CAMPAIGNER, FOR SHORT POL
Do what a surgeon does OPERATE
Plateau’s kin MESA
Vocal ability, informally PIPES
VERY, IN SLANG HELLA
SMART BRAINY
Coils around TWINES
PUT IN A SOLID EFFORT TRYHARD
*Best Western alternative DAYSINN
Widescreen movie format IMAX
SOCCER STAR RAPINOE MEGAN
POP DAD
Pro Football Hall of Famer Long HOWIE
Decide one’s had enough time outdoors HEADIN
“Didn’t I tell you?” SEE
language akin to Indonesian MALAY
MUSCLE TWITCH SPASM
NASA or NATO, e.g ACRONYM
BANISH EXILE
Under-blouse undergarment BRA
Season 1 summary, e.g RECAP
PLENTIFUL AMPLE
Gives up, as control CEDES
Frigid forecast TEENS
TV JOURNALIST CURRY ANN
WOOD-CHOPPING TOOL AXE
REEF MATERIALS CORALS
Title-transferring meeting CLOSING
FINAL LAST
“I totally agree!” OHYES
Frank who recorded a 1954 version of 63-Across SINATRA
Gemma of “Crazy Rich Asians” CHAN
Some UFOs and Frisbees SAUCERS
GIN-FLAVORING FRUIT SLOE
*Nonverbal alternative to “How embarrassing!” FACEPALM
*Table protector under a plate PLACEMAT
WASTES TIME DALLIES
TAX FORM ID SSN