Wall Street Journal – Dec 21 2022 – “Choice Words”
Wall Street Journal – Dec 21 2022 – Choice Words
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| “B” term meaning “a setup with an out-of-sight microphone”? | BOOMORBUST |
| “Caddyshack” director Harold | RAMIS |
| “Dynamite” boy band | BTS |
| “F” term meaning “a way to rise up”? | FIGHTORFLIGHT |
| “P” term meaning “to drop, so to speak”? | PUBLISHORPERISH |
| “R” term meaning “what a sane brain demonstrates”? | RHYMEORREASON |
| “S” term meaning “to take a dip”? | SINKORSWIM |
| Ability to endure criticism | TOUGHSKIN |
| All-encompassing prefix | OMNI |
| Alternative to net or gov | COM |
| Aviation-related prefix | AERO |
| Baby in a barn, maybe | OWLET |
| Back in the navy | AFT |
| Balls in gyms, sometimes | PROMS |
| Banking tool | CUE |
| Baseball’s Bambino | RUTH |
| Believer’s suffix | IST |
| Bitter | SORE |
| Broadcast legend Arledge | ROONE |
| Buds | PALS |
| Burns out of control | RAGES |
| Cellar stock | WINES |
| Check for freshness, in a way | SNIFF |
| Chew over | MULL |
| Civil rights icon Parks | ROSA |
| Common article | THE |
| Coop feature | ROOST |
| Crash someone’s selfie | PHOTOBOMB |
| Crow | BOAST |
| Cuban coin | PESO |
| Dosimeter units | RADS |
| Duds | DRESS |
| Extreme aversion | HATRED |
| Fifth-most populous nat | PAK |
| Fire proof | ASH |
| Fivers, informally | ABES |
| Flip out | GOAPE |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Frappuccino option | VENTI |
| Frilly wrap | BOA |
| Guesses at JFK | ETDS |
| Heavily promotes | HYPES |
| Hieroglyphic creatures | ASPS |
| High deg | PHD |
| Home of Hoover’s presidential library | IOWA |
| Home of the Ninja Turtles | SEWER |
| Let up | EASED |
| London-based multinational bank | HSBC |
| Low-energy types | SLOTHS |
| Made noises on a ledge, perhaps | COOED |
| Must | HASTO |
| Navigator’s aid | CHART |
| One in a class of her own | TUTEE |
| Parts for assembling | KIT |
| Payment before a deal is made | ANTE |
| Politico’s concern | IMAGE |
| Practical | OFUSE |
| Quick commercial break, e.g | BRIEFWORD |
| Red Skull, to Captain America | FOE |
| Restaurant critic Greene | GAEL |
| Retinoid target | ACNE |
| Seize | GRAB |
| Shampooing step | RINSE |
| Shot-taking Shaq | ONEAL |
| Sign of a sprained ankle | LIMP |
| Site for trivia night | BAR |
| Snoops (around) | NOSES |
| Start of a Caesar claim | ICAME |
| Surpass | TOP |
| Sushi garnish | ROE |
| Tablet download | APP |
| Tiny brain, metaphorically | PEA |
| Vatican’s surroundings | ROME |
| Warriors in 2022, e.g | NBACHAMPS |
| Yes and no, e.g | RSVPS |
