Wall Street Journal - Crossword Answers | 2022 09 17

crossword answers
Clue Answer
GAG REFLEX? LAUGH
HEAPS ATON
How some celebrate Christmas SECULARLY
1963 PAUL NEWMAN FILM HUD
Soccer star Carli LLOYD
Diner order for a big eater? DOUBLEPLATE
FLEECE SWINDLE
Scuttle stuff COAL
Beachcomber’s concern TIDE
MARSH BIRD IBIS
Pisa’s river ARNO
Day, in Dijon JOUR
Solemn doings RITE
Graded item TESTPAPER
“Have ___ day!” ANICE
Lena of “Chocolat” OLIN
Distressed dispatch SOS
Look at a Nook, e.g READ
MAZE SOLUTION PATH
PAUCITY DEARTH
MISERLY MARNER SILAS
Foil’s kin EPEE
Story time preceder, perhaps BATH
“Stop!” from a steamer AVAST
Not online, online IRL
Crash investigators TECHS
DAZED INASTUPOR
Producer’s nightmare FLOP
FIRED UP AVID
Red Sox catcher McGuire REESE
Its reeds are made from French cane plants OBOE
TOOK BACK RECANTED
ANON ERELONG
BEER AFTER BOURBON, SAY CHASER
Descartes’s conclusion IAM
Evangeline of “Lost” LILLY
“The Nanny” star Drescher FRAN
Accessory for a clerical cassock? CHURCHBELT
REFRAIN BIT LALA
More in need of moisturizer, perhaps SCALIER
TV EXPLORER DORA
SOCCER GREAT MARADONA DIEGO
DOCKET ITEM CASE
Pegs for Palmer TEES
EXACTLY AS STATED LITERAL
Ulysses S. Grant’s original first name HIRAM
Taiwanese computer maker ACER
LIZARD IN SOME INSURANCE ADS GECKO
Start of many German surnames VON
BIRDIE BEATER EAGLE
Oscar-nominated 2013 Spike Jonze film HER
GIFT FROM A BEAU ROSE
Fleshy fruit of Central America SAPOTE
WASH GENTLY AGAINST LAPAT
“The Time Machine” race ELOI
KEY WORKER? TYPIST
FERTILE SOIL LOAM
Basketball spot at a Cupertino headquarters? APPLECOURT
DISTINGUISH SETAPART
NEIGHBOR OF BENIN TOGO
Period of vigilance ALERT
CHILLED ONICE
Homer’s cry DOH
LACK OF CONVICTION DOUBT
Shark’s foe JET
CABINET DEPT. HEAD SECY
Fire marshal’s action at an overcrowded rock club? CONCERTHALT
MOXIE SPIRIT
Quasimodo’s creator HUGO
SOLITAIRE UNIT CARAT
UPTIGHT STIFF
JAZZ GREAT FITZGERALD ELLA
Low-budget entertainment BMOVIE
Quantities: Abbr AMTS
Division d’une nation ETAT
Deactivate DISABLE
Monkey on your back, say TAT
Diamonds, e.g SUIT
Site for sweaters SPA
LEVERAGE PULL
HARBOR BOAT TUG
8.6 pounds per gallon? MILKYWEIGHT
Shots, for short PICS
PICNIC INVADER ANT
Door-topping piece LINTEL
MONOPOLY TOKEN CHOICE HAT
LEVELS TIERS
INTRINSIC NATURE ESSENCE
Cornflower color BLUE
La Méditerranée, par exemple MER
Ace? SERVICEFEAT
Game akin to pelota JAIALAI
CARTOON COLLECTIBLE CEL
GAVE PERMISSION TO LET
Painter Dix OTTO
Dahs’ counterparts, in Morse code DITS
CHINA FLAW CHIP
CULTURALLY PRETENTIOUS ARTY
PANTRY ARRAY JARS
Quarters, e.g CHANGE
“Good Morning Starshine” musical HAIR
Comfortable existence EASE
WRITER ZOLA EMILE
COLLARS FOR SCHOOLBOYS ETONS
COMPLETED OVER
He debated Pence in 2016 KAINE
Script makeup DIALOG
Highest state capital SANTAFE
Passes down, as a folk tale RETELLS