Wall Street Journal – Aug 10 2016 – Joint Ticket Crossword Solution
Clues |
Answers |
‘Quit ___ bellyachin’!’ |
YER |
‘Rizzoli & Isles’ channel |
TNT |
‘Roger that’ |
COPY |
‘To reiterate…’ |
AGAIN |
*9:30 a.m. for NYSE traders |
STARTTIME |
*Risk, e.g |
BOARDGAME |
*Source of a halo effect |
BACKLIGHT |
*Utter buffoon |
TOTALJOKE |
Achilles was dipped in it by his mother |
STYX |
African ungulate |
GNU |
Airline app datum |
ETA |
Applicant’s aim |
JOB |
Bent outward |
AKIMBO |
Brief breaks for NFL teams |
BYES |
Bubble maker |
GUM |
Bullwinkle’s last name |
MOOSE |
Burlap base |
HEMP |
Candidate’s choice, or what both halves of the starred answers can be |
RUNNINGMATE |
Challenge for translators |
SLANG |
Chaps |
LADS |
Charlize of ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ |
THERON |
Couldn’t stand the heat? |
MELTED |
Cowboy nickname |
TEX |
Disney film for which Eddie Murphy voiced a dragon |
MULAN |
Distraught sound |
SOB |
Downbeat |
GLOOMY |
Evidence of obligation |
IOU |
Fail to note |
OMIT |
First name in early horror |
LON |
Florida city nicknamed ‘The Big Guava’ |
TAMPA |
Flush out |
RINSE |
Future husband, perhaps |
MRRIGHT |
Gallic greeting |
SALUT |
Get hold of |
OBTAIN |
In the area |
ABOUT |
It gets taken to the cleaners |
STAIN |
Khaki color |
BEIGE |
Leader whose father was a prosperous sugarcane farmer |
CASTRO |
Clues |
Answers |
Legal grievance |
PLAINT |
Matching pair marking |
HIS |
Meal remnant |
ORT |
Member of a certain service organization |
ROTARIAN |
Member of a small colony |
ANT |
Mentor’s charge |
PROTEGE |
Messages to followers |
TWEETS |
Minuscule amount |
IOTA |
More than willing |
ABLE |
Nine of diamonds? |
INNINGS |
Noticeable reduction |
DENT |
Of part of the heart |
ATRIAL |
On Santa’s bad list |
NAUGHTY |
Pitching pros |
ADMEN |
Place for a soak |
TUB |
Predicament |
SPOT |
Prom partner |
DATE |
Prunes |
TRIMS |
Put away |
ATE |
Red snapper on a sushi menu |
TAI |
Retirement destinations |
BEDS |
Shower affection (on) |
DOTE |
Site of the world’s tallest building |
DUBAI |
Site of Waterloo and London |
ONTARIO |
Somebody you might call Mom who’s not your mom |
INLAW |
Stretch out |
ELONGATE |
Study closely |
EYE |
Taken advantage of |
USED |
Tear dabber |
HANKIE |
Throw down the hatch |
CHUG |
Thumb-to-forefinger signal |
OKAY |
Ultrasound emitter |
BAT |
Uncompromising |
RIGID |
Watch over |
TEND |
White Monopoly bill |
ONE |
Wide-brimmed straw hat |
SKIMMER |
Wide-mouthed pot |
OLLA |
Workplaces for some Santas |
MALLS |