Wall Street Journal – Dec 24 2016 – Gift Tags Crossword Solution
Clues |
Answers |
‘Don’t ask me’ |
NOCLUE |
‘East of Eden’ brother |
CAL |
‘Get a move on!’ |
HURRYUP |
‘If you ask me,’ online |
IMO |
‘London Fields’ author Martin |
AMIS |
‘My shooter isn’t pewter, it’s really a steelie’ writer? |
MARBLERHYMER |
‘Strike the ___ and join the chorus…’ |
HARP |
‘The Gift of the Magi’ feature |
IRONY |
‘___ the blazing Yule before us…’ |
SEE |
A soil scientist may measure it |
PHLEVEL |
Alley ___ |
OOP |
Ayatollah Khamenei, e.g |
IRANI |
Ballpark figure |
BASEMAN |
Ballpark figure |
STAT |
Ballpark figure |
FAN |
Becomes chronic |
RECURS |
Big bone of a hide-and-seek player? |
FINDERSFEMUR |
Bits of mistletoe |
SPRIGS |
Blues great John Lee |
HOOKER |
Brentwood neighbor |
ENCINO |
Broadway illuminator |
NEON |
Bruno Mars song that reached #1 in 2011 |
GRENADE |
Bustling activity |
ADO |
Busy co. in the pre-Christmas season |
UPS |
Canadian cagers |
RAPTORS |
Chain with MinuteClinic facilities |
CVS |
Concord |
PACT |
Cooks’ covers |
APRONS |
Cruel practice |
SADISM |
Declares void |
REPEALS |
Deputy |
AIDE |
Descartes conclusion |
IAM |
End of the line, often |
PERIOD |
Exchange |
SWAP |
Fearsome fate |
DOOM |
Fit for a noble |
DUCAL |
Flower for a fleet admiral? |
NAVYBLOOMER |
Friend of Picasso and Hemingway |
STEIN |
Future fish |
ROE |
Get a better car, perhaps |
TRADEUP |
Gets a homer |
HITSOUT |
Gets clean |
REHABS |
Gift of the Magi, added phonetically to the theme answers |
MYRRH |
Gingerbread bit |
CRUMB |
Go by |
ELAPSE |
Had a bite, perhaps |
ITCHED |
Hail fellow? |
CAESAR |
Have some chips, say |
NOSH |
Heart |
CORE |
Hen or heifer |
SHE |
Hide evidence of peeking at a gift, perhaps |
RETAPE |
Hitching goal |
LIFT |
In the dark |
UNAWARE |
Island west of Mykonos |
DELOS |
Isn’t in the sticks? |
AINT |
It may be about a foot |
SOCK |
Item for Cupid |
ARROW |
Jam sound |
TOOT |
Kanye creation |
RAP |
Kicks off |
STARTS |
Knight’s backers |
PIPS |
Letters for a sellout |
SRO |
Like hush puppies |
FRIED |
Like many vaudeville comics |
CORNY |
Lions and Tigers and Bears |
PROS |
Lowdown |
INFO |
Lowly laborers |
PEONS |
Make wider |
DILATE |
Makes a bow |
TIES |
Clues |
Answers |
Mariah Carey’s ‘Christmas Time Is in the ___ Again’ |
AIR |
Matador motivator |
OLE |
Menacing words |
ORELSE |
Modernizes, as a factory |
RETOOLS |
Muse often depicted holding a globe |
URANIA |
Name on a famed B-29 |
ENOLA |
Nation smaller than Albuquerque |
ANDORRA |
Of the gland that secretes epinephrine |
ADRENAL |
Overdue amount |
ARREAR |
Pal of Jerry and George |
ELAINE |
Parallel action |
UNISON |
Part of a Santa suit |
COAT |
Parti-colored puss |
CALICO |
Particular time |
EPOCH |
Paucity |
DEARTH |
Person attacking where the castle walls meet? |
CORNERSTORMER |
Person shooting footage for a real estate ad? |
LANDFILMER |
Ping producer |
SONAR |
Pretty good grade |
AMINUS |
Price of opera performances |
LEONTYNE |
Programmer’s creation, for short |
SKED |
Protective wall |
PARAPET |
Quite |
RATHER |
Quotidian |
DAILY |
Range extending through seven countries |
ANDES |
Rangers goalie Lundqvist |
HENRIK |
Refrain bit |
TRA |
Respecting |
ASTO |
Roger of ‘Cheers’ |
REES |
Sales force |
REPS |
Sales receipts |
SLIPS |
Salty solution |
BRINE |
Santa descriptor |
PORTLY |
Scottish estate owners |
LAIRDS |
Security guard in a packing plant? |
CANNERYROAMER |
Sharp change of direction |
ZIG |
Showed extreme disrespect toward |
SPATAT |
Silver place |
SECOND |
Sixths of an inch |
PICAS |
Slanted in a newspaper: Abbr |
ITAL |
Small flap |
TAB |
Source of bucks |
ATM |
Splice |
UNITE |
Starchy plant |
TARO |
Steamy |
EROTIC |
Stubbornly espousing |
WEDDEDTO |
Surfeit with sweetness |
CLOY |
Syrup sources |
MAPLES |
Textile factory sights |
LOOMS |
The sun? |
WORLDWARMER |
Thin layer |
LAMINA |
Upstairs window designed to catch burglars? |
TRAPDORMER |
Used 79-Down |
WOVE |
Veep’s boss |
PREZ |
Vernal mo |
APR |
Walk |
HOOFIT |
Walk-___ (nonspeaking roles) |
ONS |
Warren’s wife since 1992 |
ANNETTE |
Warts and wens |
GROWTHS |
Where Hillary and Bill met |
YALELAW |
Word with candy or drum |
EAR |
Work a caramel |
CHEW |
Works in a teddy bear factory |
STUFFS |
You, to Juergen |
SIE |
Youngster |
TAD |
Zero |
NIL |
Zest |
BRIO |
___ a time |
ONEAT |
___ Aviv |
TEL |