Wall Street Journal – Jul 26 2016 – Matter of Course Crossword Solution
Clues |
Answers |
‘What’s going ___ there?’ |
ONIN |
1982 title role for Meryl |
SOPHIE |
1989 Elmore Leonard novel |
KILLSHOT |
26-Down score six each |
PTS |
Abbr. on a bank statement |
ACCT |
Acts the huckster for |
SHILLS |
Almost immediately |
INASNAP |
Angler’s worms, e.g |
BAIT |
Anticlimax |
COMEDOWN |
Assimilate |
DIGEST |
Be too fearful to |
DARENOT |
Boston battle site, of course |
BUNKERHILL |
Brewpub order |
ALE |
British nobility |
PEERAGE |
Buddy |
CHUM |
Cash on hand? |
BET |
Casual top, of course |
TEESHIRT |
Checkout slip |
RECEIPT |
Church service |
MASS |
Class with cooking and sewing |
HOMEEC |
Confiscates |
TAKES |
Contents of a fearless person’s veins, reportedly |
ICEWATER |
Couple |
TWOSOME |
Current that follows the wind |
LEETIDE |
Do the wrong thing |
ERR |
Drummer’s pair of cymbals |
HIHAT |
Dutch export |
TULIP |
EMT specialty |
CPR |
Entreaty |
PLEA |
Eyeball |
OGLE |
Falco of ‘The Sopranos’ |
EDIE |
Fender bender souvenir |
DENT |
Floral garland |
LEI |
Fourth-yr. students |
SRS |
Friend of Aramis, Porthos and D’Artagnan |
ATHOS |
Gardener’s asset, of course |
GREENTHUMB |
Grouse and snipe |
BIRDS |
Clues |
Answers |
Hamlet’s mother |
GERTRUDE |
iPad Pro and Nexus 9 |
TABLETS |
Lusty look |
LEER |
Mao ___-tung |
TSE |
Mauna ___ |
LOA |
Move up and down |
BOB |
NFL scores |
TDS |
Oil rig worker, of course |
ROUGHNECK |
Oklahoma city |
ENID |
One of the weapons in Clue |
WRENCH |
One of the weapons in Clue |
ROPE |
Optimal |
BEST |
Place |
STEAD |
Politicians Cruz and Strickland |
TEDS |
Pragmatic person |
REALIST |
Quaker’s pronoun |
THOU |
Rap sheet list |
ALIASES |
Rent out |
LET |
Rockefeller or Lincoln, in NYC |
CTR |
Segment of a relay |
LEG |
Shrinks in fear |
RECOILS |
Slow-witted sorts |
DODOS |
Small iPods |
NANOS |
Soaking spot |
TUB |
Spiny-leafed plants |
ALOES |
Start of a trip, perhaps |
LSD |
Stay out of sight |
HIDE |
Tack on |
ADD |
The Dwarfs or the days of the week, e.g |
SEPTET |
Trying to lose |
DIETING |
Twist out of shape |
DISTORT |
Unrevealed asset, of course |
HOLECARD |
Ushered |
LEDIN |
USNA grad’s rank |
ENS |
Victorious cry |
IWON |
Wagon train’s heading |
WEST |
Writer Jong |
ERICA |