Wall Street Journal – Aug 22 2016 – The Name Is Familiar… Crossword Solution
Clues |
Answers |
‘Ain’t No Half-Steppin” rapper |
BIGDADDYKANE |
‘Alfie’ star |
MICHAELCAINE |
‘Night Moves’ rocker Bob |
SEGER |
1945 conference site |
YALTA |
1997 Spielberg film |
AMISTAD |
Admired celeb |
IDOL |
Attorney’s field |
LAW |
Bad day for Julius Caesar |
IDES |
Bank offerings |
LOANS |
Barry Bonds’s 762 homers, e.g |
RECORD |
Bike part |
TIRE |
Broadway’s Bernadette |
PETERS |
Brother of Groucho and Harpo |
CHICO |
Candidate of 2016 |
TIMKAINE |
Card in a royal flush |
ACE |
Charity sporting events |
FUNRUNS |
Circus weightlifter |
STRONGMAN |
Contractor’s submission |
BID |
Curtain holder |
ROD |
Cutoffs, for example |
SHORTS |
Do congressional work |
LEGISLATE |
Early eviction site |
EDEN |
Eventually |
INTIME |
Expel from legal practice |
DISBAR |
Expert in the Force |
JEDI |
Explosive stuff |
NITRO |
Formal agreement |
PACT |
Fred and Wilma’s pet |
DINO |
From Scandinavia, say |
NORDIC |
German currency before the euro |
MARK |
Give a hoot |
CARE |
Hangs on the line |
AIRS |
Harry Truman’s wife |
BESS |
Hit in a high arc |
LOB |
Holds title to |
OWNS |
Ill-tempered |
CRANKY |
In need of a massage |
ACHY |
In need of a massage |
SORE |
Clues |
Answers |
Inventor Whitney |
ELI |
Lennon’s love |
ONO |
Like monsoon season |
RAINY |
Magnetic metal |
IRON |
Migratory duck |
PINTAIL |
Moment, informally |
JIFF |
Move quickly |
SCURRY |
Movie director Renoir |
JEAN |
Not isosceles or equilateral |
SCALENE |
Pack, as the trunk |
LOADUP |
Packing, so to speak |
ARMED |
Panache |
FLAIR |
Parisian denial |
NON |
Poet Khayyam |
OMAR |
Portrayer of Superman on TV’s ‘Lois & Clark’ |
DEANCAIN |
Posterior |
BACKSIDE |
Pre-Easter period |
LENT |
Precious green stone |
JADE |
Prepares for a game |
TRAINS |
Privy to |
INON |
Raggedy ___ |
ANN |
Read quickly |
SKIM |
Rent out |
LET |
Rights-defending org |
ACLU |
Rink surface |
ICE |
Rough guess |
STAB |
Rum-soaked cake |
BABA |
Scary shout |
BOO |
Shoulder muscle, in brief |
DELT |
Sideless freight carriers |
FLATCARS |
Sizable snakes |
BOAS |
Slander |
DEFAME |
Son of Lord and Lady Montague |
ROMEO |
Soothing ointments |
BALMS |
Start a call, anachronistically |
DIAL |
Super Bowl V quarterback Johnny |
UNITAS |
Tantrum |
FIT |
To’s opposite |
FRO |