Wall Street Journal - Crossword Answers | 2021 12 28

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Loosen, as a cuff UNBUTTON
EASTER FIND EGG
TEXTURE FEEL
Raid participant COMMANDO
Lawyer: Abbr ATT
___ KIPPUR YOM
FRIENDLY AMIABLE
Busy mo. for elves DEC
Lovebirds no more EXES
Embedded agents MOLES
Buccaneers’ base TAMPA
SIX-LEGGED WORKER ANT
MIXTURE MELANGE
Tailor’s concern FIT
“The Maine Woods” writer THOREAU
Doves do it COO
MONOPOLY CARD DEED
MAKE FIZZY AERATE
INNERMOST CENTRAL
Heavy Olympics favorite DREAMTEAM
OBJECTIVE END
CAKE FINISHER ICER
Pension supplements IRAS
Polluter-policing org EPA
LENDS A HAND AIDS
SHAD YIELD ROE
Professor in a game PLUM
PINBALL PARLORS ARCADES
Prune again RETRIM
BASIC RELIGIOUS BELIEF DEISM
Big place in California? SUR
JAPANESE FLOOR MAT TATAMI
Parent whose kids have moved out, and a phonetic clue to parts of 17-, 25-, 35- and 48-Across EMPTYNESTER
USED A LOOM WOVE
CHEESE IN A RED COAT EDAM
“Nearly done!” ONETOGO
Start for way, west or wife MID
LETTERS BEFORE XIS NUS
ALKALINE SOLUTION LYE
AUTO ADORNMENT DECAL
BRIGHT BRAINY
BITTERLY REGRETS RUES
London stroller PRAM
Small, to Scots WEE
Longtime label for Kenny G ARISTA
REVERBERATED ECHOED
Rose of Guns N’ Roses AXL
“2001” computer HAL
Outback strutters EMUS
LEVINE OF MAROON 5 ADAM
ANNOY RILE
Broad back muscle, for short LAT
PAMPERING PLACE SPA
GHASTLY AWFUL
RYE BUYS LOAVES
LETTER BEFORE SIGMA RHO
MIAMI-TO-NYC HEADING NNE
ISLAND EAST OF JAVA BALI
CATERPILLAR ROLL INGREDIENT EEL
An American in Paris, maybe EXPAT
SLAP TARGET, SOMETIMES WRIST
Scoreboard nos PTS
“Homeland” org CIA
“I hear ya, sister!” AMEN
National Mall shader ELM