Wall Street Journal – Aug 8 2016 – Record Holders Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| ‘Dig in!’ |
EATUP |
| ‘Nashville’ director |
ALTMAN |
| A very long time |
AGES |
| About half of all deliveries |
SONS |
| Ahab’s obsession |
MOBYDICK |
| Away from the wind |
ALEE |
| Be in flower |
BLOOM |
| Big Easy nickname |
NOLA |
| Blacken when cooking |
CHAR |
| Bound with ropes |
LASHED |
| Bowling spot |
LANE |
| Bowling spots |
ALLEYS |
| Burden |
ONUS |
| Candy lozenge |
DROP |
| Censor, in a way |
BLEEP |
| Clearly not latched |
AJAR |
| Comet competitor |
AJAX |
| Constructed |
MADE |
| Cygnet, when grown up |
SWAN |
| Days gone by |
PAST |
| Debate side |
CON |
| Do the wrong thing |
ERR |
| Dustin’s ‘Kramer vs. Kramer’ co-star |
MERYL |
| Easy mark |
CHUMP |
| Eric Clapton song |
LAYLA |
| Florist’s containers |
VASES |
| Foreigner’s giveaway |
ACCENT |
| Formal letter salutation |
SIRS |
| Grounds for guzzling |
THIRST |
| Healthy green vegetable |
KALE |
| In an unfriendly manner |
ICILY |
| Iraqi bills |
DINARS |
| Like certain wool and olive oil |
VIRGIN |
| Log-splitting tool |
AXE |
| Massage |
KNEAD |
| More than none |
SOME |
| Mozart creation |
SYMPHONY |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Nova ___ |
SCOTIA |
| Odometer units |
MILES |
| On the agenda |
SLATED |
| Permit |
ALLOW |
| Pests at picnics |
ANTS |
| Pinnacle |
ACME |
| Pitcher’s stat |
ERA |
| Porgy’s love |
BESS |
| Promising |
ROSY |
| Quarterback Manning |
ELI |
| Sean of ‘The Lord of the Rings’ |
ASTIN |
| Seventh Greek letter |
ETA |
| Shoot the breeze |
GAB |
| Singer Braxton |
TONI |
| Sioux City setting |
IOWA |
| Sister and wife of Osiris |
ISIS |
| Slice, as a Thanksgiving turkey |
CARVE |
| Speckled horses |
ROANS |
| Star circler |
PLANET |
| Start of an Eisenhower campaign slogan |
ILIKE |
| Sun lotion ingredient |
PABA |
| Superman’s adopted last name |
KENT |
| Take to the slopes |
SKI |
| Temperamental |
MOODY |
| Texas city on the Gulf of Mexico |
GALVESTON |
| They’re record holders |
ALBUMSLEEVES |
| They’re record holders |
CAREERCRIMINALS |
| They’re record holders |
OLYMPICATHLETES |
| They’re record holders |
ACCOUNTBOOKS |
| Tool for a croupier |
RAKE |
| Tropical fish with razor-sharp teeth |
BARRACUDA |
| TV journalist Roberts |
COKIE |
| U2’s lead singer |
BONO |
| Ukraine’s capital |
KIEV |
| Walk back and forth |
PACE |
| Warty animal |
TOAD |
| Young hooter |
OWLET |
