Wall Street Journal – Feb 26 2016 – Alternate Endings Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| ‘Are not!’ comeback |
AMTOO |
| ‘The gymnasium of the mind,’ to Pascal |
CHESS |
| *Bombing comic’s assessment |
TOUGHCROWD |
| *Disease fought by Plains farmers |
WHEATRUST |
| *Feigned ignorance in order to expose another’s real ignorance |
SOCRATICIRONY |
| *Opera patron, perhaps |
BOXHOLDER |
| *Regiment with a museum in Edinburgh Castle |
THEROYALSCOTS |
| *Slivovitz, e.g |
PLUMBRANDY |
| Abbr. before a pseudonym |
AKA |
| Aboard |
ONTO |
| Arrive, ultimately |
ENDUP |
| Aussie avian |
EMU |
| Best-selling Chinese beer in the U.S |
TSINGTAO |
| Beverage cart’s path |
AISLE |
| Brannock Device reading |
EEE |
| Bryn ___ (Main Line town) |
MAWR |
| Bub |
MAC |
| Butterfly garden staple |
ASTER |
| Church of Nashville |
ERIC |
| Citrus quaff suffix |
ADE |
| Come out of your shell |
HATCH |
| Contributor to a French Facebook page |
AMI |
| Crude container |
DRUM |
| Davis’s org |
CSA |
| Destroy over time |
ERODE |
| Dig Dug dot |
PIXEL |
| Duster, e.g |
COAT |
| Exam for future Drs |
MCAT |
| Father of Eliphaz, Jeush, Jaalam, Korah and Reuel |
ESAU |
| Followed, as a developing story |
KEPTUPON |
| Homecoming queen’s topper |
TIARA |
| It may be in hock |
HAM |
| Just fine |
AOK |
| Lady of Lisbon |
SENHORA |
| Life partner |
LIMB |
| Like ___ (enthusiastically) |
ASHOT |
| Like Yogi, vis-a-vis the average bear |
SMARTER |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Microwaves? |
RIPPLES |
| Middle sibling in ‘Three Sisters’ |
MASHA |
| More intoxicating |
HEADIER |
| Move off the main line |
SHUNT |
| One might have a few leads |
CAST |
| One of ten in geologic history |
ERA |
| Onetime Ritz rival |
HIHO |
| Pained cry |
YEOW |
| Pale wood |
ASH |
| Part of a Caesar boast |
ISAW |
| Pay stub? |
OLA |
| Permission |
LEAVE |
| Playfully shy |
COY |
| Print shop packs |
REAMS |
| Ruth, notably |
SLUGGER |
| Set pieces? |
CAMERAS |
| Solution in a Sherlock Holmes story |
COCAINE |
| Some looks like wheels |
PASTA |
| Song also known as ‘The Lion Sleeps Tonight’ |
WIMOWEH |
| Sounds from pounds |
YAPS |
| Spit-in-your-food dish |
KEBAB |
| Suffers from the heat |
STEWS |
| Syrupy stuff |
GOO |
| The U.N. accused him of war crimes in 2013 |
ASSAD |
| Titan’s setting |
SILO |
| Title sheep in a 2015 Best Animated Feature nominee |
SHAUN |
| Tpk.’s kin |
RTE |
| Trinity’s love, in film |
NEO |
| Wilbur’s conversation partner |
MRED |
| Works in a gallery |
ART |
| Wozniak’s portrayer in ‘Steve Jobs’ |
ROGEN |
| Wrap setting |
SPA |
| Zip |
NADA |
| __ the hills |
OLDAS |
| ___ Alamos |
LOS |
| ___ esprit (witty person) |
BEL |
| ___ Vizcaya (Philippines province) |
NUEVA |