Wall Street Journal Crossword December 23 2022 Answers

ACROSS

• What the six geese might be a-laying
  EGGS
• It’s the ___ Wonderful Time of the Year
  MOST
• Sound from St. Nick
  LAUGH
• Pace
  CLIP
• The Pause of Mr. Claus singer Guthrie
  ARLO
• Follow
  ENSUE
• *In a safe house say
  HIDINGOUT
• Noise in the night
  SNORE
• Titania music call speaker
  OBERON
• *Lifts
  RAISESUP
• Openly confess
  AVOW
• Hopelessly confused
  LOST
• Be inventive sort of
  TELLALIE
• Buddhist scripture
  SUTRA
• Many hominoids
  APES
• Believers
  ISTS
• Queen in Cuernavaca
  REINA
• Two hearts say
  BID
• *One who’s kept
  CAPTIVE
• James Jane and Jay in NYC
  STS
• Go deep in a way
  SCUBA
• Fill fully
  SATE
• Broker’s income
  FEES
• Pickup in an alley
  SPARE
• Radiant decoration
  SUNBURST
• Equipment
  GEAR
• Lord or lady e.g.
  PEER
• *Souped-up car
  DRAGSTER
• Like some tuxedos
  RENTED
• Smidgens
  IOTAS
• *Invites guests for celebrating
  HASAPARTY
• It has wings and flies
  STAGE
• Throw ___ (rage)
  AFIT
• Protagonist of Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad
  CORA
• Surrendered
  CEDED
• Like trees in winter
  BARE
• Tree of Life setting
  EDEN

DOWN

• Alpine answer
  ECHO
• Smooth-talking
  GLIB
• Strait Is the Gate author André
  GIDE
• Fusilli forms
  SPIRALS
• State flower of Louisiana and Mississippi
  MAGNOLIA
• Gift along with incienso and mirra of los Reyes Magos
  ORO
• Sound sozzled
  SLUR
• Final figure
  TOTAL
• More hesitant
  LESSSURE
• Bening of Captain Marvel
  ANNETTE
• Hangouts for GIs
  USOS
• Influential expert
  GURU
• Dickens’s scheming clerk
  HEEP
• Brightening star
  NOVA
• Android rival
  IOS
• Bits of smoke
  WISPS
• Folder features
  TABS
• Sweeping stories
  EPICS
• Preceded with to
  LEDUP
• Singers James and Jones
  ETTAS
• Choir platform
  RISER
• Deal costs
  ANTES
• Crunch cousin
  SITUP
• Mgr.’s helper
  ASST
• Touched lovingly
  CARESSED
• Worship
  VENERATE
• Carousel contents
  BAGGAGE
• Fireplace alternative
  FURNACE
• Scarf
  EAT
• Microwave sound
  BEEP
• Amy Winehouse hit
  REHAB
• Record
  DISC
• Old school technique
  ROTE
• Somewhat
  ATAD
• Tennis’s King of Clay familiarly
  RAFA
• Set foot on
  TROD
• Being in Bordeaux
  ETRE
• Cannon in movies
  DYAN
• Address for a headmaster
  SIR