Wall Street Journal – Feb 9 2016 – M&M’s Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Solutions |
| ‘Broca’s Brain’ writer |
CARLSAGAN |
| ‘If ___ a Hammer’ |
IHAD |
| ‘Smooth Operator’ singer |
SADE |
| 14-time All-Star Jeter |
DEREK |
| 1960s sitcom set at Fort Courage |
FTROOP |
| 1966 Jerry Herman musical |
MAME |
| Al Gore and Joe Biden, e.g |
VEEPS |
| Alimony payers |
EXES |
| Athletically lean |
WIRY |
| Big successes |
SMASHES |
| Boiling point? |
STOVE |
| Boxer portrayed in ‘Raging Bull’ |
LAMOTTA |
| Call from the curb |
TAXI |
| Canine, e.g |
TOOTH |
| Catch sight of |
DESCRY |
| CBS sitcom set in Chicago |
MIKEANDMOLLY |
| Choice at a movie theater concession stand |
SNOCAPS |
| Christmas tree, often |
FIR |
| Collective works |
OEUVRE |
| Combine to create an ensemble |
MIXANDMATCH |
| Cookout spot |
PATIO |
| Cousin of rust |
OCHRE |
| Creator of Vader and Kenobi |
LUCAS |
| Cultural center on 53rd St |
MOMA |
| Dict. listing |
DEF |
| Doesn’t split |
STAYS |
| Double curve |
SSHAPE |
| Energy provider in the southeastern U.S |
TVA |
| Eyes angrily |
GLARESAT |
| Features of Nike shoes |
SWOOSHES |
| Fed |
GMAN |
| Foe of the Philistines |
SAMSON |
| Goals of congressional candidates |
SEATS |
| Gourd family fruits |
MELONS |
| Grain grinders |
MILLS |
| Great strength |
MIGHTANDMAIN |
| Clues |
Solutions |
| Harsh cry |
CAW |
| Harsh cry |
CROAK |
| Home of Iowa State |
AMES |
| Hustle and bustle |
ADO |
| Increasingly |
MOREANDMORE |
| Italian luxury goods brand |
FERRAGAMO |
| Jackie’s second hubby |
ARI |
| Jeremy of ‘Entourage’ |
PIVEN |
| Lacking slack |
TAUT |
| Lofty verse |
ODE |
| Maureen of ‘Miracle on 34th Street’ |
OHARA |
| Microbrewery products |
ALES |
| More peeved |
SORER |
| Muddled situation |
MORASS |
| Noted loch |
NESS |
| Novelist Lessing |
DORIS |
| One of two certainties, according to Franklin |
TAXES |
| Paycheck amount |
NET |
| Perfect place |
UTOPIA |
| Pizzeria buy |
SLICE |
| Politely request |
INVITE |
| Prepare for print |
EDIT |
| Quick points on the court |
ACES |
| Remove |
DOFF |
| Ring reefs |
ATOLLS |
| Scrapes by |
MAKESDO |
| Side with a burger, perhaps |
SLAW |
| Throw off |
EMIT |
| Turning jump on the ice |
AXEL |
| TV’s Trebek |
ALEX |
| Undiluted |
PURE |
| When Katherine and Petruchio meet |
ACTII |
| Word from a lei person? |
ALOHA |
| Wrigley’s product |
GUM |
| Writer Ephron |
DELIA |
| ___ anglais (English horn) |
COR |