Wall Street Journal – Mar 20 2021 – On/Off Switch Crossword Solution
Clues |
Answers |
“Bambi” aunt |
ENA |
“Holy moly!” |
YIPES |
“Shoot” |
ASKME |
“Spamalot” lyricist |
ERICIDLE |
“Steppenwolf” author |
HESSE |
“We’re going to the Super Bowl!” e.g.? |
PLAYOFFWORDS |
“Wir glauben all an ___ Gott” (Lutheran hymn) |
EINEN |
1862 battle site |
ANTIETAM |
1987 role for Robert De Niro |
ALCAPONE |
Amigo |
PAL |
Approval |
NOD |
Attempt to cool down a cup of tea? |
BLOWONSTEAM |
Bad-mouth |
DIS |
Barista’s creation |
LATTE |
Big initials in bowling |
AMF |
Bit of fiction |
LIE |
Bit of fiction |
FIB |
Bonnie’s partner in crime |
CLYDE |
Buff |
TONED |
Card game lay-downs |
MELDS |
Catchall category: Abbr |
MISC |
Change |
AFFECT |
Charger unit |
WATT |
Charisse of “Brigadoon” |
CYD |
Cheap laminate for furniture making? |
KNOCKOFFWOOD |
City near Cooperstown |
ONEONTA |
City on the Po |
TURIN |
Classy |
TASTEFUL |
Clinically clean |
STERILE |
Coach with 347 career wins |
SHULA |
Cool like a cool cat |
HEP |
Cornball |
CHEESY |
Crib |
BIN |
Crispy Colonel Combo seller |
KFC |
Crockpot creation |
STEW |
Depth: Prefix |
BATHO |
Development sites |
UTERI |
Dialect |
IDIOM |
Don’t exist |
ARENT |
Donald Duck’s mother |
HORTENSE |
Dramatic division |
ACT |
Earth-friendly, in combinations |
ECO |
Eat like a bird |
PECK |
Empty room phenomena |
ECHOES |
Entertainment that includes prominent figures |
ICESHOW |
Examines carefully |
SIFTS |
Fam nickname |
SIS |
Fell upon |
ASSAILED |
Female fiend |
DEMONESS |
Fish-bull go-between |
RAM |
Fishing gear |
RODS |
Foil, e.g |
SWORD |
Fragrant blooms |
LILACS |
From ___ Z |
ATO |
Gather |
AMASS |
George Lucas’s Wicket and Paploo, e.g |
EWOKS |
Goes downhill |
SLEDS |
Govt. mtge. insurer |
FHA |
Grub |
FOOD |
Hams it up |
EMOTES |
Harrison who walked on the moon in 1972 |
SCHMITT |
He’s featured on Mary J.’s “Love Yourself” |
KANYE |
Hollow rock |
GEODE |
Impudent aboard an ocean cruise? |
FRESHONTHEBOAT |
It may be triggered by a decloaking warbird |
REDALERT |
Jockey competitor |
HANES |
Kafka protagonist |
SAMSA |
Kimono closer |
OBI |
Lampshade, at times |
PARTYHAT |
Lean and muscular |
SINEWY |
Clues |
Answers |
Like some apple juice |
FILTERED |
Lines of praise |
ODE |
Listening devices |
EARS |
Little brothers, often |
PESTS |
Lymphocyte producers |
SPLEENS |
Makeup, of a sort |
RETEST |
Man from Moscow, say |
IDAHOAN |
Manatee Springs State Pk. setting |
FLA |
Mason’s wedge |
SHIM |
Massage targets |
ACHES |
Mastery |
SKILL |
Mauna ___ |
LOA |
Maximum |
UTMOST |
Metallica drummer Ulrich |
LARS |
Miss the mark |
ERR |
Monitor component |
LCD |
Name: Suffix |
ONYM |
Narrow-waisted stingers |
WASPS |
Neither Dem. nor Rep |
IND |
Newsletter ornamentation |
CLIPART |
One in a black suit |
SPADE |
Online chortle |
LOL |
Oompa follower |
LOOMPA |
Operating instruction for a witch’s broom? |
FLYONTHEHANDLE |
P look-alike |
RHO |
Parentheses, essentially |
ARCS |
Peanut, e.g |
LEGUME |
Perfect places |
EDENS |
Perfume Pagoda setting |
HANOI |
Position |
STEAD |
Postpone production of a TV commercial? |
PUTOFFTHESPOT |
Prefix with dollars |
PETRO |
Prepare for the fair, maybe |
FATTEN |
Pub perch |
STOOL |
Really shining in a full-court defensive scheme? |
HOTONTHEPRESS |
Ref’s ruling |
TKO |
Retinue |
TRAIN |
Roundtable |
FORUM |
Settle down for the night |
ROOST |
Soda brand since 1924 |
NEHI |
Some are colorful |
PASTS |
Some Thomas Hart Benton works |
MURALS |
Sporty auto roofs |
TTOPS |
Squeezed (out) |
EKED |
Stage platform |
RISER |
Strike caller |
UMP |
Swallow |
ACCEPT |
Take back |
RETRACT |
Tango requirement |
TWO |
They’re boring |
SNORES |
Thinly spread |
SPARSE |
Tick off |
MIFF |
Tiniest bit |
DROP |
To be, in Paris |
ETRE |
Tolkien’s shepherds of the trees |
ENTS |
Tread heavily |
CLOMP |
Treats for Rover |
ORTS |
Trickster |
ELF |
Turkey club? |
NATO |
UFO crew |
ALIENS |
Wear down |
ERODE |
Wearer of une couronne |
ROI |
Went like the dickens |
TORE |
Wet bar? |
SOAP |
When you’ll be there, briefly |
ETA |
Winter wrap |
SHAWL |
Wrinkle remover |
IRON |
Write |
PEN |
Zero |
NIL |
Zest source |
LEMON |