Wall Street Journal - Crossword Answers | 2022 09 17

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