Wall Street Journal – Aug 13 2016 – Water Music Crossword Solution
Clues |
Answers |
‘American Pie’ singer (Russia) |
DONMCLEAN |
‘And God Created Woman’ director Roger |
VADIM |
‘Don’t remind me!’ |
IKNOW |
‘Freedom ___ free’ |
ISNT |
‘Love Rollercoaster’ band (United States) |
OHIOPLAYERS |
‘One’ on a one |
UNUM |
‘Say again?’ |
WHAT |
‘The Grapes of Wrath’ characters |
OKIES |
‘Winsanity’ channel |
GSN |
‘Yipes!’ |
OHMY |
1970 hit for Mountain (United States) |
MISSISSIPPIQUEEN |
1993 Melissa Etheridge album and song |
YESIAM |
2003 Brooks & Dunn album (China and Vietnam) |
REDDIRTROAD |
2003 Masters champ Mike |
WEIR |
A great deal |
NOEND |
Acceptable by Muslim law |
HALAL |
Accessible from many places |
CENTRAL |
Accord |
PACT |
Album featuring ‘All You Need Is Love’ (China) |
YELLOWSUBMARINE |
Alias indicator |
AKA |
Arizona hrs |
MST |
Ashton Kutcher’s ‘That ’70s Show’ role |
KELSO |
Awards administered by the World Science Fiction Society |
HUGOS |
Big name in chainsaws |
STIHL |
Breadbasket item |
ROLL |
Brief text |
SMS |
Broadcasting |
ONAIR |
Brooklyn ballers |
NETS |
Bureau |
AGENCY |
Cape Town currency |
RAND |
Cart puller |
PONY |
Characters for Aristophanes? |
TAUS |
Class challenge |
EXAM |
Class challenges |
TESTS |
Claude of ‘B.J. and the Bear’ |
AKINS |
Colorful stories |
YARNS |
Company that dropped ‘Cab’ from its original name |
UBER |
Contract nullifier |
EXPIRATION |
Contraction in ‘America’ |
TIS |
Coordinate system line |
AXIS |
Copying |
ALA |
Corp. money-watchers |
CFOS |
Cousteau concern |
OCEAN |
Cut and paste, e.g |
VERBS |
David who directed four of the Harry Potter films |
YATES |
Demean |
ABASE |
Donald’s ex |
IVANA |
Enya hit subtitled ‘Sail Away’ (Venezuela and Colombia) |
ORINOCOFLOW |
EPA pollution-level measure |
AQI |
First Top 40 hit for Talking Heads, and a hint to the starts of the theme answers |
TAKEMETOTHERIVER |
Flea market units |
STANDS |
Footballer Michael featured in ‘The Blind Side’ |
OHER |
Forbidding |
GRIM |
Fortitude |
GUTS |
Fraud |
IMPOSTOR |
Frequent interviewer of Ali |
COSELL |
Gallic goodbyes |
ADIEUS |
Gear for app settings, e.g |
ICON |
Gentle pace |
DOGTROT |
Gertz of ‘The Lost Boys’ |
JAMI |
Grammy-winning artist and civil rights activist (Russia) |
LENAHORNE |
Grasslike plant |
SEDGE |
Grease spot |
AXLE |
Guitarist/producer who co-wrote ‘Le Freak’ (Africa) |
NILERODGERS |
Haphazardly |
WILLYNILLY |
Harsh conditions |
RIGORS |
He went into orbit in 1962 |
GLENN |
Henry Fielding title heroine |
AMELIA |
Holds on |
LASTS |
Horned herbivore |
RHINO |
Clues |
Answers |
Insightful utterance |
AHA |
It offers checking |
CHESS |
It was established at a 1960 Baghdad conference |
OPEC |
It went into orbit in 1962 |
TELSTAR |
Its 1989 edition weighed about 138 lbs |
OED |
Kiddie cry |
MOMMY |
Landed |
ALIT |
Landslides |
ROUTS |
Leave speechless |
STUN |
Legume that does well in semiarid regions |
COWPEA |
Lennon’s love |
ONO |
Martini’s winemaking partner |
ROSSI |
McDonald’s quaff |
COKE |
Meaning of a dot above a note |
STACCATO |
Midwest hub |
OHARE |
More faithful |
TRUER |
Most populous democracy |
INDIA |
Number of protons in a helium atom |
TWO |
Oliver requested more of it |
GRUEL |
Oscar winner for ‘Little Miss Sunshine’ |
ARKIN |
Pee Wee in Cooperstown |
REESE |
Physiques, informally |
BODS |
Pioneer in military robotics |
DARPA |
Places for pews |
NAVES |
Pooch with a corded coat |
PULI |
Psyche component |
EGO |
Race makeup |
HEATS |
Ransom of cars |
OLDS |
Really revel |
LIVEITUP |
Relay |
PASSON |
Reserved |
INDRAWN |
Risked a ticket |
SPED |
Rocks in slings |
ICE |
Room with a giant TV and a pool table, perhaps |
MANCAVE |
Rubber |
OVERSHOE |
Sambuca flavor |
ANISE |
Sank, as a putt |
HOLED |
Sansa’s sister on ‘Game of Thrones’ |
ARYA |
Sausage outside |
CASING |
Schubert’s ‘The ___-King’ |
ERL |
Second-generation Japanese-American |
NISEI |
Setting of a legend? |
MAP |
Setting of some waves |
ARENA |
Shinto gateway |
TORII |
Shoot up |
SOAR |
Sleazeball |
CREEPO |
Smallest nation in the European Union |
MALTA |
Spreadsheet option |
SORT |
Sue Grafton’s ‘N Is for ___’ |
NOOSE |
Suffix for many an amino acid |
INE |
Suffolk smell |
ODOUR |
Swanky dos |
GALAS |
Teeth-gnashing state |
RAGE |
Teh and ohters |
TYPOS |
The Horned Frogs’ sch |
TCU |
They’re removed from beds |
WEEDS |
Tommie of the Miracle Mets |
AGEE |
Torments |
HAUNTS |
Traction aid |
CLEAT |
Tree of the cashew family |
SUMAC |
Turbine part |
VANE |
Up to the task |
ABLE |
Violin quartet |
PEGS |
Winter Palace residents |
TSARS |
Witty remark |
JEST |
Wolf, in Oaxaca |
LOBO |
Word of Osakan appreciation |
ARIGATO |
Words to a kidder |
OHYOU |
Workbench attachment |
VISE |
Worker in the fields |
BEE |