Wall Street Journal – Jul 9 2016 – One-Upmanship Crossword Solution
Clues |
Answers |
‘Band of Gold’ singer Payne |
FREDA |
‘Born from jets’ sloganeer |
SAAB |
‘Delicious!’ |
SOGOOD |
‘Don’t change’ marking |
STET |
‘Idylls of the King’ knight |
GALAHAD |
‘Idylls of the King’ lady |
ENID |
‘Nashville’ director |
ALTMAN |
‘Voice of Israel’ writer |
EBAN |
‘When We Were Young’ singer |
ADELE |
‘Without a doubt’ |
YES |
‘You couldn’t have!’ retort |
IDIDSO |
1968 U.S. Open champ |
ASHE |
A full working week? |
SEVENDAYWAR |
Bandleader Shaw |
ARTIE |
Battery part |
TEST |
Bibliographer’s space saver |
ETAL |
Big house |
POKEY |
Block border |
STREET |
Borrowing figure |
RATE |
Bound |
LEAP |
Broadcast component |
AUDIO |
Calculator result |
SUM |
Capital of New South Wales |
SYDNEY |
Cardinal’s base |
NEST |
Cat Nation people |
ERIES |
Central American prowler |
OCELOT |
Chaotic skirmish |
MELEE |
Charged a criminal? |
TASED |
Chimes signaling afternoon tea? |
FOURSTRIKES |
Chocoholic’s bane |
CAROB |
Choose |
ELECT |
Citrus garnishes |
ZESTS |
Cobb salad component |
BACON |
Color-changing stuff |
LITMUS |
Comedian Mort |
SAHL |
Concession |
SOP |
Cook’s creation |
MEAL |
Cribbage jack |
NOB |
Deliberately taunts |
BAITS |
Derringer, e.g |
PISTOL |
Destroy bit by bit |
ERODE |
Done, as dough |
RISEN |
Egg warmer |
HEN |
Enjoys a favorite book |
REREADS |
Env. abbreviation |
ENC |
Exchanged greetings |
HELLOS |
Fads |
CRAZES |
Female |
DISTAFF |
Fill up |
SATE |
Fille’s friends |
AMIES |
Final bid? |
ADIEU |
Gift of the Magi |
MYRRH |
Hardy grains |
RYES |
Have rolling in the aisles |
SLAY |
Hearty cuts |
RIBROASTS |
Ice cream thickener |
AGAR |
Identical twins? |
TWOANDTHESAME |
In the past |
ONCE |
Involve deeply |
EMBROIL |
Iterate |
RESAY |
Jai ___ |
ALAI |
Justice symbol |
SCALES |
Lenny’s pal on ‘The Simpsons’ |
CARL |
Livens (up) |
PEPS |
Magnate’s holdings |
EMPIRE |
Make even |
TRUEUP |
Make lace, perhaps |
CROCHET |
Manon or Aida |
HEROINE |
Meerschaum alternative |
BRIAR |
Menu choice |
ENTREE |
Midway points? |
COUNTYFAIRS |
Clues |
Answers |
Mimic |
APER |
Motorist’s headache |
FLAT |
Mousse kin |
GEL |
Mughal capital |
AGRA |
Nomads |
ROAMERS |
Not known by |
ALIENTO |
Old gas brand |
ESSO |
One of Dustin’s ‘Tootsie’ co-stars |
TERI |
Only Mexican Nobel laureate in Literature |
PAZ |
Org. with many schedules |
IRS |
Palookas |
LUGS |
Passionate display |
VEHEMENCE |
Pen for Dickens? |
GAOL |
Petty of ‘Orange Is the New Black’ |
LORI |
Peyton’s brother |
ELI |
Piece in a Stratego game |
SPY |
Play division |
SCENE |
Plays a mean sax |
WAILS |
Poker hunk with an ace up his sleeve? |
SIXCARDSTUD |
Prepares for takeoff, in a way |
TAXIS |
Present occasion, in brief |
BDAY |
President’s desire for another term? |
EIGHTYEARITCH |
Prizefighter’s prize |
BELT |
Prolong |
EXTEND |
Prophetic sort |
SEER |
Red inside, maybe |
RARE |
Reptile with a zigzag pattern |
ADDER |
Room-sized computer |
ENIAC |
Root for the chef |
BEET |
Rough up |
COARSEN |
Sardonic |
WRY |
Select for inclusion |
CURATE |
Showroom sight |
AUTO |
Shrek, e.g |
OGRE |
Side in a classic battle |
EVIL |
Sister of Amy, Beth and Jo |
MEG |
Small world? |
GLOBE |
Some concert souvenirs |
TEES |
Some Fr. honorees |
STES |
Son of Seth |
ENOS |
Stand |
ABIDE |
Star of a quartet of Hitchc*ck films |
STEWART |
Start for angle or athlete |
TRI |
Stat for a starter |
WINS |
Still in the movies? |
FREEZEFRAME |
Surpass |
OUTDO |
Swahili for ‘journey’ |
SAFARI |
Symbol of Erato |
LYRE |
Table scrap |
ORT |
Take exception to |
RESENT |
Take on |
HIRE |
Tennis’s Nastase |
ILIE |
That woman |
HER |
Thin layer |
LAMINA |
Thin layer |
VENEER |
Toscanini and others |
ARTUROS |
Tribal traditions |
LORE |
Trilling performance |
ARIA |
Unadorned |
PLAIN |
Uncontentious expletives? |
FIVELETTERWORDS |
Underworld ferryman |
CHARON |
Union member |
STATE |
Verbal attacks |
SALVOS |
Vienna musical premiere of 1805 |
EROICA |
Warning, of a sort |
OMEN |
Watch, hourglass and sundial? |
THREETIMERS |
Water boundary |
COAST |
Water boundary |
MOAT |
Wimp |
WETRAG |
Woody tissue |
XYLEM |
Work a trade show booth |
DEMO |