Wall Street Journal – Jan 14 2016 – Wingspans Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| ‘Oklahoma!’ character who sings ‘I Cain’t Say No’ |
ADOANNIE |
| ‘Rescue Me’ star |
LEARY |
| Adoptee of Claudius |
NERO |
| Amazon basin resident |
ANACONDA |
| Angst-ridden genre |
EMO |
| Animator’s output |
CELS |
| Autumnal hue |
OCHER |
| Band aide |
ROADIE |
| Band together |
UNITE |
| Bean variety |
FAVA |
| Beau monde |
ELITE |
| Begat |
SIRED |
| Bejeweled band |
TIARA |
| Bowl’s kin |
ARENA |
| Breaks off |
ENDS |
| Brief, intense downpours |
YWASHERS |
| Casual shirts |
POLOS |
| Celebrity chef DiSpirito |
ROCCO |
| Co-star of Mark, Carrie and Harrison |
ALEC |
| Colorful membrane |
IRIS |
| Constituency member |
VOTER |
| Earns a brushback pitch, perhaps |
DSTHEPLATE |
| Euro division |
CENT |
| Far from fertile |
ARID |
| Farmer’s activity during droughts |
IRRIGATING |
| Farmer’s hope during droughts |
RAIN |
| Favorable to mold |
DANK |
| Feeler, of a sort |
TRIALBAL |
| Fit for sentry duty |
ALERT |
| Galley tool |
OAR |
| Garth Brooks song ‘Why ___ Running’ |
AINTI |
| H.S. yearbook section |
ORGS |
| High-protein food |
TOFU |
| Home to over 4 billion |
ASIA |
| Hope’s ‘Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!’ co-star |
SOMMER |
| Innocent |
BABE |
| Inventor of a compression-ignition engine |
DIESEL |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Irish actor Stephen |
REA |
| It covers all the bases |
TARP |
| It has a conical bore |
OBOE |
| Kilmer of ‘Top Gun’ |
VAL |
| Loads |
ATON |
| MLB’s official on-field cap maker |
NEWERA |
| Mountain growths |
FIRS |
| Move besottedly |
REEL |
| One fifth of DX |
CII |
| One might evoke screams |
IDOL |
| One working in shifts? |
GEAR |
| Patio party decoration |
CHINESELAN |
| Piece for Pinza |
ARIA |
| Polish, as prose |
EMEND |
| Race starters |
ADAMANDEVE |
| Received regularly, as a pension |
DREW |
| Rudimentary learning |
ABCS |
| Saw grass, e.g |
SEDGE |
| Search hastily, in cop slang |
TOSS |
| Secondary |
LESSER |
| Some jazz ensembles |
OCTETS |
| Something to break |
BADHABIT |
| Stevie Nicks album ‘___ Little’ |
ROCKA |
| Stock symbol? |
BRAND |
| Suggest |
HINTAT |
| Swing trumpeter Les |
ELGART |
| Test subjects |
STUDENTS |
| They may be delivered to a lot of people |
SPEECHES |
| Trailer target |
FILMGOER |
| Unspecified ordinal |
NTH |
| Uptick |
RISE |
| Winged creature |
GULL |
| Winged creature |
CROW |
| Winged creature |
TERN |
| Winged creature |
LOON |
| Wings |
ELLS |
| Workers of the soil |
ANTS |