Wall Street Journal – Jun 25 2016 – Desperation Crossword Solution
Clues |
Answers |
‘Incidentally,’ in textspeak |
BTW |
‘Lonely Boy’ or ‘Soul Man’ |
GOLDENOLDIE |
‘Put out the light, and then put out the light’ speaker |
OTHELLO |
‘Rats!’ |
EEK |
‘See ya later!’ |
GOTTAGO |
‘Shalimar the Clown’ writer |
SALMANRUSHDIE |
‘Tao Te Ching’ writer |
LAOTSE |
‘The Flies’ playwright |
SARTRE |
‘Understand?’ |
CAPEESH |
‘When will this fearful slumber have ___?’: Titus Andronicus |
ANEND |
1970 film that won seven Oscars |
PATTON |
Advil alternative |
MOTRIN |
Africa’s largest landlocked country |
CHAD |
Antipasto accompanier, perhaps |
CHIANTI |
Are advised |
OUGHT |
As stated by |
PER |
Ascends dramatically |
SOARS |
Belt maker’s need |
AWL |
Berliner’s ‘Bah!’ |
ACH |
Bourbon barrel wood |
OAK |
Broadway fare |
SHOWS |
Bum |
CADGE |
Bus sched. info |
RTE |
Campfire remnants |
EMBERS |
Carbo-loader’s fare, informally |
SPUD |
Checks with the office |
PHONESIN |
Chorus of dissent |
NOS |
Clinton’s successor at State |
KERRY |
Combine |
ALLY |
Comic work that gave us ‘pooh-bah’ |
THEMIKADO |
Conventioneer’s ID |
NAMETAG |
DC connection? |
MOTOR |
Dead set |
HELLBENT |
Defunct map abbr |
SSR |
Desperate, as suggested by the finishes of the eight longest Across answers |
DOORDIE |
Dido’s lover |
AENEAS |
Dissociation products |
IONS |
Doc of the bay |
VET |
DVR button |
REC |
Earth prefix |
GEO |
Earth-friendly prefix |
ECO |
Econ. yardstick |
GNP |
Eminent |
NOTED |
Evaluates |
TESTS |
Famous two-person home |
EDEN |
First lady of scat |
ELLA |
Flower once thought to protect against evil |
ANEMONE |
Forceful verbal attack |
POLEMIC |
From what place |
WHENCE |
Frosting buy |
TUB |
Frosting buy |
CAN |
Frosty coating |
HOAR |
Funny bone site |
ELBOW |
Genesis creator |
SEGA |
Gin c*cktail |
COLLINS |
Giver of lessons |
PRO |
Glass works |
OPERAS |
Gull’s cousin |
TERN |
Half of dodici |
SEI |
Heavenly instrument, in scores |
ARPA |
Hi-tech eateries, circa 1925 |
AUTOMATS |
High-quality cotton |
PIMA |
Home of five national parks |
UTAH |
Honest-to-goodness |
REAL |
How AOL software used to be delivered |
ONCD |
Hunt hungrily |
FORAGE |
Intolerant sort |
BIGOT |
It’s nice for the nose |
AROMA |
Key surroundings |
SEA |
Kiddie lit question |
WHERESWALDO |
Clues |
Answers |
Lamp fuel |
KEROSENE |
Launch pad sight |
GANTRY |
Leaves hurriedly |
SCOOTS |
Lindsay of ‘Mean Girls’ |
LOHAN |
Lofty pursuits |
ARTS |
Long-lived reptiles |
TURTLES |
Minnesota Fats rival |
FASTEDDIE |
Mint operator |
COINER |
Monotonous learning |
ROTE |
Mountain goat strength |
AGILITY |
Nation with a white, blue and red flag |
RUSSIA |
NBA All-Star Gasol |
PAU |
Negligible |
SLIM |
Nuke, perhaps |
REHEAT |
Of ships and sailors |
NAUTICAL |
On the line |
ATRISK |
Other, to Alejandro |
OTRA |
Perform a cobbling job |
RESOLE |
Pilot’s guess, for short |
ETA |
Pioneer in electronic calculators |
CASIO |
Pitches from Pelfrey |
SINKERS |
Polygraph exciter |
LIE |
Ponzi scheme mastermind Bernard |
MADOFF |
Popular game system of the 1990s |
SUPERNINTENDO |
Prefix with gram or buoy |
SONO |
Protection letters |
SPF |
Quoits peg |
HOB |
Rent |
TORE |
Rent strike participant |
TENANT |
Rent strike target |
LESSOR |
Return payment? |
RANSOM |
Rio, for 2016 athletes |
HOST |
Roadside bomb, for short |
IED |
Rural business |
DAIRY |
Salad base |
ENDIVE |
Scotch distiller John |
DEWAR |
Serving a sentence, slangily |
INSTIR |
Shade |
HUE |
Shade |
TINT |
Shellac, say |
BEAT |
Short race, for short |
ONEK |
Sign of age |
GRAYING |
Smile-inducing phrase |
WATCHTHEBIRDIE |
Something found in a bed |
OYSTER |
Something to gloss over? |
LIP |
Sort of |
INASENSE |
Spine handle |
AUTHOR |
Spreadsheet unit |
ROW |
Steamed wraps |
TAMALES |
Step at the barre |
PAS |
Strips |
PEELS |
Stump removing aid |
TNT |
Suffered from fat finger |
ERRED |
Sugar substitute |
STEVIA |
Symphony originally dedicated to Napoleon |
EROICA |
Take steps |
ACT |
Tehran natives |
IRANIS |
The Seminoles’ sch |
FSU |
Things to try to live up to |
IDEALS |
Treatment from a BFF |
TLC |
Tuscan city with a famous horse race |
SIENA |
Unfocused |
BLEARY |
Unpopular spots |
ACNE |
Uttar Pradesh tourist stop |
AGRA |
Vacation home, for some |
TIMESHARECONDO |
Valuable strings |
STRADS |
Warbling sound |
TRILL |
Whistler work |
OIL |
Wine grape |
PINOT |
YouTube upload, casually |
VID |