Wall Street Journal – Sep 12 2016 – What’s the Connection? Crossword Solution
Clues |
Answers |
‘Everywhere you want to be’ card |
VISA |
‘___ of Two Cities’ |
ATALE |
‘___ You Babe’ |
IGOT |
*Homes for some squirrels |
OAKTREES |
*Ones who work for peanuts? |
ELEPHANTS |
*Their work is picking up |
TAXICABS |
*They’re really going places |
TRAVELERS |
*Whistle-blower at the beach |
LIFEGUARD |
Affleck of ‘Argo’ |
BEN |
Area of downtown Manhattan |
SOHO |
Begun liking |
TAKENTO |
Bottom line figure |
TOTAL |
Bubbling hot |
ATABOIL |
Bud bearer |
VASE |
Bumpy |
UNEVEN |
Burr and Copland |
AARONS |
Cacophony |
DIN |
Capital of Italia |
ROMA |
Challenging puzzle |
POSER |
Chemically inactive |
INERT |
Collects |
GARNERS |
Compete |
VIE |
Coral formation |
REEF |
Cotton-pickin’ |
DADGUM |
Dopey |
IDIOTIC |
Ductwork opening |
VENT |
End for east, west, north or south |
ERN |
Evergreen of the Southwest |
PINON |
Exxon’s sister brand |
MOBIL |
FDR’s Scottie |
FALA |
Firm hold |
GRIP |
Gambling center near Lake Tahoe |
RENO |
Guessing pastime played ‘with my little eye’ |
ISPY |
Have a bite |
EAT |
Humiliation |
SHAME |
Impulse-transmitting cell |
NEURON |
In the past |
AGO |
Indian lute |
SITAR |
Clues |
Answers |
Lair for a bear |
DEN |
Like some cuisines |
ETHNIC |
Longtime Chinese chairman |
MAO |
Makes known |
LETSON |
Meal for Oliver Twist |
GRUEL |
Microscope part |
LENS |
Molecule part |
ATOM |
Not flabby |
TONED |
Ones who were elected |
INS |
Outing for the Bucks or the Bulls |
NBAGAME |
Outstanding athlete |
ALLSTAR |
Plopped oneself down |
SAT |
Price holders |
TAGS |
Psychiatrist, in slang |
SHRINK |
Recipe instruction |
STIR |
Reply from the congregation |
AMEN |
Ride-requesting company |
UBER |
Rubbed the wrong way |
BUGGED |
Sch. fundraiser, often |
PTA |
Send over the edge |
ENRAGE |
Sewing machine activator |
TREADLE |
Sheer, informally |
SEETHRU |
Sound from a sty |
OINK |
Spot of land in la mer |
ILE |
Sum of eins and zwei |
DREI |
The common connection shared by the answers to the asterisked clues |
TRUNKS |
Tofu base |
SOY |
Unit of atmospheric pressure |
KILOBAR |
Vain activity |
EGOTRIP |
Valuable vein |
LODE |
Watchdog warning |
GRR |
Watering can parts |
SPOUTS |
Web designer’s language: Abbr |
CSS |
Where Simone Biles won gold |
RIO |
Wilma Flintstone’s husband |
FRED |
Wyoming mountain range |
TETONS |
Yoked team |
OXEN |
___-pitch (softball variety) |
SLO |