Wall Street Journal - Crossword Answers | 2021 12 18

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Rook’s output CAW
Like carbonara sauce BACONY
INTERN, OFTEN GOFER
Tool in school RULER
Biden senior adviser Richmond CEDRIC
CRICKET, FOR ONE INSECT
Young Yorkie WHELP
Ball team in red, white and blue uniforms NATIONALS
Insubstantial writing PAP
Affectionate gift ROSE
ATI computer chipset brand XPRESS
HOLD TIGHT CLING
BLUE SAD
COMPLETE UTTER
CHARACTERISTIC FACET
FLIGHT PART STEP
SITE OF CHICAGO TOUCHDOWNS OHARE
December 24 and 31, e.g EVES
“Rhyme Pays” rapper ICET
Tyler of “Armageddon” LIV
Five-time NBA MVP JORDAN
Org. whose seal features an eagle clutching a key NSA
Rome’s Fontana di ___ TREVI
Unopposed shots FREETHROWS
Patel of “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” DEV
“Appalachian Spring” composer COPLAND
Rockefeller in NYC, e.g CTR
“Cat on ___ Tin Roof” AHOT
Quarterback’s group OFFENSE
Tough tests ORALS
PASSES OVER OMITS
Powerful group INS
Sound from carolers? HARDC
FLY CATCHER MITT
SIGNIFICANT SPAN ERA
Queen Latifah album “Nature of a ___” SISTA
Market business STAND
CONTRACTED SHRUNK
Retainer, e.g FEE
BRIGHT RED CERISE
POLITE REQUEST MAYI
WAGER BET
SINGER PERRY COMO
ZAGREB NATIVE CROAT
CLAMP SHAPE CEE
Bear abode DEN
British sovereignty in India RAJ
SHELTERED INLETS COVES
Polo in China MARCO
Aurora’s counterpart EOS
“Two, two, two mints in one” brand CERTS
Delphi temple attendant PRIESTESS
Former U.S. women’s soccer team coach Sundhage PIA
Mosque of Ibn Tulun setting CAIRO
Pair in a king BEDMATES
Unseen title character of 1953 GODOT
PATIENT PEOPLE BIDERS
City near Dortmund ESSEN
Bikini wearer’s giveaway TANLINE
ANXIOUS FEELING NERVES
SPANISH FAREWELL ADIOS
“So Sick” singer NEYO
BALL-BEARING ITEM TEE
Disappearing sea ARAL
Good one to wager on THEFAVORITE
Mom’s mom, informally GRAN
COLLAPSE INWARD IMPLODE
Penguins great Lemieux MARIO
Game division HALF
She plays Chani in “Dune” ZENDAYA
Attendee of a My Chemical Romance concert, perhaps EMOFAN
FOOT BONES TARSALS
BORDER EDGE
HOPPY BREWS IPAS
CAJOLE WHEEDLE
___ AVIS RARA
MAKES BLANK ERASES
TOOK IN MISLED
PLAYED AGAIN RERAN
SIX FOR A TD PTS
Scot’s topper TAM
Dagger alternative ASTERISK
Anti-harassment hashtag METOO
Panasonic audio brand TECHNICS
Paris’s abductee HELEN
Small African parrots LOVEBIRDS
Intro to a forum view IMHO
STOCK HOLDER PEN
BRIEF TIME, BRIEFLY SEC
Signal of desperation SOS
Many a Mauritanian ARAB
Words following a yawn IMTIRED
Service component TEACUP
Awesomely exciting, slangily LIT
ANATOMICAL POUCH SAC
PUTS OUT EMITS
SOME CRIME SCENE EVIDENCE HAIRS
BANKRUPTCY FILER OF 2001 ENRON
Name on “King Kong” posters WRAY
INXS song “I ___ Message” SENDA
Williamsburg tavern owner Campbell Christiana
DRIVE AWAY SHOO
Daft, in Derby BARMY
1960s arena, briefly NAM
First-hand, as intelligence EYESON
French wine grape ALTESSE
QB’s mistake INT
Shay’s country music partner DAN
Snow clouds NIMBI
Youngster in a holt OTTERPUP
CAR AD LETTERS MSRP
NO LONGER ANONYMOUS IDED
PITCHED CAREENED
MORE CHARMING WINSOMER
“___ luego” (Spanish farewell) HASTA
Tribe’s home, informally REZ
Romeo’s cousin BENVOLIO
Noted name in shock rock ALICECOOPER
Sgt.’s superior LIEUT
WORE HADON
Visual effects co. founded by George Lucas ILM