Wall Street Journal – Feb 17 2016 – Taking Its Toll Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Solutions |
| ‘Ah me!’ |
ALAS |
| ‘Hey you!’ |
PSST |
| ‘That’s enough!’ |
STOP |
| ‘The Name of the Rose’ author |
ECO |
| ‘Well ___-di-dah!’ |
LAH |
| ‘When You Wish Upon a Star’ lyricist Washington |
NED |
| *It replaced the Cherokee, and was later replaced by the Cherokee |
JEEPLIBERTY |
| *Risky activity at a thrash metal concert |
STAGEDIVING |
| *Sales mantra |
ALWAYSBECLOSING |
| *U2 album featuring the Top Ten hit ‘Mysterious Ways’ |
ACHTUNGBABY |
| 1990s also-ran |
PEROT |
| About a sixth of all New Zealanders |
MAORIS |
| Augment |
ADDTO |
| Baloney |
HOOEY |
| Bar code? |
LAW |
| Bit of business |
DEAL |
| Blew off |
SHIRKED |
| Bogus |
SHAM |
| Booking agent? |
COP |
| Borrower’s letters |
IOU |
| Boston Garden Hall of Famer |
ORR |
| Bring on board |
HIRE |
| Car designed by Ferdinand Porsche |
VWBUG |
| Comfortable |
ATHOME |
| Competed |
VIED |
| Comprehensive |
GLOBAL |
| Dance move |
STEP |
| Demonstrate a chameleonlike quality |
READAPT |
| Draw out |
EDUCE |
| Early Beatle Best |
PETE |
| Early Beatle Sutcliffe |
STU |
| Elisabeth of ‘CSI’ |
SHUE |
| Fashion designer Perry |
ELLIS |
| Frank’s wife after Ava |
MIA |
| Friday and others: Abbr |
SGTS |
| Game whose original paths included Farming and Uranium Prospecting |
CAREERS |
| Green feature |
HOLE |
| Having something |
ILL |
| Healthy berry |
ACAI |
| Clues |
Solutions |
| Honey drink |
MEAD |
| Imminent show time, in ads |
TONITE |
| Irritable sort |
CRAB |
| It’s located between the Mississippi and Missouri rivers |
IOWA |
| Kuwaiti leader |
EMIR |
| Like a sunroom at noon |
DAYLIT |
| Make demands on |
TAX |
| Marty and Dom’s ‘Silent Movie’ co-star |
MEL |
| Master |
EXPERT |
| Master |
ACE |
| Meteorologists’ depressions |
LOWS |
| Modern personal assistant |
SIRI |
| Moved furtively |
EDGED |
| Nation constitutionally prohibited from declaring war |
JAPAN |
| Org. including the Fever and the Dream |
WNBA |
| Pay to play |
ANTE |
| Plug part |
PRONG |
| Popular 1970s attire, and a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
BELLBOTTOMS |
| Prepare to chat |
LOGON |
| Provoke |
GOAD |
| Queen Elizabeth’s Willow or Holly |
CORGI |
| Queen Victoria’s Olga or Pedro |
PUG |
| Resort on Guanabara Bay |
RIO |
| Rigel’s setting |
ORION |
| Salute start |
ATOAST |
| Silicon Valley specialty |
TECH |
| Simple shelter |
LEANTO |
| Spectacular |
EPIC |
| Sped along |
TORE |
| Spill the beans |
BLAB |
| Supervise |
OVERSEE |
| Taj Mahal site |
AGRA |
| They look like P’s |
RHOS |
| Venue for Minnie Pearl |
OPRY |
| Vodka in a blue bottle |
SKYY |
| Wane |
EBB |
| Where ‘Lost’ was filmed |
OAHU |
| Words before jam or pickle |
INA |
| ___ about |
ONOR |