Wall Street Journal – Feb 27 2017 – Pow! Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| ‘Can it!’ |
SHUTUP |
| ‘My country, ___ of thee…’ |
TIS |
| ‘Pardon me…’ |
AHEM |
| ‘The soul of wit’ |
BREVITY |
| Abounds |
TEEMS |
| Beanie, boater or beret |
HAT |
| Beat up on Senator Bernie? |
BELTSANDERS |
| Beat up on some medical files? |
HITRECORDS |
| Beat up on some pawns? |
SOCKPUPPETS |
| Beat up on sports stadiums? |
PUNCHBOWLS |
| Bible book between Joel and Obadiah |
AMOS |
| Big drink |
SWIG |
| Blandly uncontroversial |
TAME |
| Bolt partner |
NUT |
| Choral voice |
ALTO |
| Country east of Saudi Arabia |
OMAN |
| Cruel sort |
SADIST |
| Eight fluid ounces |
CUP |
| Fairy |
SPRITE |
| Flight between floors |
STAIR |
| Forest growth |
TOADSTOOL |
| Foul caller |
REF |
| Go ‘poof!’ |
VANISH |
| Grammy-winning singer Bonnie |
RAITT |
| Hand over |
CEDE |
| Homecoming attendee, for short |
ALUM |
| Honolulu’s island |
OAHU |
| Ignored the ’55 MPH’ signs |
SPED |
| Intended to be eaten soon after purchase |
PERISHABLE |
| Israeli carrier |
ELAL |
| Its flag features a grizzly bear |
CALIFORNIA |
| Job that may include filing |
MANICURE |
| Large, fragrant flower |
PEONY |
| Like some carrots |
DICED |
| Love affair |
AMOUR |
| Lung fill |
AIR |
| Madrid Mister |
SENOR |
| Clues |
Answers |
| March 17 honoree, familiarly |
SAINTPAT |
| Martini garnish |
OLIVE |
| Melody |
TUNE |
| Member of the woodwind family |
OBOE |
| Memory triggers, often |
ODORS |
| Molecule part |
ATOM |
| Motions of oceans |
TIDES |
| Net makeup |
MESH |
| No longer functioning |
DEAD |
| One of the Three Bears |
PAPA |
| One of the Three Bears |
MAMA |
| Opposite of ‘oui’ |
NON |
| Oscar-winning Ben Affleck movie |
ARGO |
| Pack (down) |
TAMP |
| Paddle’s cousin |
OAR |
| Past, present and future |
TENSES |
| Pencil part |
POINT |
| Poor, as an excuse |
LAME |
| Rained, but not heavily |
SPRINKLED |
| Ready for business |
OPEN |
| Recipe direction |
STIR |
| River through Sudan |
NILE |
| Roman poet |
OVID |
| Running behind |
LATE |
| Scoundrels |
CADS |
| Settings of frontal lobes |
CEREBRA |
| Sharif of ‘Doctor Zhivago’ |
OMAR |
| Southernmost of the Great Lakes |
ERIE |
| Table in a morgue |
SLAB |
| Tacks on |
ADDS |
| Teatime treat |
SCONE |
| The one and the other |
BOTH |
| They may fall into a bed |
PETALS |
| Two, in Tijuana |
DOS |
| Unadulterated |
PURE |
| Unwanted email |
SPAM |
| Walking aids |
CANES |
