Wall Street Journal – Sep 13 2016 – First Steps Crossword Solution
Clues |
Answers |
‘M*A*S*H’ vehicle |
JEEP |
‘Someone Like You’ singer |
ADELE |
*Condiment made with tomatillos |
SALSAVERDE |
*Target of many fall ads |
SWINGVOTER |
*What a family might use to play Monopoly |
HOUSERULES |
*Willow bark tea for a headache, e.g |
FOLKREMEDY |
…a hint to the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
MUSIC |
African tuber |
YAM |
Alito replaced her |
OCONNOR |
Arabian Sea’s Gulf of ___ |
ADEN |
Beach birds |
TERNS |
Bean in space |
ALAN |
Benefit |
AVAIL |
Champagne specification |
BRUT |
Citi Field team |
METS |
Clear out |
FLEE |
Close |
SHUT |
Clunker |
HEAP |
Co. now part of Verizon |
GTE |
Compact submachine gun |
UZI |
Congressional staffer |
AIDE |
Daly of ‘Cagney & Lacey’ |
TYNE |
Diner dish |
HASH |
Distilled coal product |
TAROIL |
Enters gradually |
EASESIN |
Expressed disapproval |
SCOWLED |
Farm fathers |
SIRES |
Fast Amtrak train |
ACELA |
Filing mo |
APR |
First bird sent from Noah’s Ark |
RAVEN |
Flyer to Amsterdam |
KLM |
German river that flows into the Rhine |
RUHR |
Get a move on |
HUSTLE |
Guitar maker Fender |
LEO |
Halloween purchases |
MASKS |
Investment company T. ___ Price |
ROWE |
Is abundant |
TEEMS |
Jacob’s twin |
ESAU |
Lowest card in pinochle |
NINE |
Clues |
Answers |
Mace Windu, for one |
JEDI |
Marco Polo crossed it |
ASIA |
Melody that overstays its welcome |
EARWORM |
Nautical side |
LEE |
Nickname for an oldster |
POPS |
Notice that needs to be noticed? |
PASTDUE |
One who calls ’em as he sees ’em |
UMP |
Oscar winner as Thatcher |
STREEP |
Petty officer on a merchant ship |
BOSUN |
Place for a witness |
STAND |
Prepared to spring |
TENSED |
Printer type |
INKJET |
Prison area |
YARD |
Pristine place |
EDEN |
Quarterdeck’s location |
STERN |
Quick summary |
RECAP |
Restriction for Mr. Sprat |
NOFAT |
River wriggler |
EEL |
Second-highest card in pinochle |
TEN |
Seep |
OOZE |
Site in the first stanza of ‘Oh My Darling Clementine’ |
MINE |
Site in the first stanza of ‘Oh My Darling Clementine’ |
CAVERN |
Snug as a bug |
COMFY |
Soaks in hot water |
STEEPS |
Social surroundings |
MILIEU |
South American tuber |
OCA |
Square |
UNHIP |
Stephen King’s Christine, for one |
CAR |
Subjects of some bargaining |
PLEAS |
Successor and predecessor of Leno |
OBRIEN |
Suffers |
AILS |
Test for M.A. seekers |
GRE |
The Terminator, for one |
CYBORG |
Time for preparation |
EVE |
Timid |
MEEK |
Voice quality |
TONE |
Went aboard |
RODE |
With 52-Across, impetus to get down, and.. |
DANCE |
Wolverine’s portrayer |
JACKMAN |