Wall Street Journal - Crossword Answers | 2022 01 15

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Bldg. operators MGMT
BRIAN OF AMBIENT MUSIC ENO
BLUE RIBBON BREWER PABST
Billie Holiday’s “___ Funny That Way” HES
Biden’s bunch, briefly DEMS
Bell ringer at 4 p.m NYSE
BEHIND INDEBT
Ball in a divot, say BADLIE
Cabs you can find in Napa, say WINES
Candy packed in two-flavor boxes NERDS
Carne ___ (grilled dish) ASADA
Carrasco of CBS’s “Ghosts” SHEILA
Chore schedule ROTA
Clean & Clear target ACNE
Clips from a Ben Affleck movie? ARGOSHORTS
Control group members in an eczema study? RASHTESTDUMMIES
Cool, in jive HEP
Dash of food seasonings? MRS
Digital identifier? TOETAG
Diplomat’s digs EMBASSY
Emissionless vehicles for an amphibious trip? CARTSANDRAFTS
Eschews modesty BOASTS
Govt. org. funding some Covid-19 research NIH
Hirsute surfer? HAIRMANOFTHEBOARD
Hopping, in modern slang LIT
Hula hoopla? LUAU
Finalizes, as a cartoon INKSIN
“The Unanswered Question” composer IVES
“No seats left” letters SRO
Drink ending ADE
CONSUMED ATE
Apt name for a gymnast MATT
HOTEL OFFERINGS SUITES
DESIGNER GUCCI ALDO
HOLIDAY IN HANOI TET
GIFT FROM A PARENT GENE
BEAR TOLERATE
COFFEE BAR ORDERS MOCHAS
FRIEND, IN FRANCE AMI
DUEL OPTION EPEE
BEEPED TOOTED
CHOPPER PART ROTOR
OPENLY GAY OUT
401(k) alternative IRA
“The Matrix” protagonist NEO
NERVOUS UNEASY
PRAYER LEADER IMAM
QUAINT PREPOSITION UNTO
BIG COMMOTION ADO
___ DE DEUX PAS
LEAVES GOES
BIRDS, AT TIMES NESTERS
SPOTS ADS
NOT FAIR STORMY
Bush barb THORN
LAUGHING MATTER HUMOR
LEVEL RAZE
RESPECTFUL ADDRESS SIR
TOUCHDOWN LANDING
TOOK DOWN NOTATED
Brexit option REMAIN
JOPLIN COMPOSITION RAG
SLIGHTLY ATAD
PSYCHE PARTS IDS
It surrounds une île EAU
Acronym for a major awards sweep EGOT
Lease clause, at times NOPETS
Li’l bowwow? ARF
Odd-looking humanoid on some lawns GNOME
Old chestnut, maybe NAG
Omnivorous fish PIRANHA
Org. for Pelicans and Hawks NBA
Pamplona parent MADRE
Peaceful scenes IDYLLS
Get up after a gridiron tackle UNPILE
Piglike herbivores TAPIRS
FROZEN DRINK BRAND ICEE
HUMILIATE ABASE
SAT counterweight, sometimes GPA
Satori-seeking school ZEN
FABLED LOSER HARE
Setting of Van Gogh’s “Night Café” ARLES
Sexting impulse LUST
Smoldering feeling HATE
HAMMOCK SESSION NAP
Spicy little numbers? CLOVESONGS
Start for god or goddess DEMI
MANY ALOTOF
Tenderloin, e.g STEAK
Tops worn for some topless calendar shoots FIREHATS
Trim topiary, e.g PRUNE
Tulle togs TUTU
Turkey’s capital ANKARA
SINCE ASOF
THRASH BEAT
UNSHAKABLE ADAMANT
REMOVES FROM OFFICE OUSTS
SMALL BOUQUET POSY
PIC ON A PEC TAT
Pennzoil rival STP
Philly transit operator SEPTA
PUT AWAY, AS A DAGGER SHEATHE
WILE E. COYOTE PURCHASE TNT
SCRUMPTIOUS TASTY
MINERAL SUFFIX ITE
___ POINTE, MICHIGAN GROSSE
TIMELINE SLICE ERA
WARN, FELINE-STYLE HISSAT
SEASONED SAILORS SALTS
MOTOROLA PHONE BRAND RAZR
Proceeding robotically ONAUTO
Quickly examine PEEKAT
Latin music legend Puente TITO
Science fiction writer Ted CHIANG
Source of many toys SANTASWORKSHOP
Strummed for a minstrel, say LUTED
Valerie of “Lenny” PERRINE
SIGHT-SINGING TECHNIQUE SOLFA
Kind of cord many try to insert upside down USB
When, casually SOONAS
Procedure: Abbr SYS
Lamarr of “Samson and Delilah” HEDY